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Variety is the spice of life in today’s merchandising environment – and that’s not just in retail stores. Today, if it’s not new, it’s old news. Customers and consumers are conditioned to expect new programs, products and services. Marketing and product development organizations have made this bed, and everybody has to lie in it. Yet, the way most supply chains are organized, efforts to add variety in products and services tend to wreak havoc on inventory control and increase obsolescence of products already in the pipeline – negatively impacting performance and profits. So how do you inject enough “newness” to meet the variety challenge without wiping out your profits in the process? The answer is with fresh and innovative approaches that don’t rely on unhealthy increases in inventory – for example, building in options that increase flexibility in the supply chain. This way, you can create the appearance of tailored customer solutions without customizing each one . . . in other words, you can create “mass customization.” The Progress Group team can share with you our knowledge and experience in developing creative strategies to the “variety” challenge based on the uniqueness of your business and your existing supply chain. These include: - Postponement philosophies. - Flexible manufacturing. - Distributed assembly. - Merge-in-transit. - Distribution-based packaging, - Network optimization. For more information, contact: Bruce Strahan, 770-804-9920, bstrahan@theprogressgroup.com |
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