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The 13 Keys to Retail Vendor Performance Management Success: Realizing the Potential to Improve Fill Rates, Lead Times and Accuracy and Power the Bottom Line

Register Now! Tuesday, May 21, 2013,11:30am EDT, 10:30am CDT, 9:30am MDT, and 8:30am PDT

In this videocast we show you how to successfully build such a vendor management program and deliver those kinds of results. SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore shares his “13 for 2013” guidelines– 13 key steps from strategy to execution – for designing and implementing a successful vendor program. The steps are based on his direct experience with such programs and interviews with several retailers than have successfully launched those programs themselves. Gilmore will be supported in the discussion by Camille Fratanduono, Assistant Vice President, Pricing, Inventory Planning and Analysis at Pep Boys, and Greg Holder, CEO of Compliance Networks.

What You’ll Learn/Benefits of Viewing:
- The mathematical connection between vendor on-time performance, fill rate, and ASN accuracy and store service and overall inventory levels
- A summary of 40 years of research on retail OOS – and how the data keeps telling the same story
- Differences across retail industry sectors
- How PepBoys is using a vendor management and compliance program to improve its supply chain and store performance
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Connecting Retail Vendor Performance with Improvements in Sales, Margins, and Inventory Supply Chain Digest and Dan Gilmore 


On Demand Now! Tuesday, April 16, 2013,11:30am EDT, 10:30am CDT, 9:30am MDT, and 8:30am PDT

In this outstanding broadcast, we tackle the impact of vendor performance on store service levels, inventories, safety stock, sales and margins from A to Z. Featuring Camille Fratanduono from auto parts retailer PepBoys, SCDigest's Dan Gilmore on “40 years of out-of-stock research,” Joe Shamir of ToolsGroup on the math of vendor variability and its impact on store service, and Greg Holder and Richard Wilhjelm of Compliance Networks.

What You’ll Learn/Benefits of Viewing:
- The mathematical connection between vendor on-time performance, fill rate, and ASN accuracy and store service and overall inventory levels
- A summary of 40 years of research on retail OOS – and how the data keeps telling the same story
- Differences across retail industry sectors
- How PepBoys is using a vendor management and compliance program to improve its supply chain and store performance
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Compliance Networks now offers
WebEDI - Powerful, Reliable, Simple, Affordable  

EDI for Small and Large Trading Partners

WebEDI (powered by DataTrans Solutions) provides customers with a simple and affordable way to  become EDI capable. Whether you are brand new to the EDI world or have years of experience, WebEDI provides an intuitive and powerful solution to address all of your EDI requirements.

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Sign-up now to leverage the immediate EDI trading partner benefits of WebEDI. When prompted for a Trading Partner ID, enter: COMPLIANCE300
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Visibility Means Cash: Supply Chain Visibility Insights

Supply Chain Visibility Thought Leaders Discussion: The PO Lifecycle and ASNs in the Consumer Goods to Retail Supply Chain (from Dan Gilmore, Supply Chain Digest)

"We believe that using historical data we can help the merchant create a more perfect PO that anticipates a vendor's future performance based on their historical performance in similar situations." Greg Holder, CEO and Founder, Compliance Networks

Full Supply Chain Story: The Visible Supply Chain (from Dan Gilmore, Supply Chain Digest)

Supply Chain Visibility 2012: The Supply Chain Digest Letter
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Lean Freight Performance Via Timely Freight Post-Audits

Now, more than ever, retailers are facing uncertain profits in a perfect storm of a slow recovering economy combined with rising inbound costs. While all indicators point to an economic recovery, retailers must continue to explore all avenues of expense leverage in order to either grow or maintain profit performance. Specific challenges retailers face with their inbound  supply chain and overall profitability include:

1.       Rising diesel costs ( up $.32 over LY)
2.       Uncertain hour of services ruses, CSA
3.       High fuel and assessorial surcharges
4.       Driver shortages
5.       Board demands to document green initiatives
6.       Uncertain climate regulatory related issues related to the trucking industry ( i.e. weight and size limits)
7.       Tight labor resources related to supply chain activities
8.       Valuable transportation performance related data is buried in freight invoices

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And We Can Make You Green, Too
The green benefits of Compliance Networks's solutions include improvements in transportation efficiency, reduction in carbon footprint, reduced fuel use, and improved supply chain compliance with green packaging initiatives, among other things. But, we are so proud of our internal recycling efforts, we just had to share the results.

According to Southern Shred, a document destruction and recycling firm, Compliance Networks's 2010 recycling efforts producing the following green results:

- 3,750 pounds of paper recycled
- 32 trees saved
- 13,125 gallons of water saved
- 6 cubic yards of landfill space saved 

For more on the green supply chain check out the Supply Chain Digest green newsletter.
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Retail Supply Chain Special Reports

Compliance Networks is proud to partner with Stores Magazine and Integrated Solutions for Retailers to publish these informative, thoughtful, and helpful special reports:

From Integrated Solutions for Retailers:

2012 Supply Chain Special Report

2011 Supply Chain Special Report

From Stores magazine, an NRF publication:

2012 20 Ideas Worth Stealing

2011 20 Ideas Worth Stealing
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A No-Cost Opportunity Assessment from Experienced Supply Chain Practitioners

We can help you handle these common retail challenges:
- Inbound shipments of the wrong items, at the wrong time, in the wrong quantity, and to the wrong location
- Inaccessible or inaccurate supply chain performance data
- Supplier performance not aligned with your retail objectives
- Limited IT resources or capital for addressing current system limitations and shortcomings 

We will benchmark your supply chain's performance:
- Against your competition
- Against your corporate goals and strategies!
- To discover where your supply chain is doing well and where it needs improvement.
- To identify lost opportunity costs!

Download details here.

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Vendor Compliance for Lean, Profitable Retail Supply Chains

Compliance Networks provides private-cloud-based software solutions that enable retailers to achieve:The Value of Vendor Compliance

- Significant improvements in total vendor performance,

- Substantial reductions in supply chain variability,

- Strong gains in operating efficiency,

- Improved cash flow generation.

Why these customers chose Compliance Networks

Download the CSCO Insights study The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization Technology

Welcome to Compliance Networks. We believe that in order to distinguish ourselves above all other software and services companies in this industry, we must be driven by a purpose that is greater than just making money or a name for ourselves. This purpose must always remain bigger than our organization otherwise the reason for our existence becomes self-centered and egotistical. We exist to support our customers because without our customers, we don’t exist.

Speaking of “being in existence,” 2012 marked 12 years of providing customers with the solutions and services they need to benefit from leaner, continually improving and more profitable supply chains.

Greg Holder

Co-Founder and CEO
Compliance Networks

Read more: Vendor Compliance for Lean, Profitable Retail Supply Chains

   

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Featured Customers

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“The Compliance Networks package is an 11 on a scale of 1-10”

Steve Lipton
SVP Finance
Elder-Beerman Stores Corporation
“We have learned a great deal about our vendors’ shipping habits and have used the information to make sound business decisions”

Jim Rawlins
SVP of Logistics
Bon Ton Stores Corporation

"Ahead of their time as far as supply chain management"

Darlene Hokanson
VP/CIO
Oshman's Sporting Goods, Inc.
"We have learned a great deal about our vendors' shipping habits and have used the information to make sound business decisions"

Jim Rawlins
SVP of Logistics
Bon Ton Stores Corporation
“rCMS improved the flow in our distribution centers by 62%”

Dave Sanford
VP of Distribution
Burlington Coat Factory
"They have an impressive ability to execute a solution and a deep knowledge of the retail industry."

Mike Prince
Former CIO
Burlington Coat Factory
"You can talk to these guys because they have lived it - they've been in the trenches. That is what sold us."

Jim Rawlins
SVP of Logistics
BonTon Stores Corporation
"Their reporting system gave us details that even our vendors were shocked we had"

Bruce Berger
Former Controller
Oshman's Sporting Goods
"It will create income for retailers, but more importantly, it will allow them to get the attention of their vendors and force them to deal with the problems non-compliance is causing retailers."

Dave Sanford
VP Distribution
Burlington Coat Factory
"Compliance Networks has proven the ability to completely capture our vendors' performance. They are extremely responsive; we have NEVER been able to get to this valuable information before."

Marc Elmo
Former VP Distribution and Transportation
West Coast Retailer
"Installation was unbelievably easy even though it was completely customized to Elder-Beerman's requirements."

Jim Rawlins
SVP of Logistics
Bon Ton Stores Corporation
"The rCMS is one stop shopping for Actionable Supply Chain Intelligence."

James R. Kelly
Director of Engineering
Dillard's, Inc.
"We were impressed with the competence and speed of completion they brought to the table."

 Darlane Hokanson
VP/CIO
Oshman's Sporting Goods, Inc.
“In my 15 years at Burlington Coat Factory, dollar for dollar, rCMS is the best IT investment we have ever made.”

Mike Prince
Former CIO
Burlington Coat Factory
“We have learned a great deal about our vendors’ shipping habits and have used the information to make sound business decisions”

Jim Rawlins
SVP of Logistics
Bon Ton Stores Corporation
"...[CN] has really worked quickly and professionally to meet the project requirements...[they] are to be complemented on their technical expertise, professionalism and dedications to meeting BCF's requirements."

Liz Remine
Director System Implementation
Burlington Coat Factory

Associations and Partners

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Blue Jungle Marketing

It’s a jungle out there… survival in the business world requires a strong corporate identity. At Blue Jungle Marketing, our philosophy is simple… to provide our clients with products and services that will make a lasting impression. Blue Jungle Marketing will differentiate your business from your competitors.  Call today for your marketing, promotional product, embroidery, and large format needs 281-240-6700.
LeadFormix

LeadFormix is a cloud-based B2B marketing automation 2.0 platform that identifies and qualifies sales opportunities by measuring visitor intent. This patent pending solution goes beyond demand generation and workflow automation by delivering a new level of enriched lead data, enabling enterprise sales and marketing teams to uncover hidden opportunities, accurately identify online visitor intent and decision-makers, and deliver powerful, targeted, real-time responses to qualified prospects.
Vendor Compliance Federation

VCF is a leader in Retail and Vendor best practice solutions for supplier-retailer collaboration and is an advocate for retailer-supplier trading synchronization. VCF champions initiatives to increase strategic industry-wide productivity, profitability and growth.
Supply Chain Digest

Supply Chain Digest is the industry's most valuable supply chain management and logistics publication.
National Retail Federation

NRF's mission is to advance and protect the interests of the retail industry and to help retailers achieve excellence in all areas of their business.
Mainstream Technologies

Mainstream Technologies is a technology consulting firm specializing in custom software development, IT planning, service, support, co-location and hosting. We serve all types of organizations. We effectively address our clients' technology problems with world class solutions, regardless of computer language, operating system or brand of hardware.
Retail Industry Leaders Association

The Retail Industry Leaders Association is the trade association of the world’s largest and most successful retail companies, whose executives participate in RILA for its unique educational forums, its effective public policy advocacy, and its advancement of the retail industry.
Marketing Techniques and Innovations

Inez Blackburn is an independent consultant, educator and global trainer with a proven track record in helping companies maximizing performance by deploying a value proposition that will result in profitable growth.
Joe Lang Travel

Since 1993 Joe Lang Travel has offered "big business" corporate travel benefits and incentives for small to medium-sized business clients. 

Joe Lang Travel also offers its personalized, individualized service to couples, families, groups, honeymoons, destination weddings, and romantic getaways. 314-985-5642
DesignMatters

With over 20 years of design and media experience, DesignMatters continues to grow their footprint by supporting their number one priority: Their Clients. Fun, creative, customer-focused, and results-driven, DM creates custom Websites, videos, print design, interactive media, and more.
Supply Chain Markets

Vertmarkets - IT Group communities for retail, distribution, and manufacturing professionals
thegreensupplychain.com

A supply chain-centric website that aggregates current energy and environmental issues and topics that impact modern logistics practitioners.
Deeterwerks

Deeterwerks is focused on providing business development and program management solutions to the Retail, Manufacturing and Information Technology industries.
Retail Solutions Online

Vertmarkets - IT Group communities for retail, distribution, and manufacturing professionals
Supply Chain Digest

Supply Chain Digest is the industry's most valuable supply chain management and logistics publication.
David K. Schneider & Company

Proven boutique-sized provider of  innovative and practical supply chain solutions
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