Aligndata Volume 2-1

Webco Hawaii Speeds Ahead For Wal-Mart

Webco Hawaii is an important part of Wal-Mart's supply chain in the state of Hawaii. Webco Hawaii is a distributor for many large manufacturers and is the vendor-of-record in Hawaii to Wal-Mart and other retailers. Webco Hawaii implemented Sync/PDI for Distributors late last year and is now the most recent addition to 1SYNC's "Retailers/Distributors in Production" list.

Helping Vendors Get Good Grades

Scorecards and metrics are an important part of today's supply chains. They help quantify operational aspects and identify opportunities for improvement. So it is no surprise that scorecards around Data Synchronization have started to appear.

Making Dimensions Add Up

You would think that providing the dimensions of products would be a simple matter, but it is surprising how GS1 continues to develop more and more rules on how to properly take product measurements.

Let's start by removing some of the confusion by explaining that the rules are intended to address what the retailers are using the data for.

Lowe's Raises the Bar Again

Lowe's recently initiated a series of online seminars to explain to vendors their new item setup process. In the presentation Lowe's staff explained the results of some recent pilots and the metrics that they have been tracking. Lowe's then went on to explain their new drive on timeliness of new item setup and their steps to improve the process.

Sears Joins AAFES and Wal-Mart

Sears recently announced their roll-out plans for GDSN beginning in Q2 of 2009.

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