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November 24, 2006

"Real Time" is Too Late - Revisited

Regular readers of this blog may remember a post I made in June called Real Time" is Too Late. Recently, I was asked by our friends at Supply Chain & Logitics Canada to expand on the concept as a feature article in the Fall/Winter 2006 issue of Supply Chain & Logistics JOURNAL. I hope you enjoy it!

November 15, 2006

Making Change

I was re-reading some stuff the other night and I came across what I still consider to be the best article about making change. The article dispells a number of myths about change and outlines some brilliant examples of real, significant change. For all us change agents, we can learn a lot by reading Change or Die.

November 09, 2006

Lessons in Supply Chain Planning from #99

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"A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be." - Wayne Gretzky


As a retailer, are your DCs efficiently operated with accurate inventory balances? Do you perform frequent order reviews at your stores to get back into stock quickly? Do you have a close eye on your POS and other real time information?

A good retailer knows where their stock is. A great retailer knows where their stock is going to be.

November 02, 2006

Flowcasting picks up steam overseas...

According to The Retail Bulletin of the U.K., “Flowcasting The Retail Supply Chain” – is on many supply chain director’s “must read” list.

Click here to find out why.