The Role of Supply Chain in Perfecting the Omnichannel Retail Strategy
Picture a homeowner eager to spruce up their backyard with new patio furniture. Preferring to shop online, they scroll through options from different…
Navigating the Threads: A Reflection on the Textile Supply Chain in 2023 & Emerging Trends for 2024
As we bid farewell to 2023, it's time to unravel the complexities woven into the textile supply chain management over the past year. The industry has…
How Technology is Enabling a Cost-Effective Supply Chain for Retail Brands
As the retail landscape continues to evolve, consumer expectations have transformed, placing even more emphasis on the need for a cost-efficient…
ECommerce Boom: Navigating the Complex Logistics Landscape for Retail Success
With the advent of eCommerce, the retail landscape underwent a remarkable upheaval, changing how customers purchase and businesses run. Because of…
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Revolutionizing Food Security Through Efficient Cold Supply Chain Solutions
The HORECA (Hotel, Restaurant, and Catering) sector in India is witnessing a transformative shift with the rise of food ordering apps and doorstep…
{Super SCM Makers} Ferrero India: Achieving Operational Efficiency
Rohit Batra, Head of Supply Chain and Developing Markets, Ferrero India maintained that increasing consumer expectations for sustainable delivery and…
{Super SCM Makers} IG International: Refining Supply Chain with Digitization
Shubha Rawal, Director, Sourcing and Marketing, IG International stated that one of the most significant trends that would shape supply chain…
{Super SCM Makers} ShakeDeal: Boosting Efficiency with Tech
Akshay Hegde, Co-Founder, ShakeDeal said that the advancements in technology were revolutionizing the way businesses managed their supply chains,…
{Super SCM Makers} Madame: Warehouse Automation to Increase Productivity
As a pioneer in adapting automation in supply chain management in fashion, Sunil K. Sharma, AVP – Sales & Planning, Madame believes that…
{Super SCM Makers} Epigamia: Making Supply Chain Network Optimization a Strategic Priority
Yatish Vatsaraj, Head - Supply Chain, Epigamia stated that network optimization has always been a crucial trend in the supply chain industry as it…
{Super SCM Makers} Honasa Consumer Limited: Keeping Consumers at the Centre
While technology is going to have a far-reaching impact on building supply chain capabilities in the coming years, Avinash Dhagat, VP, Supply Chain,…
{Super SCM Makers} Clovia: Disrupting Supply Chain Tech
Abhay Batra, Co-Founder & CFO, Clovia stated that technology would continue to drive innovation in supply chain management, helping organizations…
{Super SCM Makers} Blue Tribe: The Role of ML/AI in Logistics
Arpit Arya, Supply Chain & Operations Head, Blue Tribe Foods asserted that Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence were some of the key…
{Super SCM Makers} Bikano: Upping the Game with Tech
According to Manish Aggarwal, Director, Bikano, Bikanervala Foods Pvt Ltd, automation and digitization were the leading supply chain trends in…
{Super SCM Makers} Bata India: Optimizing Supply Chain with AI & ML
Mahesh Gupta, Head Supply Chain, Bata India asserted that Bata delivered to both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) verticals…
{Super SCM Makers} WOW Skin Science: IoT Transforming Supply Chain Management
Kiran Kumar, VP - Supply Chain, WOW Skin Science stated that WOW Skin Science had always been a technologically driven company. Being a D2C brand and…
{Super SCM Makers} SUGAR Cosmetics: Utilizing Inventory Forecasting
Suchit Sikaria, Chief Business Officer (D2C), SUGAR Cosmetics said that an effective supply chain is essential for the beauty sector to maintain a…
{Super SCM Makers} IKEA India: The Digitization of Supply Chain
Saiba Suri, Country Customer Fulfilment Manager, IKEA India highlighted that since innovation is the key to success in SCM, digitalized technologies…
{Super SCM Makers} Plum: Data-Driven Supply Chain
Sankaranarayanan Alagappan, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Pureplay Skin Sciences Pvt Ltd asserted that digitization was the need of the hour, and D2C…
{Super SCM Makers} Ekart: Tech Shaping Next-Gen Supply Chains
Mani Bhushan, Chief Business Officer, Ekart asserted that technology is leading the narrative and influencing business decisions now, more than ever…
{Super SCM Makers} VAHDAM India: Tech Advancement: A Big Differentiator in Supply Chain
Amlan Mukherjee, Chief Supply Chain Officer, VAHDAM India maintained that the COVID-19 pandemic and its after-effects had created a paradigm shift in…
{Super SCM Makers} Dabur India: Driving Supply Chain Automation
Samrat Sehgal, Head, Supply Chain, Dabur India Ltd highlighted three practices that Dabur India has adopted to maintain an efficient supply chain.…
{Super SCM Makers} Pepperfry: Tech Shaping the Future of Supply Chain
Piyush Agarwal, Head - Supply Chain, Pepperfry, is of the opinion that technology is expected to play a major role in shaping the future of supply…
{Super SCM Makers} ABFRL: Optimizing Supply Chain with AI & Analytics
Swaminathan Ramachandran, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail said that in the future, technology and supply chain will be…
How Important is the Role of AI in Supply Chain Planning
Supply chain planning and management involve balancing the demand and supply of resources. Planning a supply chain has long relied on quantitative…
How Effective SaaS-based Tech Integration can be the Key to Navigating Cold Supply Chain Disruptions
Cold Supply Chain networks are at the core of food and pharma supply chains and are vital in ensuring optimal temperature-controlled environments are…
How Brands Can Manage the Risks and Opportunities in the Fashion Industry Supply Chains
How unpredictable can things get in the fashion industry supply chain? In 2019 India's fashion and apparel industry was projected to grow to $59.3…
Why Building a Robust, Tech-enabled Unbroken Cold Supply Chain is the Need of the Hour for India
Every year, India produces more than 400 million MT of perishable food. We are also the world’s largest producers and consumers of dairy products and…
How Supply Chain Financing can Resolve Capital Issues for MSMEs
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) employ approximately 111 million people and account for about 30 percent of India's GDP. These…
How are 3PL Service Providers Driving Efficiency for Modern Multi-Location Retail Outlets
The pandemic has been a game-changer for several sectors, retail being one of them! While e-retail boomed, offline retail took a blow due to strict…
How Optimizing Supply Chain Networks and Driving Agility Help Achieve Business Efficiency
With the ongoing world crisis brought on by war, inflation, rising fuel prices, and the threat of the 4th wave looming on the horizon, global…
How Blockchain is Transforming the?Retail Supply Chain?
Retail is an exciting and complex business. Successful retail happens at the intersection of multiple factors. Starting with locations, footfalls to…
5 Effective Workarounds For MSMEs To Improvise Their Supply Chain
Just like big organizations, MSMEs also need a powerful and robust supply chain to operate, grow, and transform their business successfully. An…
Digitalizing the Retail Supply Chain
India’s retail industry is one of the most complex industries in the world. It is estimated that there are around 12 million retail outlets in the…
Significance of Building Sustainable Supply Chains in the Post COVID-19 Era
The Indian logistics sector emerged as one of the strongest support systems for the economy ravaged by a global pandemic. The rise can be attributed…
How Logistics Companies Are Mitigating Their Pain-points
The logistics sector historically has been pretty stagnant without any major developments. Inadequate infrastructure and age-old technologies have…
  • By - Navneel
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4 Key Retail Trends to Watch Out for in 2022?
The world is witnessing digital transformation at a tremendous scale and e-commerce, like any other industry, is expected to move past the hype of QR…
Supply Chain Technology Trends that will Impact Businesses in 2022
If there was one good thing that came out of the pandemic is that it has accelerated the digitization of their customer and supply chain interactions…
Retail Brands Should Shift to a Sustainability-Centric Business Model to Stay Competitive Now & in the Future
The world is changing. Supply chains used to be something few people cared about –an opaque necessity operating behind the scenes so that consumers…
How Logistics Sector will Further Integrate Tech in 2022
Logistics sector, despite the obvious growth in the last two years, has a lot to catch up to the growing demands from sectors heavily dependent on…
  • By - Navneel
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Warehouse Management and Supply Chain Logistics for D2C Brands
D2C is becoming an attractive option as it presents a unique opportunity for building the relationship between consumer and brand. In the past few…
4 Ways How Logistics Sector is Driving FDI in Manufacturing
Covid-19 threw a slew of challenges at every sector, but few had the pressure to rise up to that challenge like the logistics and supply chain…
Trends and Future of Tea Trade in India and the Role of Supply Chain
Tea is arguably one of the most popular and oldest beverages in India. The people of India have enjoyed this hot beverage for generations and…
How Is The E-Commerce Retail Initiating Secure Supply Chains?
From cyber threats to physical threats, protecting the transactions, and ensuring the safety of all the information, the security of supply chains is…
How Retail and FMCG Companies are Using Data Analytics for Supply Chain and Logistics During Festive Time
It is no surprise that festival months are the time of the year when buying activity surpasses all other months. And the buoyancy in customer demand…
New Normal: Ensuring Supply Chain and Logistics Resiliency in the Retail Sector
The need to address existing supply chain and logistics challenges like rapidly evolving customer demands, changing business dynamics, and poor…
Career Avenues for Fashion Business Management Graduates?
The fashion industry is highly dynamic and it is expanding at a rapid pace. It harbors a large variety of creative and talented designers at its core…
How Agri-Startups are Using Technology to Provide High-Quality Products to Retailers
The agriculture industry in India is still an unorganized sector categorized by fragmented landholdings, unpredictable monsoons, inadequate credit…
New Trends and Challenges in Leveraging Adaptive Technologies in Supply Chain and Logistics Strategies
The logistics sector is largely consumer-driven and the Indian logistics segment is an extensive market. Considered as the backbone of our economy,…
Emerging Trends in the Supply Chain Industry Amid Pandemic
The e-commerce sector was thriving even before 2020, but the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent series of lockdowns, led to an…
The Role of Logistics In Building Customer-Centric Supply Chains
Remember the Pony Express? We will not blame you if you do not. It was back in the 1860s when mail was transported using horses. The process included…
The E-commerce Boom and Supply Chain Trends in 2021
E-commerce has come a long way since last year. The way the world consumes has now shifted in favor of the minimum-risk and minimum-exposure…
How Retail Industry can Offset the Impact of Covid-19?
The Indian retail market is the 5th largest global destination in the retail space and is considered to be one of the most dynamic and fast-growing…
Women Comprise 41 pc of global supply chain workforce in 2021
Women comprise 41 percent of the supply chain workforce globally in 2021, up from 39 percent last year. However, 54 percent said that retaining mid-…
Why Network Planning is of Paramount Importance in These Times of Uncertainty
In the fast-paced world that we’re living in, online shopping is the new convenience, and speedy, efficient delivery is the biggest criteria for…
How Direct to Consumer Brands are Redefining the Shopping Experience?
With large-scale supply chain disruptions caused due to the pandemic-triggered crisis and the rise in online shopping, many brands prudently opted…
How Can the Apparel Industry Leverage Data for Supply Chain Sustainability
Sustainability is a buzzword in most industries, especially in apparel. Brands have come under increasing pressure to show and prove the origin of…
Role and Importance of AI in Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management has become a vital strategic opportunity to keep organizations competitive and this statement has taken even more precedence…
Rewriting the Retail Strategy with Virtual Retail in Times of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic continues, and fears of an impending lockdown lurk around the corner every moment. This has forced many retailers and e-…
How Data-Driven Manufacturing Leads to Transparency in Supply Chain?
Manufacturing is emerging as a high-growth sector in India. It holds a strong potential to grow the GDP and steer the country toward its incredible…
Why FMCG Retailers are Rethinking about Assortment Play?
The FMCG retailers are rethinking their assortment play as the supply chain dynamics have been impacted after the second wave of the pandemic. The…
How Social Selling is Transforming the Fresh Produce Supply Chain in India
India, for ages, has remained a gigantic producer of multiple fruits and vegetables. A recent report by the National Horticulture Board indicates the…
How Technological Innovations will Affect the Pharmacy Supply Chain
Businesses in the healthcare sector are facing an ever-changing environment. In this dynamic sector, the industry must focus on innovations that…
Establishing Supply Chain Excellence in the Post-Pandemic World?
Historically, supply chains of organizations faced only localized or regional disruptions, but the ongoing pandemic posed not only the most global…
How SMEs can Profit from Accelerated Digital Transformation
The onslaught of the pandemic has proved that adopting digital transformation is imperative for MSMEs. The advancement brought in by millennials and…
Digital Merchandising: A Roadmap Towards Achieving Sustainability in Retail
The global fashion industry has been heavily criticized for causing irreparable damage to our environment. A recent study, published in Nature…
How Tech-Enabled Supply Chains are Driving End Customer Growth?
The formula to succeed in the fashion industry used to be simple - give the customers what they wanted: trendy garments at the right price of…
How Technology can Help Make Fashion Sustainable?
Without a doubt, the fast-fashion industry has grown leaps and bounds over the past 60 years. It evolved from a seasonal industry to one with new…
How Artificial Intelligence is the Future of Retail?
The retail business has many stakeholders. We have an entire spectrum of retail space providers. We have large retail chains like Walmart and Dmart…
How Digitization is Revolutionising Supply Chains?
Retail and the FMCG industry has been witnessing rapid growth despite the pandemic.  According to the joint report by Assocham and MRRSIndia.com, “…
Consumer Product Companies and Retailers to Overhaul Supply Chain Strategies
Consumer product companies and retailers plan to overhaul their supply chain strategies in the next three years as Covid-led disruptions prompted…
The Ideal Technology Stack Can Revolutionize Supply Chain
The Government of India is planning to launch a common data infrastructure of all farmers along with land record details. Dubbed as the UPI for…
Making Supply Chain Ecosystem Stronger: How Food Grain Losses can be Minimized
India has been facing numerous challenges over the decades when it comes to the agricultural sector. One of the prominent ones out of many pertains…
How Bright is the Future of Supply Chain and Logistics in 2021 in India
Do you know that India currently is the prime destination for logistic service providers globally? It is being estimated that there can almost be a 9…
New Normal 2021: Tech Logistics Trends?
The pandemic has driven unprecedented change across industries and one such industry that has been at the forefront of disruptions is the supply…
How Retailers Can Strengthen Their Supply Chain Infrastructure?
This has been a tough year for retail business of all kinds. While the e-commerce giants did continue with deliveries of essentials and were able to…
Exposed Vulnerability of the Supply Chain System- Covid 19 Strikes Back!
Covid-19 epidemic is now known as the most challenged and dangerous crisis in the world. This has slowed down the economy of the entire world and…
COVID 19 pandemic and Logistics & Supply Chain
The saga that started in December 2019 that was feared to be initially affecting the various trade and industries of China later turned out to become…
[Covid 19] Last ? Mile ? Delivery: Challenges & Solutions
E-commerce brands have been playing a vital role during the Covid-19 phase with door step deliveries, as citizens avoid stepping out for important…
How Supply chain Finance is an important source of funding?
In the emerging markets,transformation and disruption in technology is a boon.On the one hand, there is no shortage of ideas in investing the funds.…
Rising demands in e-retail segment fast-tracking supply chain
The e-retail industry is one of the fastest growing industries in India. Driven by increased digital penetration, a rise in ownership of…
How can retail organizations scale their supply chain initiatives?
The digitization of the supply chain is one of the most important aspects of overall growth strategy of the business. To address the issue,…
How Supply Chain is helping retailers in this festive season?
Modern retail today is a global marketplace which streamlines transactions between manufacturers, producers (farmers), creators (Designers etc.),…
How retailers can maximise profit on ageing inventory during slowdown?
Before and after the build-up of festive season, great sales, consumer buying frenzy, brand offers and online sales festivals, comes a period when…
The neglected General Trade Networks of India
General trade is vital for the success of manufacturers and the trade network ecosystem. Due to all the hype around e-commerce, it’s easy to forget…
How Supply chain companies handle festive rush?
In India, the e-commerce sector has seen an unprecedented growth in the recent past. This growth was driven by rapid technology adoption led by the…
How machine learning is enabling data driven retail transformation?
Retailers have been struggling to predict and analyse shopper behaviour forever. No amount of data is enough. Data is the heartbeat of any retailer…
Blockchain set to supercharge global supply chains by 2025
A new report by the Capgemini Research Institute today reveals that blockchain could become ubiquitous by 2025, entering mainstream business and…
How these seven technologies enabled features are changing the retail market?
As we enter the era of internet of things we can surely say that we are more connected than ever. Devices and things around us communicate through…
Unlock the Potential of the Personalized Supply Chain
The so-called “retail apocalypse” is completely overblown, but it does indicate that the retail industry is undergoing a transformation, driven by…
E-commerce retail logistics ride on fresh waves
New Delhi: The $160 billion logistics industry in India is called the ‘sunshine industry’ for more reasons than one. Far from the days of an…
This is how robotics technology is enhancing the end to end structure of warehousing
Importance of Supply Chain in Retail Imagine two large companies that distribute consumer goods. Company A has an automated warehouse where robots…
How Indian Warehousing Industry is paving Its Way To Be Next Big Thing?
Logistics and warehousing plays an indispensable role in the transportation of goods across the country. A warehouse is a fundamental part of…
3 emerging logistics trends Indian eCommerce companies can't afford to miss
In the year 2015, near about 50 million people in India shopped online and as per industry experts, the number is touted to splurge 3 times and…
  • By - Sahil
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GST - How will it change the dynamics of the Logistics industry in India
The business community of India finally breathed a long held sigh of relief as GST(Good and Services Tax) bill was passed in the Parliament. A…
Indian warehousing to attract massive investments in the coming future
As per various industry veterans, Indian warehousing sector is which is likely to grow with a rate of 9 to 11 per cent every year, is now been tapped…
How Infibeam plans at revamping its logistics business?
An Indian internet and e-commerce company Infibeam has now planned to restructure its logistics business by implementing ‘Shipdroid’ a service…
Greece nabs the ELA Award for European Professional of the Year
Greece finds itself at the top of Europe with KOTSOVOLOS Supply Chain and Home Services Director Michalis Ziglis winning the ELA Award for…
Flipkart determines to be India's largest furniture retailer by year end
One of India’s prime eCommerce major, Flipkart is determined to become India's largest furniture retailer by the end of this year with a striving…
Snapdeal achieves three lakh sellers, all set to target five lakh
One of India’s branded eCommerce major; Snapdeal has increased the number of sellers on its platform since the past one year to more than three lakh…
Last Mile logistics solutions: A boon for both consumers and e-retailers
From the e-commerce fuelled home deliveries to intracity deliveries of heavy goods consignments, be it for commercial or household purposes, last…
Tolexo launches the first-of-its-kind fulfillment service to make B2B buying & selling easier
Tolexo arranges for storage & warehousing facility for sellers; gives guarantee of dispatch to buyers. Tolexo.com, one of India’s largest online…
Reliance Group aims at eCommerce for commercial finance biz
Keeping in mind supply chain financing for e-commerce vendors, Reliance Commercial Finance has collaborated with e-retail giant Snapdeal.…
Indian retail to magnify by 2020: CII-BCG study
According to the new study, India’s retail sector will magnify to $1.1-1.2 trillion by 2020 from $630 billion in 2015, riding on income growth, rapid…
IT is a platform for logistics and SCM
The logistics and supply chain operations in Siyaram Silk Mills Ltd are centered on effectively managed IT operations. Being on an agile platform, IT…
Successful Sellers Always at Intersection of Physical & Virtual Worlds
E-grocery is here to stay. Investors showed faith in it a while back, but consumers too are accepting the reality with vigor. The growth from hereon…
How E-Commerce is Changing Physical Distribution Systems
The increasing popularity and success of eCommerce has meant a parallel change in the existing support structures in place to facilitate the retail…
SCM: Dealing with variety
  Henry Ford once remarked; “ You can have any color of car, as long as it is black”. The quote highlighted what Ford had to offer, as a choice…
Cold Storage Story
In a supply chain, a produce hauls at different stages before finally reaching the end user, i.e from farm to factory to retail to end users. And at…
  • By - Retailer
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