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Logistics & Warehouse management
 

To discuss all about Logistics Functions like procurement, purchasing, inventory, warehousing, distribution, transportation, customer support, financial and human resources that provide goods or services.

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Supply chain management process which has planning, implementing, and...
 
Rural Retailing in India and its Challenges Understanding various formats, needs and opportunities By: Alok Sharma alok_sharma1@yahoo.com Current Face of Rural Retailing Complete utilization of space in traditional outlets • 46% of Soft drink sales, • 49% of motorcycle sales, • 59% of Cigarettes sales, • 59% of consumer durables sales, • 53% of FMCG sales, • 50% of BSNL mobile connections Consumption Contribution of Rural India An Example of Successful Rural Retail Model in Indian Context E-Cho
 
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Hi Let me break up by drivers - Facilities,Inventory, Transportation, Information, Sourcing Pricing Facility Related Metrics: Capacity, Utilization, cycle time of production, actual average flow/cycle time, product variety, volume contribution of...
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the awareness was also due to the efficent material handling by reducing the damages as well as Indias foreign poliy&efficent and freight movement
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FUNNY DEFINITIONS 1.   Cigarette:   A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end a fool   at the other. 2.   Love affairs:  Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five day test.   3.   Marriage:  It's an...
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Hi Nitin Thanks for sharing the information and also the website. The website is tone full of information on Reliability. For me Reliability is validity for the given period of time. This can be used in any industries. The definition of the reliability...
Commented by Sudeep Tarafdar, Senior Consultant, IBM  | 3 years ago
Because of their great history from the times of British rule, thats why even Prince Charles came to see them, he made his visit just to see the Dabbawala's and nobody else, by which you can imagine their way of work, culture and their vast history...
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Hi Shailena Thanks for sharing the stuff. But the points were are good.In the practical execution mode - the important thing is strategy - short term & long term and it is tied to Tactical/Strategic execution based on the current dynamics of business...
I came across this article which talks about biggest challenge for retailers. It is interesting to know how the retailers adjust to the uncertain demand in an uncertain economy..   Thanks to global competition, faster product development, and...
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Hi Shailena ji, Retail Market has been always there. The consumer base is the same, and their demand levels are also the same. That means, the retail sector is not emerged or created from nowhere. Difference is that, it is switched from unorganized...
Hi All The hi-tech, discrete manufacturing, retail industry is facing a problem of Dis-integrated systems across the supply chain. The need of the hour is the collaboration between Demand and Supply System. Demand A. Point of Sale B. Store......
Today the word is more Agile and being more and more lean, as the supply chain intelligence where more number of process are aligned to cut cost and predict forecast on the demand..nice information...thanks for sharing...
Referred by Sudeep Tarafdar, Senior Consultant, IBM  | 3 years ago
Hi All   Am putting across the mterics needed to measure a supplier performance, which can also form a Scorecard Framework.   Order Fulfillment: Purchase Order (PO) fulfillment Rapid Deployment Defects/Returns EDI certification Overall......
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