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Supply Chain Excellence = Delighted Customers, A Q&A with Carrefour
When discussing supply chain design, ‘excellence’ is one of those terms banded around frequently, with little discussion as to what is actually means. While for some companies this may be a long and detailed answer, for Carrefour the answer is much more straightforward.We spent a few minutes in the chair with Roberto Canevari, Head of Global Supply Chain at Carrefour to find out more about their apparently simplistic view of supply chain excellence and dig deep to see how that simple observation can govern one of the largest retail supply chain networks on the planet.
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Interview with Clive Geldard, VP, Solving Efeso
We caught up with Clive Geldard, VP of Solving Efeso, who gave us some great insight about retail and FMCG supply chain trends to look out for, and the best places to invest our efforts.
Topics:
3:34 - What strategies have delivered the most significant improvements?
6:45 - Strategy implementation challenges
9:09 - Current trends in retail/FMCG supply chain practices, managing complexity & uncertainty
13:16 - The dangers of over-segmentation
14:36 - The next big trends in supply chain - innovation management
17:24 - Talent management, acquisition & retention at Solving Efeso
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Turn Up The Volume – Turn Down the CO2
A Q&A with Simon Smith, Vice President of Logistics at Unilever Supply Chain.Unilever are one of the world’s largest household brands. The chances are that unless you’re reading this before getting out of bed in the morning (and quite frankly, who could blame you?) then chances are at some point today you have made use of a Unilever product. When you sell 170 billion products every year – that’s 5,391 items per second – it requires a monumental logistics plan. And as if that wasn’t challenging enough, they are simultaneously trying to double their turnover whilst reducing their CO2 emissions by 40%. To get an idea of how they plan to achieve this, we spoke to Simon Smith, Vice President of Logistics at Unilever Supply Chain.
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Q&A with Richard Powell, Crimson & Co
Making sure your supply chain is running at peak efficiency is at the heart of a well-oiled logistics strategy.To find out more about what you can do to get the most out of your suppliers in the FMCG & retail space, we caught up with Richard Powell, MD of leading supply chain consultants Crimson and Co.
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The Smell of Supply Chain Success
A Q&A with Puig Puig is an international fragrance, cosmetics and fashion company founded in 1914 in Barcelona, Spain, that is still 100% family owned. Puig is a Brand Builder, and throughout their history they have developed expertise in translating fashion brands’ images into the world of perfume. What sets Puig apart is the combination of deep implication and commitment from each member of their team. Shareholder stability is both a particularly significant asset and a proof of success, with net revenues in 2010 exceeding 1.2m€ with an operating profit (EBIT) of 184m€ We spent a few minutes in the chair with Javier Puyuelo, Global Supply Chain Director at Puig to find out more about their Demand & Supply Planning, Customer Service & Logistics operations and what key lessons you can take from it.
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An interview with Richard Powell, Managing Director, Crimson & Co
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The Supply Chain's Role in Supermarket Price Wars
As Britain's household budgets are increasingly squeezed, consumers are feeling the pinch and this sentiment is echoed in retail sales across virtually all market segments. Even supermarkets, which for decades have thrived on generous sales promotions and rockbottom margins, have recently shown signs of tightening their belts. Central to the grocery giants' intensifying battle over who can offer shoppers the best value is smart supply chain management.
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Supply Chain Segmentation: A How-To Guide
Supply Chain Segmentation - If you're not doing it, you've probably heard about it. In fact, it's nothing new and a technique that has been hovering in the background for some time now. But due to the economic crisis and ever tightening budgetary constraints more companies than ever are implementing this system to keep their entire value chain more agile, more customer-focused and more profit-driving than ever before.
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Supermarket Supply Chains: Counting the Cost of Convenience
Over the past few decades, retailers have increasingly embraced the 'stack it high, sell it cheap' philosophy, with economies of scale enabling them to offer massively discounted prices. But in recent years, a growing trend has emerged for the UK's supermarket giants to give shoppers convenience as well as cost savings. Tesco and Sainsbury's are just two firms to have opened small high street stores to provide the 'local shop' feel to which their much larger edge-of-town siblings are the antithesis.FREE Download to read the full article
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