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NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

In 2024, it won’t be your dad’s supply chain. These four emerging trends elevate the urgency for supply chain execs to move distributed order management (DOM) to the top of their lists. #1: So your distributed order management strategy must consider the DC and the store, both for taking and fulfilling orders.

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Laying the Operational Foundation for Autonomous Stores

Retail TouchPoints

While autonomous stores and technological innovation are high on the retail agenda, the infrastructure and operational efforts that enable them aren’t often given the same broad attention. These operations may struggle to adapt to the unique needs of automated checkout systems and smart stores.

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Every Retail Worker is Now a Supply Chain Worker

Retail TouchPoints

Retail workers traditionally occupied point-of-sale positions or customer services positions, but now they are central to the success of complex and sophisticated supply chain operations. . In the midst of these accelerated changes, few jobs have changed more than retail work.

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Key Disaster Preparedness Takeaways for Retailers from an Eventful Summer

Retail TouchPoints

Take Stock of the Inventory Amid the digital transformation of retail, technologies such as SquareSpace have become more commonplace at the point of sale, while self-service kiosks and cashierless checkouts are now ubiquitous. Invest now to save later.

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5G in Retail: Creating the WOW factor

Retail TouchPoints

Tractor Supply Co. , Tractor Supply Co. 5G can also connect mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminals , self-service kiosks, scan-and-go checkouts and other forms of frictionless shopping with ease. During these times of supply chain chaos and high prices, savings in the supply chain can be a boon to retailers.

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Walmart Canada Will Invest $3.5 Billion To Modernize Stores, DCs And Supply Chain

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart Canada will augment and modernize its supply chain with the construction of two new distribution centers equipped with next-generation automation, and the implementation of new warehouse management systems at DCs to help meet the needs of omnichannel consumers.

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Supply Chain Management: How to Deal with the Supply Chain Crisis

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Since the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across nearly all industries have dealt with supply chain issues. In reality, the supply chain is not just about dealing with the problems we have right now but also what will be in the future. Simplify Your Supply Chain By Working Local Producers.