The Dark Side of Productivity in Supply Chain Logistics
Our supply chain logistics, systems, and inventory management consulting firm spends much of its time helping clients improve productivity and reduce costs. We are ever mindful of the negative side — the “dark side” — of productivity in supply chain logistics projects. What is the dark side? It’s what happens if we don’t take the [...]
Were Sales Up For Your Holiday Season?
In the past couple of weeks we have talked to many retail and direct businesses about their holiday sales. Here is what we found: Overall Fall and Holiday 2010 Results: Our best educated guess is that Christmas season will finish up 3% to 5% over 2009 on the average. Internet sales, in many direct businesses, [...]
