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Transforming Consumer Value Chains: Navigating The Power Shift to the Shopper

Supply Chain Shaman

For December 2015, retail sales were the lowest since 2009. Customers are buying less. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. To accomplish these processes, companies need to embrace big data architectures for streaming data.

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The End of a Fairy Tale

Supply Chain Shaman

When you run the graphs, there is marked difference for these companies that begins to appear in 2009. This includes the automation of path-to-purchase for consumer products, active shaping of demand through price, channel incentives and promotions, eCouponing and mobile commerce for retail, and product proliferation for all.

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Supply Chain Management:Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Cloud & Big Data. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. This commentary is an interim follow-up to this authors previous Infosys Limited guest commentary: Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity.

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Supply Chain Management:The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Cloud & Big Data. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. When all the dust had settled, consumers indeed tested these capabilities, using a variety of online and mobile applications to search, shop, and ultimately fulfill their holiday buying needs.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. Keith was an undisputed leader in building talent to drive manufacturing excellence. The reason? Discontinued in 2011.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Cloud & Big Data. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. « Collaborative Platform for Enterprise of Future | Main | Key Asset Management trends in Oil & Gas Industry » Importance of Proactive Master Data Maintenance in SAP SCM Support.

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Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! - Infosys Blogs

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Cloud & Big Data. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. A couple of other payment options, which were in vogue earlier and are now making a comeback due to the recession, are Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). Business Process Outsourcing.