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The Retail Value Chain
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The Retail Value Chain

by Sami Finne, Hanna Sivonen
December 2008
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
12h 53m
English
Kogan Page
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06Information technology trends in the retail value chain

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The cartoon illustration depicts a sad BRAND box sitting on a wooden raft and thinking, 'With an RFID tag, I would have reached my destination weeks ago!'

Transparency of information in the value chain is a fundamental element in efficient retail operations. Information sharing and joint processes require new solutions that enable automating and streamlining many activities in the value chain. One of the key areas is to reduce manual work at store level, which is one of the biggest cost drivers in retailing. Information gathered from point of sale (POS) and shoppers enables ...

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