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Penelope Ody

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Getting along
Talking to a range of companies recently about how collaboration in the supply chain has changed in the past few years provided some food for thought. ...
Published: 30 May 2008

Europe on the edge
Predictably, some familiar themes kept recurring at the Extended Supply Chain 2008 conference, held in London last month. ...
Published: 01 April 2008

Rethinking the unthinkable
Economic forecasters agreed there are tough times ahead, so a little imagination and future planning may not come amiss. ...
Published: 01 February 2008

Reality check
Technology has transformed the way we shop, manage the supply chain and communicate – or are things not quite so efficient as they seem? ...
Published: 01 January 2008

The joined-up challenge
Pundits and politicians talk about the need for joined-up thinking, and ERP vendors and systems integrators are equally enthisiastic. But just how joined-up are our supply chains in reality? ...
Published: 01 November 2007

The last mile
Retailers are rightly concerned about that last mile in the home delivery process, and how their goods arrive on our doorsteps. ...
Published: 01 October 2007

A different track
Watching the transcontinental trucks thunder down the motorway focusses the mind on all that burning diesel. Can't we use trains more? ...
Published: 01 September 2007

Greening the supply chain
Building a greener supply chain is not easy with conflicting views on carbon offsetting, food miles and biofuels. Technology can help - but so can a radical review of accepted practices. ...
Published: 01 September 2007

Dictated by data
A few years ago, lumbering data warehouses with nightly number crunching were the rarefied preserve of computer science graduates. Today it’s rather different – data is the vital business driver. ...
Published: 27 June 2007

Bring it home
Rising fuel costs, concerns over congestion and carbon emissions, global consumerism – perhaps the time has come for a change in production planning. Penelope Ody ...
Published: 01 May 2007

Make an event of it
Managing a large amount of data in real-time used to demand supercomputers, teams of highly-paid IT experts, years of work and a lot of money. Today, complex event processing systems are turning it into a lower budget affair. Penelope Ody ...
Published: 01 April 2007

Reaching Out
Retail supply chains used to be about manufacturers sending goods to shops with the occasional wholesaler or distribution centre in between. Not any more – the extended retail supply chain goes to the shelf, the shopping basket and even the kitchen...
Published: 01 March 2007

A Shift to the East
The reshaping of the European Union will affect distribution in some profound ways. Romania, regarded by many as a wild frontier, could soon become a significant transit hub. ...
Published: 01 February 2007

Go with the flow
How do you achieve an accurate forecast in retail? Enter ‘flowcastin’. By Penelope Ody ...
Published: 01 November 2006

Making the most of RFID
Interest in RFID has been preoccupied with stock keeping but signs of a more innovative approach are evolving. ...
Published: 01 October 2006

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