January New Year's Resolutions

In the spirit of the New Year, with new opportunities, new challenges, and new ways for gaining more value from the extended supply chain, we offer the following recommendations for New Year's resolutions.

February Signs of a Recovery?

The Retail Industry Leaders Association Logistics 2010 Conference kicked off Sunday evening, February 21st with a cocktail reception and a pleasant surprise: attendance at the annual thought leadership event for retail supply chain executives had doubled from last year!

March The Final Four?

No. The Final (of) Four Supply Chain Papers from Inez Blackburn.

From The Glass Supply Chain to Rewards, Opportunities, and Merchandising Metrics, Inez covers a lot of enlightening ground for merchants and other supply chain practitioners in her four-part series, presented by Retail Solutions Online and Compliance Networks.

April Celebrating our 10th!

2010 is Compliance Networks's 10th year of providing leaner, more profitable supply chains for it's customers.

So, what do we have to show for our first decade?

Summer 2010 Videocast Update

January Strategic Supplier Management and the NRF Big Show 2009

During September and October 2008, over 400 supply chain professionals learned how to bring the benefits of Strategic Supplier Management to their organizations. The four-part videocast series was presented by thought leaders from Supply Chain Digest, VCF, Supply Chain Visions, and Compliance Networks.

April Enter the (Supply Chain) Blogosphere

Blogging isn't just for political pundits or celebrity junkies anymore. Compliance Networks is proud to present blogs from three of our favorite supply chain experts. Ranging from a little edgy to very educational, these bloggers are nonetheless informative and thought-provoking. Take a few minutes to check them out, it will be time well spent.

May It is better to give, than to receive...

The Perfect Order Index Community of Practice (CoP), underwritten by Compliance Networks, is exploring the importance and value of consistently delivering shipments across the four Perfect Order Index measurements, on-time, complete, damage-free, with correct documentation.

June 200 manufacturers. 50 retailers. 70 service providers. What do they have in common? They provided insight into the current status of the Perfect Order Index as a retail supply chain performance metric.

July The luxury of ignorance...catch it while it's still bliss.

Old Ways of Working Together do not address the current economic environment and we find ourselves at the crossroads of progress. Finding New Ways of Working Together is no longer an option as our survival depends on it. We must challenge ourselves and each other to lead through inspiration with integrity, honesty, pride and passion for who we are and what we do.

August Pride, Passion and Profit: The New Framework for Working Together in the Consumer Goods-to-Retail Supply Chain - A Four-Part Videocast Series

Presented by Supply Chain Digest and Compliance Networks to present ground-breaking new research from Inez Blackburn (President, Market Techniques & Innovations and adjunct professor at the University of Toronto) and Matthew Deeter (Founder, Deeterwerks, with over 24 years of retail and information technology experience as an executive for a major retailer and a global technology company).

September New Ways of Working Together with Pride, Passion, and Profit - Videocasts Go Global!

The first videocast in the New Ways of Working Together Four-Part Series was a huge success! Hundreds of supply chain professionals registered individually and hundreds more viewed the videocast in large group settings around the world. Download the first videocast now - On demand!

October Global Supply Chain Videocasts Continue to Draw Thousands Around the World!

Excitement and learning continue to build with the second successful videocast in the New Ways of Working Together Four-Part Series!

November It's a wrap! Thousands of supply chain professionals enjoyed learning from the very successful New Ways of Working Together four-part global videocast series.

But, if you missed it, you can still view the videocast series via on-demand download.

January Being Green is a Win-Win-Win. Who Knew?

Compliance Networks knew.

Green initiatives aren't just good for the environment and customer relations. Business, in particular the supply chain and logistics industry, has learned that green initiatives also contribute to efficiency and profitability.

February Must see TV - Optimized Supply Chain Performance

An increasing number of companies are looking to improve Transportation Management and also Supply Chain Visibility through better integration with suppliers. In an excellent two-part Videocast Series, only from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, leading retailer The Bon-Ton Stores explains how it was able to achieve both objectives with an on-demand Transportation Management System (TMS) and Vendor Compliance Optimization technology, and then integrate those two solutions for even better results.

March More Must see Supply Chain TV! 

Learn more and register

June Attention Supply Chain Leaders

Better. Faster. Cheaper.
Compliance Networks is proud to offer two new supply chain solutions designed to offer many of the benefits of its popular and proven Retail Compliance Management Solution.

September Strategic Supplier Management Videocast Series - FREE

Supply chain thought leaders from SupplyChain Digest, VCF, Supply ChainVisions, and Compliance Networks illuminate and simplify the essentialchallenge of Strategic Supplier Management.

January - New Years Resolution

Change...meaningful and ongoing improvement is impossible without it. Positive change in any business is also nearly impossible without tactical and strategic plans based on complete and accurate performance data. Ongoing positive change requires that performance data be continuously updated and analyzed to inform the continuous adjustment of plans and the execution of those plans.

February - The Extended Supply Chain Family

At Compliance Networks we consider ourselves an essential part of the retail supply chain, mostly because our retail clients tell us we are an essential part of their supply chains. Who are we to argue?

March - When a plan comes together...

Our retail clients love it when their plan comes together...the merchandising plan, that is. No, Compliance Networks doesn't offer merchandising solutions, at least not yet. But we do offer retailers and their extended supply chain partners the benefits of Vendor Compliance Optimization...

April - Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight...

Part one of five articles about distribution management optimization.

Most warehouse management systems are not well-suited to support the needs of modern retailers, particularly retailers' needs to leverage...

May - Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight...

Part two of five articles about distribution management optimization.

In 2004, John Traendly released the results of the Soleus Group's annual Retail Supply Chain Best Practices Review. The study included these findings in the area of vendor performance...

June - Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight...

Part three of five articles about distribution management optimization.

In 2006, James Tompkins and John Traendly presented updated data from the Retail Supply Chain Best Practices Review at the RILA Logistics 2006 conference...

November - Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight...

Part four of five articles about distribution management optimization.

We continue our look at retail distribution performance, based on findings from the 2006 Retail Supply Chain Best Practices Study by Tompkins and Traendly...

December - Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight...

Part five of five articles about distribution management optimization.

We complete our look at retail distribution performance, based on findings from the 2006 Retail Supply Chain Best Practices Study by Tompkins and Traendly.

June Faster. Better. Cheaper.

It is normally pretty difficult to sell merchandise that is on a truck or sitting in a warehouse.
Merchandise that spends unnecessary time lingering somewhere between the vendor and the store sale floor creates a plethora of problems for retailers...

September Ignorance Is Not Bliss...

According to Stephen Covey, author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Poor judgement and uninformed assumptions result in market miscues, setbacks, mediocre performance, politicized cultures, demoralized workers, and workforce reductions.

December Enter the Matrix

Like most businesses that operate to maximize profits, retailers seek to:

• Maximize revenues,
• Minimize expenses,
• Mitigate risk.