Edmund Hain, Managing Director, Business Consulting Network International
March 29, 2011

Radio frequency identification (RFID) has expanded to the commercial sector in the past few years, where it is now used to track and plan the flow of goods with greater precision. RFID is especially helpful to accelerate and increase the transparency of logistical processes (determine the location of goods and shipping containers in real time), identify shipping errors early on, minimize identification errors and provide better information throughout the value chain. This yields demand-optimized production, more effective utilization of shipping containers, lower inventories, greater availability of goods (lower out-of-stock rates), permanent inventory control and improved anti-theft protection while lowering personnel and warehousing costs and offering customers a wider array of services. This puts RFID in the class of “enabling technologies,” which rely on concepts such as efficient consumer response (ECR), supply chain management (SCM) and collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) to bridge the various levels in the economic process.

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· Shipments in the marketplace
· Warehouse management
· Smart shelves
· Tags on CDs and DVDs
· Payment – POS services – consumer behavior data
· Seamless tracking and tracing
· Recycling systems
· Theft protection

Information technology opens up brand-new possibilities in retail
Sustainability has arrived in retail

Retail trends are driven by cutting-edge technologies such as RFID, digital signage, smart supply chains and smart shopping. Analytical tools for social media are being developed and deployed in an attempt to render consumer behavior as predictable as possible. The purchasing process itself is undergoing a revolution as it moves gradually toward automation. Meanwhile, customers are having their own impact on retail through their new-found awareness of strict sustainability.

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Information technology opens up brand-new possibilities in retail
Sustainability has arrived in retail

Ursula Drost, Managing Director Business Consulting Network International
March 25, 2011

Retail trends are driven by cutting-edge technologies such as RFID, digital signage, smart supply chains and smart shopping. Analytical tools for social media are being developed and deployed in an attempt to render consumer behavior as predictable as possible. The purchasing process itself is undergoing a revolution as it moves gradually toward automation. Meanwhile, customers are having their own impact on retail through their new-found awareness of strict sustainability.

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· Procurement and purchasing—automatic and digital
· Sea change for shopping
· Digital signage
· Fully automatic shopping
· Point of sale: LEDs are here to stay
· Sustainability
· Social media in retail

München, 4. März 2011. Manager erkennen zunehmend, wie wichtig eine verantwortungsbewusste Unternehmensführung, ein richtig konzipiertes Risikomanagement und eine konsistente Erfüllung von Compliance-Anforderungen sind.

Ob Führungskräfte im Unternehmen nach besseren Möglichkeiten des Risikomanagements suchen, Finanzchefs auf die Einhaltung sämtlicher geltender Vorgaben zu achten haben, sich Mitarbeiter in der Rechtsabteilung um Discovery und Datenarchivierung kümmern oder IT-Chefs diverse GRC-Projekte leiten – die Anforderungen an GRC werden immer komplexer und anspruchsvoller.

Die vorschriftsmäßige Dokumentation aller Geschäftsvorgänge, ein fein justiertes Risk Management und die Sicherstellung der Einhaltung aller Vorschriften und Regelungen haben in den letzten Jahren in den Unternehmen deshalb einen immer größeren Raum eingenommen.
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