Retail IT White Papers
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Optimizing Retail Allocation: 10 Must-Have Capabilities
12/10/2015
Superior Retail Allocation from DC to Store Door Requires the Right Resources.
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Retail Supply Chain Collaboration: 3 Catalysts For Success
12/10/2015
The business of retail continues to push forward on a rapid pace of innovation, creating major challenges for supply chain teams. Today’s retailers attack the market with activities ranging from developing unique products to helping customers finance their purchases.
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The State Of Retailer-Vendor Supply Chain Relationships
11/23/2015
The consumer goods to retail supply chain has clearly been the most prominent and quite arguably the most important sector of the supply chain for decades.
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Turning Your ERP Inside Out
11/20/2015
Today’s consumers have never had more options for researching and purchasing products. Online sales and new digital channels provide virtually unlimited assortment, price transparency and visibility to the opinions and experiences of millions of shoppers around the world. Ubiquitous information on demand has raised consumer expectations of businesses.
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In-store Fulfillment: Justifying The Investment, Operational Considerations And Potential ROI
11/5/2015
Today’s consumers expect a seamless omni-channel experience from every retailer, whether pure-play e-commerce or brick-and-mortar. According to Forrester Research 1 , 71 percent of shoppers expect to view in-store inventory online, while 50 percent expect to buy online and pick up in store. However, most retailers have not operationalized even the basics such as store pickup, cross channel inventory visibility, and store based fulfillment. There is a significant disconnect between what consumers want from retailers and the omni-channel capabilities retailers are prepared to provide.
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Strategic Insights Into Selecting The Operating System That Best Meets Your Long-Term Business Vision
10/27/2015
The most used and most widely supported mobile operating system for enterprise operations – Windows ® Embedded Handheld 6.5 (WEH 6.5) – is nearing its end of life and there is no clear-cut migration path for the millions of business users that depend on it.
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How Multi-Location Organizations Can Overcome Two Network Obstacles To Innovation
10/22/2015
Entering her favorite clothing store, Sherri receives a message from the store’s loyalty app: Her favorite brand of jeans is on sale. The store knows her purchase history well. She goes to the jeans section and finds her size is not in stock. No problem — she uses the app to order online at the sale price. Sherri expected a good customer experience, and that’s exactly what she got.
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Commerce Convergence: Closing The Gap Between Online And In-Store
10/19/2015
Retail is not about channels, it's about solving problems. Retailers understand that digital needs to influence all touchpoints, and support all aspects of the shopping journey.
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Five Things To Consider Before Moving Your Surveillance Video To The Cloud
10/16/2015
Video surveillance systems have some unique requirements that set them apart from other types of enterprise applications. Determining where and how the cloud can support these systems depends on a set of five primary requirements: bandwidth, storage, cost, security and accessibility. This paper outlines some of the key considerations mid- and large-sized enterprises need to examine before deciding to move their video surveillance systems into the cloud — and looks at how they can leverage cloud capabilities for video in the meantime.
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The Ten Commandments Of Omnichannel Retailing, Revisited
10/15/2015
Eradicating the plague of channel-specific data disparity is at the crux of the omnichannel brand promise. Integration has proven an unworthy antidote.