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: ...

Louis DeJoy surprised many on Tuesday when he announced that he would be stepping down as Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service. While no timeframe was given, in a letter to the USPS Board of ...

This ongoing debate has made it clear that we need a deeper understanding of the challenges non-commercial organizations face in tackling labor exploitation and why some research stresses their ...

Getting the destination right is absolutely a matter of getting the ship-to address correct. Whether conveying goods for use or for sale, ensuring that the destination address is accurate, and clearly ...

Ensuring that the quantity is correct is reinforced by the use of technology such as automatic identification (barcode labeling and scanning, RFID), counting machines, and scale weights. The Right ...

First, the Right Product is one that the market wants or has a need for. In retail, this is a product that consumers will purchase because they desire it or because they require it.

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

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

Let’s get back to the discussion of the definition of a customer: Are we talking about the customer as a business or the customer as a person? If the customer is a business, then it is likely that the ...