Supply chain is important. But not many people understand exactly how important it is.

An effective supplier risk management can help retail and consumer goods companies achieve confidence in the performance of their supply chain. But how can it be done?

How to use analytics and visualization to reduce supply chain vulnerability.

A how-to guide for manufacturers, distributors and other b2b organizations on building a financial model to assess the value of e-commerce.

In selecting an eCommerce platform, then, the key is to not be distracted by small-scale features, but instead to look at what the platform does for you.

As we look to the next evolution in technology, there is a clear case to be made that CRM systems will logically converge with e-commerce platforms.

Supply chain could just as appropriately be called an information chain. And a customer chain. And a financial chain.

Climate change causes supply chain managers to assess how their organization makes decisions around purchasing, storage handling and asset recovery activities in order to drive both cost and emissions reductions.

How to outsource your e-commerce fulfillment
Seko Synergy

The purpose of this paper is to explore how outsourcing fulfilment can help the retailer grow his e-commerce business by liberating him from the everyday tasks of fulfilling orders so that he can focus on what he does best.This paper also states examples to detail how retailers benefit from e-commerce fulfilment.

Optimising retail supply chains - A client view from Brora and Agent Provocateur
Barclays - November 2013

This November 2013 report examines how two major UK retailers - Agent Provocateur and Brora - manage their supply chains and the benefits of both-UK sourcing and a more global approach. It outlines how managing the supply chain is one of the biggest challenges facing retailers today as they seek to maintain margins and quality awhilst protecting their overall brand image.

"Mastering Digital Feedback: How the Best Consumer Companies Use Social Media - A TCS 2013 Global Trend Study "
TCS - 2013

The study focusses on large consumer companies and their use of public social networking sites. It surveyed 655 respondents from 11 global industries. The study explores how 11 global consumer industries and large companies in the world's four largest economic regions - North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America, are using social media. It is relevant to retailers as it compares where large companies are with social media as compared to their adoption of Big Data/analytics and mobile devices.

The major problem with supply chain is getting everyone in line with regards to your supply chain objectives.