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Customer Service: How to get it right and how to get it badly wrong
Dave Jordan Wed, Aug 27, 2014
Just returned from a holiday in Spain. Thinking about it, our trips to UK do not really count as holidays as they inevitably involve moving heavy boxes up and downstairs as the heiress (click here for unashamed plug of heiress art work) changes…
FMCG RTM Distribution : How Traditional Trade interaction could work
Dave Jordan Wed, Aug 20, 2014
I previously blogged about the reality of FMCG Traditional Trade (TT) Route To Market (RTM) distribution and described the drivers and behaviours in each party as the monthly plans inevitably imploded. Let us now get out the crystal ball and stare…
FMCG Stock Shrinkage happens in the best run operations, even yours!
Dave Jordan Wed, Aug 13, 2014
My colleague Stefan Cucu recently wrote on the subject of stock shrinkage in coolers located in HORECA outlets in Romania. One of the points he made warned Supply Chain professionals about the likelihood of stock shrinkage anywhere along the chain.…
Supply Chain Insight: FMCG Drinks Stock Shrinkage
Stefan Cucu Wed, Aug 06, 2014
Today we see a lot of writing about Supply Chain. Technology is advancing rapidly and we are seeing changes almost on a daily basis; progress is simply enormous. However, some things never change and this is what I discuss here – things that never…