July 19, 2020 The most recent webinar in our APICS Inland Empire webinar series featured Frank Moullet from Shamrock Foods talking about distribution, food service and how they've navigated through COVID-19. We had an engaging discussion on how they made a sharp right turn pivot early on and [...]
E-Commerce & the Rise of Online According to the statistics as well as client commentary, e-Commerce sales and online everything is on fire: According to data from Adobe Analytics, the second half of March saw a 25% increase in e-commerce sales. Even more impressive, Adobe said that April saw [...]
Do you consider your technology leader an integral member of your executive team? If not, why not? Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, technology was starting to take over the world.
Do you want to be Amazon or Sears? Sears used to be the Amazon of its time, but they failed to change with the times. There is little life left in this former powerhouse of retail. On the other hand, Amazon continues to evolve and is clearly doing quite [...]
Pay attention to collaboration opportunities and reverse logistics. There can be a significant hidden opportunity in this topic. Why not focus attention and see what can be achieved with some common sense and collaboration.
If you cannot provide rapid, customized service with easy returns and 'extra value', you will be left in the dust. The needs aren't going away. If anything, Amazon continues to raise the bar.
Internal and collaborative systems are critical to short- and long-term growth for manufacturers and distributors. Systems must be able to support scalability and sustainability.
ERP has become much more of a strategic topic. It isn't about blocking and tackling and using ERP to achieve tactics. Instead, it is about whether a business has the technology and systems to scale in a scalable, profitable way. Do your systems support your customers' needs?
To think about what's ahead in technology, it is important to put it in perspective with what's ahead in business.
A look at how e-commerce holiday sales growth poses unique challenges and opportunities for supply chain management.
