Recently, there has been more and more talk in e-commerce about cross border and expansion into foreign markets. This is not surprising since, according to the Baselinker Index, stores operating in more than one market are...
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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...
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...
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...
Often executives view Supply Chain solely as cost generation area. They often overlook the complexity of operational processes. Why is it like this in so many organizations? According to a survey conducted by Korn Ferry, most...
The Supply Chain Planning System is a source of knowledge about all flows of goods that take place or should take place in your organization. Aborigines, however, say that knowledge is noise until it enters the muscles. Or...
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...
In what warehouse equipment should you invest in order to achieve effective Logistics? In the previous article, together with Andrzej Lada-Kubala, who is the Operational Director of Wójcik Furniture, we talked about how...
Creating a warehouse is not an easy task. On the one hand, it is not rocket science. On the other hand, there are a large number of factors involved and a lot of assumptions that have to be made. Regardless of whether we...
The certifications offered by APICS are the most recognized credentials in Supply Chain and Logistics. But they also are expensive. In many organizations, it is difficult to justify the significant expenditure on training...