SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
‘ To stay ahead of the game , businesses will use their customer , product and operational insight to drive collaboration with manufacturers , distributors , enablers and across industries ’
and new accountability .
All this will require changes in demand planning and inventory management , with supply chain opening the door to a vendormanaged inventory process ( VMI ) where the product is only ‘ owned ’ the instant before sales .
With customers having more access to information and greater transparency with tracking technology and stock checking functionality , there is a growing expectation that products will be delivered when they want and to where they are , even if they are on the move .
We ’ re seeing delivery options being expanded to suit the customer ’ s requirements ; for example , jog-post and drop-boxes and the customer ’ s ability to bundle all their purchases into one delivery slot will become standard .
The dominance of e-commerce has
Long-distance logistics has never been more accessible
20 October 2014