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RedMart, Lazada and the future of online grocery market in Asia
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 25/01/2017
» Having been involved in a small way with the development of RedMart in Singapore, The Link is very pleased to share highlights of the following interview, shared by Laura Roberts, head of corporate communications at IGD.
The top five solutions to reduce wasted miles
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 30/12/2015
» We round out 2015 with a very timely submission from IGD, the food and grocery research and training charity in Britain, with which we have been so pleased to become familiar just this year.
An integrative route to business transformation
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 26/08/2015
» Today we wish to revisit a topic about which we have written often. It was prompted by a thought-provoking blog entry by Robert Hart of Competitive Capabilities International, developer of the terrific TRACC value-chain improvement solution. Much has been written about the advantages of individual continuous improvement methodologies such as the Toyota Production System, Total Productive Maintenance and Lean, yet few companies have achieved sustainable success as a result of adopting such approaches.
Practical and effective approach to building supply chain management capability
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 05/06/2013
» We are writing further on the topic of the emerging approach of supply chain coaching. As we have written before, we see this as a most effective way to bridge the gap in supply chain management (SCM) between classroom education and training, the traditional education from the institutions, to the very basic and pragmatic knowledge embedded in the organisation so that, on a day-to-day basis, supply teams are truly effectively in alignment with a company's objectives.
So what exactly are integrative improvement systems anyway?
Business, Barry Elliott, Published on 06/06/2012
» In recent weeks, we have written about Integrative Improvement Systems (iiS) and are pleased that people have expressed curiosity about this approach. Based on what we wrote, the business benefits are reasonably evident; this especially includes the notion of the sustainability of the continuous improvement (CI) capability in an organisation.