The implications for consumers are significant in that marketing strategies and overall programs more aligned to their specific needs, and for the organization, better and more accurate reporting and compliance while having more aligned marketing strategies. The focus on these three aspects coming together mean more efficient service to customers while enabling organizations to have more relevant products, services, and strategies for new and existing customers.
Supply chain strategies get anchored in network-based data synchronization. It in the context of supply chains has often been as serial-based in its approach to managing processes as the movement of the packages these networks manage. With the rise in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and the massive amount of data that is being generated as a result, the need for networks to synchronize data from supply chains and retailers is critical. This data synchronization component that takes in RFID data from retailer's channels on the one hand and delivers reports, insights and analysis to network users on the other is currently the weakest link in this rapidly evolving supply chain. In 2006 the dearth, or absence, of tools for managing this data generated by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems and its parsing, analyzing and use on networks, will be bridged. This area of supply chain data and its resulting need for synchronization is going to be one of the biggest trends impacting networks and network administration within manufacturing companies globally who rely on retailers for the majority of their revenue.
RFID is specifically used for automating the inventory management, logistics, and fulfillment of products through supply chains. While Wal-Mart has been and continues to be one of the key drivers of this technology through their extensive use of pilot programs, RFID is also finding strength in content and data synchronization throughout trading exchanges. In fact Proctor and Gamble actively uses RFID to manage the fulfillment of products throughout their own supply chain directly to retailers' shelves. Clearly the focus on efficiencies in the supply chain is showing ROI, and this is especially true for large shipments of like products. Weston and Garf (2005) quote Randy Maxwell, Senior VP of merchandise Replenishment at Wal-Mart as saying that "We can have a perfect forecast, but if we can't get the goods through the supply chain, it doesn't matter." Lastly Sarnevitz (2005) also states...
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