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Supply Chain Management:The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

| 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. Overall,retailers performed a decent job in forecasting holiday demand,managing promotions and overall inventory in the 2010 season.

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Roberto Crippa: “If you try to manage new business with old rules you fail”

Supply Chain Movement

Q: What is the strategy of the Company (or Division/Supply Chain): Operational Excellence, Product Leadership or Customer Intimacy? The business is getting tougher as more and more professional buyers at Customer’s site are managing procurement and purchasing. Here he describes his new supply chain agenda.