Retail

Are Retailers Ready for the Recovery?

March 28, 2014

Rich Thompson, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle

Retailers Grapple With the Omni-Channel

March 28, 2014

Jim Barnes, CEO, enVista

How Will the Omni-Channel Change Retail?

March 28, 2014

Curt Bimschleger, SVP, Business Development, GENCO

Forty Percent of Retailers Can't Tie Back-Office Technology Into Their Different Channels, Survey Finds

March 26, 2014

FierceRetailIT

Organizational, operational and technology challenges are hampering retailers' omnichannel efforts; 40 percent of retailers report they are having difficulty integrating back-office technology across all of their channels.

Dynamic Pricing Comes to the Supply Chain

March 26, 2014

Tom Bacon, Consultant, Revenue Optimization

Attracting and Hiring Warehouse Associates

March 25, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

A strong, enduring team is key to warehousing success. Since its inception, WERC has supported the warehouse associate as a professional and logistics as a viable career choice. We wanted to know: Do companies utilize outreach programs to "sell" the profession? What methods are used to announce job openings? How do companies determine candidates as a good fit? What about "diversity" – language issues, hiring disabled individuals? – Michael Mikitka, CEO, Warehousing Education and Research Council

RFID Market to Grow to $9.2Bn This Year, Surpass $30Bn by 2024, Report Finds

March 25, 2014

IDTechEx

Research conducted by IDTechEx, and published in RFID Forecasts, Players and Opportunities 2014-2024, finds that the RFID market – including tags, readers, software and services for passive and active RFID – will grow from $7.88bn in 2013 to $9.2bn in 2014. IDTechEx expects that the RFID market will reach $30.2bn in 2024. Most growth is due to active RFID/RTLS systems, interrogators, and then tags, in terms of total money spent.

Clarity, Complex Event Processing Combine to Create High-Definition Supply Chain Solution

March 24, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: Visibility continues to be cited as a critical must-have to manage supply chains. Globalization and growing awareness of the risks induced by outsourcing has exacerbated the need to understand complex events. Yet most companies can only peer into the mist. Large blind sides exist across the chain. Fortunately, solutions are evolving to eliminate these blind sides, providing more clarity and the tools to manage multiparty coordination and seize upside opportunities. – Ann Grackin, CEO, ChainLink Research

Paper Planes: What's Keeping Air Cargo Carriers From Automating?

March 24, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Fast and innovative: that's the image conveyed by the air cargo industry. So why is it lagging so badly when it comes to automating documentation and standardizing key procedures?

Tackling the Challenge of Big Data

March 21, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Retail

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the retail industry — which comprises companies that operate physical or internet stores with diversified product lines. Learn how pharmaceutical and biotech companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.