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Vietnam leads convenience store charge
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 19/04/2017
» Asia's grocery market is the largest in the world, with a predicted 6.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) up to 2021, according to the worldwide food and grocery research specialists at IGD. The size of the Asian market is forecast to reach US$4.8 trillion by 2021: equivalent to that of Europe and North America combined.
Show your board how SCM improves both top and bottom lines
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 07/09/2016
» Picking up on our topic we began last time, via Supply Chain24/7.com, we will explore how supply chain management people can contribute not only to reducing costs but also to enabling growth of the top line. Clearly, supply chain managers need to be at the forefront of cost containment by helping to improve process efficiency, leveraging more affordable suppliers, or introducing new technologies.
Omni-channel is the way forward for grocery supply chains
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 22/04/2015
» The arrival of the "omni-channel" supply chain took centre stage at the 14th annual Efficient Consumer Response Asia Pacific Conference in Hong Kong from March 24-25. Several speakers touched on this trend, the ultimate manifestation of the conference theme of collaboration between manufacturers and retailers.
Efficient consumer response movement faces challenges
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 25/03/2015
» The 14th annual Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) Asia Pacific Conference wraps up today in Hong Kong. The theme of the two-day event, "Collaborating for a Better Future", highlights the importance of creating synergy with consumers and other businesses in an interconnected world. The two main areas of focus are:
Defining 'Best' in a supply chain is difficult
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 24/09/2014
» We are very interested in the evolving debate about what constitutes a "top" supply chain. For many, the annual survey by AMR Research, subsequently acquired by Gartner, sets the bar. We have reported regularly on both the global and Asian winners of this survey, including the 2014 Global Top 25 on July 29.
Lessons from the world's supply chain leaders
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 30/07/2014
» We always look forward to the annual Gartner Supply Chain Top 25, not so much to see who’s in and who’s out, but for the insights that industry leaders offer into current trends and future directions.
Supply chain asia awards recognise excellence
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 20/11/2013
» It is time to again remind readers about Supply Chain Asia (SCA), the non-profit body that brings together professionals from the logistics and supply chain industry with the common purpose of sharing knowledge, learning from one another and creating opportunities for collaboration. The organisation has roots in Thailand, with Bangkok having been the location for the inaugural conferences years ago.
'Power to the people' the order of the day at beijing meet
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 07/11/2012
» We attended the TRACC Integrative Improvement Conference in Beijing last week. It was an excellent programme, featuring many presentations by practitioners who talked about their own companies' continuous improvement (CI) journeys.
Resiliency is key to SCM's contribution
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 04/07/2012
» We wish to reintroduce ourselves this week. After almost 10 years as Weekly Link, beginning today we are simply, The Link. The editors have asked us to change a little bit, cutting back on frequency to every fortnight but with a bit more space each time, so we can discuss things in more depth. We are pleased to continue in this new vein.
SCM leaders building on others success
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 27/06/2012
» As we wrote last week, Gartner Research recently held its annual Supply Chain Conference and announced its Supply Chain Management Top 25 for this year. We discussed the key themes of the top companies' leading practices last week.