Digital Transformation Journey in Supply Chain Planning

Remember those times when we used to stroll down the block and find local stores such as the mom-and-pop diners and get the chance to relish the coziness and sense of family environment there. Even mom-and-pop stores and diners had to step up their digitalization game with the pandemic erupting. Being listed on a last-mile-delivery …

Coronavirus & Retailers: How to build resilience?

COVID-19 is changing the way we think about almost everything: the way we live, the way we work, our plans for the future and our evaluations of the past. We hope these times of crisis will be over soon.  We thought we should try and do our part to help people overcome the challenges that …

3 Steps for Making Digital Transformation Happen in Supply Chain Planning

What is Digital Transformation? Digital transformation is transforming your decision-making processes with technology — utilizing new sources of innovation and creativity such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things, virtual reality, to enhance customer experience and employee productivity and ultimately improve business performance. IDC’s Designing Tomorrow Survey of over 1,000 companies in America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe …

How to Become an Agile Organization Through Digital Transformation?

Organizational Agility along with Digital Transformation, Machine Learning, Big Data and Blockchain technologies was one of main trending topics for 2018 and will continue to be in the hit list for 2019 as well. Each of the above topics deserves a blog on its own for sure. Let’s start with Organizational Agility and the role of …

4 Keys to a Successful Supply Chain Visibility and Analytics Project

The study from the ARC Advisory Group (2016) and the most recent one from The Hackett Group (2018) are remarkably similar in their basic observations: “supply chain visibility & analytics” remains at the top-of-mind for the executives. Many large corporations want “supply chain control towers” to measure forecast accuracy across products and regions, understand regional differences in demand patterns, …

Are Your Planning And Retail Analytics Tools Fast Enough For Fast Fashion?

Over the last decade, apparel retail has gone through a significant shift and has turned into a game of fast, faster and fastest. So many of the previously well-known retail brands are now struggling to sustain growth while a few keep capturing more and more of the market. Customers today are also savvier in the …

How Smart Is Your In-Season Pricing Capability?

In today’s dynamic and competitive retail landscape, value offering is becoming more relevant to apparel brands competing for the last dollar in a consumer’s wallets. Value offering, however, is not just about price. It is about the perception of a retailer in the eyes of the consumer in terms of convenience, affordability, trendiness, functionality, quality, …