Following the intervention by Troy Prothero of Food Lion at the 2010 Category Management Association Meeting, David Orgel, Editor-in-Chief for Supermarket News, gives his perspective on what it takes to build - and participate to - a downstream data sharing program.
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The Analyst Viewpoint
If you have not talked to Retail Solutions on lessons learned from these pilots, you should. Retail Solutions is successfully managing a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model to help CP companies gain insights on inventory movement. This type of inventory fingerprinting is essential to better understanding promotion execution.
- Lora Cecere, AMR Research, '10 Cool Technology Applications for Consumer Products,' May 17, 2007
In the News
Learn more about Retail Solutions and our customers' successes by reading articles from various industry publications and websites.
November 30th, 2009 (In the News)
Food Lion’s Data and the Spider-Man Principle
November 18th, 2009 (Analyst Coverage, In the News)
Phantom Inventory Creates Havoc in Retail Supply Chains
In his latest blog posting on Logistics Viewpoint, Steve Banker reviews how phantom inventory can cause out-of-stocks even before its level hits the replenishment threshold.
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November 9th, 2009 (Analyst Coverage, In the News)
What Causes Shelf Out-of-Stocks?
Steve Banker of ARC Advisory Group highlights some of the industry’s latest findings about the root causes of shelf out-of-stocks.
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October 1st, 2009 (In the News)
In Consumer Goods, A New Approach to Retail Replenishment
In a wide-reaching article covering new replenishment practices, Robert J. Bowman of Supply Chain Brain examines how retailer-supplier collaboration powered by new technology can help drive new performance levels: lower out-of-stock rates along with lower inventory.
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April 28th, 2009 (Analyst Coverage, In the News)
The First Moment of Truth
“Instead of the retailer spending tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars to build these DSRs, companies like Retail Solutions (RSi) build the DSR for retailers like CVS and Walgreens.”
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April 10th, 2009 (In the News)
P&G Leadership Puts Data to Action
“Retail Solutions Demand Signal Management is a critical foundation for many of the projects we run, and in this economy, having this level of business-centric visibility will be all the more important.” - Allan Barr, Operations Manager, P&G
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March 27th, 2009 (In the News)
Reduced IT Budgets Favor Small Projects, On-Demand Models
“As the economic downturn shrinks budgets for supply chain IT investments, companies turn to smaller projects with fast implementations and on-demand delivery models.”
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March 23rd, 2009 (In the News)
POS Data Sharing Enables Kimberly Clark and Food Lion to Become Indispensable Partners
“Smart companies are taking collaborative action by sharing point-of-sale (POS) data to closely track sales and inventory movement.”
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March 2nd, 2009 (In the News)
A Matter of Survival
How do you predict demand amid economic upheaval? The smartest companies are analyzing point-of-sale data for insights.
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February 24th, 2009 (In the News)
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Retail Execution for CPG Companies
How Retail Execution is quickly establishing itself as a source of competitive advantage in the CPG industry.
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February 1st, 2009 (In the News)
Kimberly-Clark Leverages POS Data to Help Food Lion Reduce Out of Stocks
“The most important thing though, is that the Retail Solutions tool is pervasive. It crosses boundaries, and is used by all the functions we leverage to serve Food Lion more effectively.” - Greg Pike, Kimberly-Clark
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January 23rd, 2009 (Award, In the News, Press Release)
Retail Solutions Wins Consumer Goods Technology Readers’ Choice Award for Third Year in a Row
Retail Solutions Jumps Two Spots to Number Three in the “Demand Data Analytics” Category
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January 6th, 2009 (In the News)
Kimberly-Clark Becomes the Indispensible Partner for Retailers
How Kimberly-Clark leverages point-of-sale data with Retail Solutions to foster win-win relationships with Food Lion
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November 10th, 2008 (In the News)
Food Lion Expands Data-Sharing Program
“Vendor Pulse is gaining recognition as one of the largest retail data-sharing programs in the industry, along with Wal-Mart Stores’ Retail Link program.”
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September 1st, 2008 (In the News)
RFID Reconciles CPG and Retailer Relationships
By working with T3Ci and using RFID, HP is closing the loop on delivery and payment, and improving performance in the stores
(Reprinted by permission from Chain Store Age, Copyright Lebhar-Friedman, Inc., 425 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022)
July 31st, 2008 (Award, In the News, Press Release)
Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine Announces Retail Solutions an Award Winner of their Supply & Demand Chain Executive 10
Award in Line with Momentum: Company Experiences Record Growth in Revenue, Customer Base and Retailer Partnerships over First Half of 2008
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January 24th, 2008 (Award, In the News, Press Release)
Retail Solutions Wins Consumer Goods Technology Reader’s Choice Award
Retail Solutions Awarded the Coveted “Editors’ Pick” Award for Second Year in a Row
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July 29th, 2007 (In the News)
Retailer Data Sharing: A How-To Guide to Operational Benefits
“There is no longer need to prove how detailed operational POS and inventory data can be a tremendous source of competitive advantage for both manufacturers and retailers.”
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April 23rd, 2007 (In the News)
Analyzing One Billion Tag Reads
T3Ci Milestone Indicates that Volumes of Tagged Goods in the CPG Supply Chain Are Starting to Rise
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