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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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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). And its technology assets too, like the Kiva robots Amazon purchased [in 2012] and the data centers that power its cloud computing services. For related commentary, see Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014. Robinson Acquires Freightquote.

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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:Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Cloud & Big Data. 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. First, consumers have clearly stepped-up their preferences towards online channels as the preferred buying option.

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Supply Chain Management:The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Cloud & Big Data. AssistEdge – Customer Service Experience. | Main | Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices » The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting.

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

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Cloud & Big Data. « Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season | Main | Fraud vs Customer Centricity - III » Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! Layaway: • The customer selects the product that she wants to buy. Customer Service.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Cloud & Big Data. « 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. These 3 master data elements contributed to almost 50-60% of planning issues. Business Process Outsourcing.