In his classic In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best Run Companies, Tom Peters states that ‘sticking to the knitting’ is one of the success factors of the largest companies. In loose translation, it means...
Category - Processes
Contrary to appearances, Logistics of an online store is not necessarily a simple task. Over the past 5 years, between 3,000 and 7,000 new online stores have been created in Poland each year. However, 60% of them did not survive...
What requirements should an eCommerce warehouse meet? A question formulated this way resembles searching for the parameters that a sports car should have. A sports car can mean both a Formula 1 car and an off-road car adapted...
Efficient logistics is necessary for the functioning of companies offering physical products or services. Necessary but not sufficient, as I have written in the article – Logistics is not everything. Consequently, when...
In 2020, the last mile evolved. A lot has changed in the way retail works. Several traditional retail chains went bankrupt or reduced their operations, and e-commerce sales exceeded forecasts for several years ahead. We...
Warehouse workers are worth their weight in gold. At the same time, they are one of the most underestimated professional groups among logistics employees. Only truck drivers were once more underrated, but not anymore. Over the...
An automated store – Zinu Shop – was built in Kraków, in the M1 shopping center. How is it different from the solutions presented by retail chains so far? First of all, it is a Polish initiative. In contrast to...
Many companies carry out warehouse reorganization on an ongoing basis. According to the needs at a particular moment. On the one hand, the results are achieved faster this way. On the other hand, solutions are not always...
How to effectively implement an S&OP process? How do you lead your organization to a new planning process? Sales & Operations Planning is a global standard. However, its implementation in many cases is quite a...
95% of initiatives to implement S&OP fail within 3 years. In the remaining 5% of cases, it takes an average of 10 years for organizations to fully master the process. Why is it so difficult to implement S&OP? In the...
