We are excited to announce that one of our clients, Sally Beauty Holdings, credited us for our work to implement commerce solutions to build an omnichannel experience for their customers. How We Made a Difference With the pandemic sending in-store shopping to a grinding halt, Sally Beauty was faced with a surge in demand, with […]
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Why Should Enterprises Invest in VMware Tanzu Mission Control?
Enterprises are slowly realizing that they quickly need to adopt cloud-native technologies such as Containers and Kubernetes to accelerate their Digital Transformation initiatives. These technologies are the driving forces behind legacy application modernization and net new cloud-native applications that are needed to meet the ever changing demands of customers. These technologies provide various benefits for […]
Cycle Counts: How to inspire and make it work for growing businesses
Cycle Counting is an organized division of a warehouse into manageable chunks. Regular counts are required for each “chunk.” These “chunks” can be a range of items and/or warehouse locations. To inspire an optimal use of Cycle Counts, you must employ several strategies. We will explore opportunistic and scheduled counts. We will also go into […]
Why Commerce Should be the Key to Your Digital Transformation
The customer is your business’ number one priority because they are your main source of revenue and drive you to the next step in your success. Customer expectations are frequently changing and more customers are relying on digital processes for their commerce efforts due to their fluidity. Businesses must digitally transform to keep up with […]
More ways to easily resolve material changes in Oracle R12 OPM and WMS
How do Ingredient Changes occur in Oracle OPM? Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM) jobs have 3 parts; batch jobs, process operations, and recipe. The Recipe is a list of ingredients for the batch job(s). The warehouse compiles the ingredient materials on the recipe to complete the batch job. The quantities cannot be easily revised once they […]
Byte-9: Build your own in-house technology radar
Do you have your own technology radar? Did you build any recently? If not, I recommend you to build one. Technology radar helps to give a view of your tools and technologies which are in play and assigning them to the different quadrants of the radar. It gives a visual representation of the adoption level […]
More ways to easily resolve material changes in Oracle R12 WIP and WMS
Oracle Discrete Manufacturing jobs have 3 parts; jobs, operations, and bills of materials. The Bill of materials (BOM) is a list of components for the job(s). The warehouse compiles the materials on the BOM to complete the job. The quantities cannot be easily revised when the warehouse is collecting the components. So, what do you […]
3 Key Commerce Areas the Texas Winter Storm Teaches Us About Being Unprepared
If you’ve been following the news recently, you’ve likely heard something about how Texas has been trampled by unusually cold temperatures and snow this past week. What you may not have heard is how unprepared the state was for this event. What was even more surprising is how unprepared I was. You may have read […]
Oracle Cloud Payables – Batch Disbursements Processing – Payment Process Requests
Oracle Cloud Payables allows both manual and batch processing of payments due. Best Practices dictate that most payments should be done using a batch payment process. Manual payments should be done only on an exception basis. This discussion will focus on batch payment processing using Oracle Cloud Payables. Consider this, a company processes tens of […]
Complementing SAP with True Order Management Capabilities
Seamless order to fulfillment is the crux of any good experience. A brand’s reputation and longevity, as well customer loyalty and adoption, often hinges on the success of how order management (OM) is rooted in an organization. The interaction with users at their point of need is the tipping point and often dictates success or […]
Four building blocks of an employee onboarding process for remote workforce
My previous blog covered how HR and technology can help improve your employee engagement through artificial intelligence. This blog explores how leadership can help kick off their commitment from the new hire’s onboarding stages. The passage from a candidate to employee is a momentous occasion for both the worker and the employer. Helping bridge the […]
Why Omnichannel Delivery is Here for the Long Run
Omnichannel fulfillment methods such as curbside, buy-online, pick-up in-store (BOPIS), and ship-from-store have become extremely familiar to retailers, especially due to the climate of the COVID-19 pandemic. These methods are very resourceful and beneficial when utilized correctly and tailored specifically to each business. Understanding the technology systems the enable these fulfillment methods are important for […]