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In his Forbes article, ARC Advisory Group analyst Steve Banker takes EDI ‘back to the future.

The omnichannel explosion has created enormous pressure on retailers to reduce inventory and cut carrying costs, while still offering high in-stock levels and product variety. Increasing numbers of retailers are consequently turning to consignment stock, also known as scan based trading, to stay competitive.

Times are changing. Gone are the days when businesses could rely on tried and tested techniques and just watch the sales roll in.

In our experience, ERP upgrades are the opportune time to review your electronic trading processes and associated systems.

Having an electronic relationship with your supply chain has long been viewed as a panacea if you work with a large and potentially unwieldy supplier base. From our experience, we know...

For years the accepted trading narrative for manufacturers was set in stone. A manufacturing organisation would produce products and sell these either to a wholesaler or directly to a retailer, in both situations the manufacturer sells the products...

In reviewing the results from the last 12 months, there were several trends that have emerged, one of which is a notable increase in the number of organisations looking for integration to marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, including many high...

In a 2018 report, PwC stated that ‘on average 14 shops are closing per day in the UK.’ Whilst this is a damning statistic for UK retail and epitomises the struggles of our highstreets, it depicts a contrasting landscape to those companies who have...

Big data is a term used to refer to data sets that are too large or complex for traditional data-processing application software to adequately deal with. Originally, big data was associated with three key concepts: volume, variety, and velocity....