Category Archives: Retail

Relevant information, please!

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Administrator

As I write this, facebook is approaching 500 Mio users that have visited the website at least once in the last 30 days. A stellar number considering all the controversy surrounding privacy being discussed in newspapers, magazines and even groups … Continue reading →

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GS1 – The global language of commerce

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Administrator

Sometime in the 70s, a truly innovative food manufacturer and an at least similar innovative retailer performed a magic that has slowly grown to the largest globally accepted technology stack for inter commerce world-wide. The manufacturer was Wrigley’s of Chicago, … Continue reading →

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Business Intelligence is out – Business Analytics is in

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Administrator

Yesterday I went to a business mixer of a group of Germans in San Diego. I have not been at that meeting for probably 5 years, but it was interesting nonetheless. Beside meeting a bunch of other interesting individuals, I … Continue reading →

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Forecasting for Fresh Foods

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Administrator

One of the hottest topics has been forecasting and planning every since I started working with business and ERP applications in fresh food industries. That was almost 20 years ago. Not much has really changed, it still seems that this … Continue reading →

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