What is the future of procurement? What is the future of procurement? That is the question that McKinsey & Company sought to answer in a new benchmarking report focused on procurement. Despite knowing ...

Ever since my introduction to supply chain vendor compliance in 1993, retailers, organizations and associations, advisory firms, transportation and logistics companies, and hardware and software ...

Traditionally, supply chains have focused on cost savings and operational efficiency, often measured by metrics like On Time, In Full (OTIF). However, as CEOs increasingly expect supply chains to ...

Electronic data interchange, or EDI, is a core technology used to ...

In U.S. retail and grocery, the intermediary item identifier is the GTIN-12/UPC (Global Trade Item Number, 12-digits, which was formerly known as the Universal Product Code), and in the book ...

The third of Dr. Marien’s 8Rs of his Customer’s Bill of Rights is the Right Source. Per his original article, the Right Source was described as: ...

Some typical supply chain metrics that retailers use to judge vendors on their performance, usually by calendar month, are: Orders accepted vs. canceled. The number of purchase orders accepted and ...

Quite simply, and by its own definition, Dr. Edward Marien’s Customer’s Bill of Rights is a customer-focused business model that places the customer first and foremost. Whether the goods are for use ...

The first of Dr. Marien’s 8Rs of his Customer’s Bill of Rights is the Right Product. Per his original article, the Right Product was described as: Customers are demanding products that meet tough ...