Create a Carbon Neutral Supply Chain
As consumers become increasingly environmentally selective, companies are recognising that they need to optimize their supply chains not only in terms of the traditional levers of cost and service...
View ArticleE-Commerce Success in Canada Depends on Power of Two
Customer demands for more rapid and cost effective e-commerce delivery seem to be increasing on a daily basis. In fact not a week goes by now without my speaking with retailers and etailers that since...
View ArticleDoes Canada Need a Chief Logistics Officer?
A few years back the Government of Canada introduced the role of Chief Technology Officer or CTO, which ultimately resulted in the formation of Shared Services Canada. Since that time progress has...
View ArticleIn Search of the Carbon Neutral Supply Chain
Supply Chain Network is taking an active role in assisting companies in their quest to deliver a Carbon Neutral Supply Chain. Check out our Create a Carbon Neutral Supply Chain article to learn more...
View ArticleBeware the Ship-From-Store Spin Cycle
Seems like every so often there’s a new trend that takes the retail and e-commerce world by storm and the latest of these seems to be Ship-From -Store. An omni-channel nirvana being pumped by systems...
View ArticleOmni-channel Challenge Elevating the Role of Retail Supply Chain Professionals
Not only is the biggest challenge facing retail supply chain professionals today to solve the Omni-commerce Logistics Puzzle, it may also represent an excellent opportunity for supply chain...
View ArticleEmerging Options for Omni-Commerce Logistics Strategy
Every week I’m interacting with more and more e-commerce professionals whose day to day job is coming up with the best methods of delivering Omni-Commerce solutions for their customers. One thing I can...
View ArticleIs it Time for the Widespread Adoption of Composite Pallets in Canada?
Millions of pallets are built and used in the supply chains of Canada every year and so any innovation around these pallets can have a significantly positive and far reaching impact on overall...
View ArticleEmerging Options for Omni-Commerce Logistics Strategy
At SCI Logistics in addition to fulfilling millions of e-commerce orders on an annual basis, we also spend a significant amount of time studying the optimal methods of helping our customers serve...
View ArticleSharing Kevin O’Leary’s Omni-Channel Epiphany!
Recently I attended the Retail Council of Canada’s STORE Conference and to be honest when I heard Kevin O’Leary was speaking, all I expected to hear from him was a funny and entertaining talk. This...
View ArticleExpect MORE from Your Third Party Logistics Provider!
Contrary to what many procurement professionals may think, all third party logistics providers are not created equal. And as retailers are pulled further and faster into the omni-channel future the...
View ArticleThird Party is the Perfect Place for Logistics Professionals
There has been much discussion on what Logistics is and the emerging role and recognition of the importance of Logistics professionals within organizations. In fact a recent post of mine even asserted...
View ArticleBreaking the E-Commerce Sound Barrier with Matrix Retail!
BOOM! What was that noise? Someone just broke the e-commerce sound barrier! In the third quarter of 2014 Williams-Sonoma’s e-commerce sales represented 51.5% ($587 million) of total company sales...
View ArticleMatrix Retail: The Logistics of Customer Experience
At a previous NRF Shop.org Summit I saw a keynote address by Jamie Nordstrom on trends he saw coming in the online retail business. During his talk Jamie said there was a new dynamic emerging, people...
View ArticleExploring the Eight Layers of Matrix Retail
The age of Matrix Retail is already upon us and the only question to ask is will you acknowledge, understand, embrace, engage and tune all of the components of your company’s presence in the retail...
View ArticleEntering Era of the Endless Store
Those in the know in online retail have been leveraging dropship vendors to create expanded ‘endless aisle’ assortments for a number of years now. Through the ongoing development of the Matrix Retail...
View ArticleEarly ‘Internet of Things’ Pilots Proved Supply Chain Benefits of RFID Pallets
Two early pilots were facilitated by Supply Chain Network and carried out in 2003 and 2006 with both representing successful demonstrations of the potential supply chain benefits available through...
View ArticleSeven Signs Your Retail Business Needs an Omni-channel Makeover
Are your retail customers finding you less attractive lately? Consider your position on the seven signs shared below and you may decide your retail business needs an omni-channel makeover! This is not...
View ArticleThe Seven S’s of Supply Chain Management
Disruption is all around us and in order to capture some of the key disruptors in the Supply Chain space we have identified what we’re calling the Seven S’s of supply chain management to act as the...
View ArticleReaching the Supply Chain Sustainability Tipping Point
Since the 1990’s I’ve been writing about sustainability, cap & trade and carbon footprints mainly in the realm of logistics and supply chain as that’s where I live. Supply chains are incredibly...
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