ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Internet-based retail has forever changed the way consumers discover, research and purchase a variety of goods and services.  However, as purchasing behavior shifts from brick and mortar to online, retailers are struggling to build and sustain the infrastructure and human capital to keep pace with the rapidly expanding demand.

Specifically, e-commerce operations are continually challenged to meet consumer expectations of faster shipping, lower costs, and improved customer experience amidst tightening labor markets.  Forward-thinking retailers are embracing robotics, automation, and AI solutions to drive direct labor out how goods are received, stored and picked within their distribution centers. Is packaging the unsolvable frontier?

Join us for this free webinar to learn about the various waste sources within a variety of  e-commerce order processing scenarios, explore with us how right-sized packaging, on demand can help your retail facility differentiate its operations to achieve their operational and strategic goals.

Challenges:

• Current packaging methods add wasteful time and material costs to e-commerce order processing
• Labor markets are tightening, requiring retailers to streamline order fulfillment processes
• Consumers are driving retailers to transition to consumer and environment-friendly packaging methods

Solutions:

• Right-sized packaging reduces damages and waste while improving customer experience
• Integrated software can reduce operator tasks and automate decision-making

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

For Neiman Marcus, speed to market is a top priority. Supply chain agility is key to its competitive advantage and keeping pace with rapidly changing customer preferences. As part of a warehousing system modernization, Neiman Marcus transformed its ticketing process with a label management system—an initiative that ultimately led to faster delivery to stores and reduced labor and supply costs. 

Label management software digitally transforms ticketing, enabling a more agile ticketing process that moves inventory faster and quickly processes returns while optimizing print performance. 

Join this webinar to hear Robert Ball from Neiman Marcus describe how streamlined ticketing delivered significant process improvement and these benefits:  

1. Accelerated ticketing that moved product through the distribution center three days faster, improving speed to market
2. Reduced labor costs related to time spent pairing tickets with shipments 
3. Minimized supply costs due to less ticket waste

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

One of the key challenges facing organizations today is the shortage of candidates for supply chain and retail planning roles. Today, the ideal employee has both tactical/operational expertise and professional competencies such as leadership and analytical skills. Current statistics show there is currently one highly qualified supply chain candidate for every six job openings. The demand for talent with these highly sought after skills is high and growing fast.

Attend this webcast and gain insight from your peers on how to attract and keep supply chain talent, including:

• Strategies to make your company more attractive to the best talent
• How to approach the career expectations of Millennials and post-Millennials
• The impact of digital transformation on supply chain career paths

Panelists:

Karen Smith, Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations, Kontoor Brands
Sean Willems, PhD, Haslam Chair in Supply Chain Analytics, University of Tennessee
Scott W. Luton, Founder, CEO & Host of Supply Chain Now Radio

Moderators:

Karin Bursa, Executive Vice President, Logility
Bob Bowman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain

DATES: Thursday, December 12, 2019 and Tuesday, December 17, 2019
TIME: 10:00 AM PST for both dates

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