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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
VCF Follow Up
Well, I'm back from sunny South Florida where, per my last post, I attended the VCF Spring Conference. It was a worthwhile experience, and a lot of great retail organizations were there. Cabela's, Pep Boys, TJ Max, just to name a few.
Friday, April 08, 2011
Vendor Compliance Federation Conference
So, I haven't been as regular as I am meaning to be with these posts. Just like in every business, things come up, and while I'd love to blog and share what SPI is doing each and every day, sometimes it's not possible.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Business Process Improvements
As anyone involved in vendor relations, compliance and management knows, there are multiple touch points within retailer-vendor interactions. From SPI's experience, leveraging technology within the following key areas will most positively impact the both sides of the transaction and promote better collaboration.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Collaboration through Business Process Optimization, Round 1
In my last entry, I summed up WHY retailers and vendors should better collaborate. In this entry, I'll cover HOW in a step by step process.
Now this is important because any journey to implement methods that bridge retailer-vendor gaps should begin with #1. all parties getting on the same page.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Beyond the Portal
Today's Vendor Portals: How They Can Fall Short in Facilitatingf
Effective Retailer Vendor Collaboration
Today, retailers are using vendor portals as one way to address issues that arise from disjointed business practices between themselves and their vendors. Many have implemented portals to share information, ensure vendor compliance and reduce inefficiencies, understanding that this is one mechanism for getting themselves more aligned with the organizations with whom they do business.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Aligning Retailer-Vendor Efforts
In line with my last post, I would like to provide more context around SPI's set of solutions that we've coined 'Tradeflow OptimizationSM ' and illustrate why we have created and implemented them the way we have. Tradeflow Optimization - or aligning efforts between retailers and suppliers to more efficiently and effectively move goods across the supply chain.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tradeflow OptimizationSM
I've chosen to kick SPI's retail technology blog off with a broad topic but one that has the potential to unlock a world of value to retailers and vendors alike: Tradeflow OptimizationSM.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Intro to our New Blog
For the launch of SPI's blog, I wanted to take a minute and explain its purpose and what it aims to do. Through our blog, SPI will cover technological solutions within the retail industry that improve workflow, streamline data and introduce efficiencies that ultimately drive down costs for retail organizations.
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