How Grocers Deliver on Experience by Improving Supply Chain Performance

NOW AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND

Grocery represents one of the most complex supply chains on the planet. A recent study by The Food Industry Association (FMI) concluded that “Food Retailers are navigating an extreme obstacle course.” Key challenges retailers face include out-of-stocks, inflationary pressures, supply chain disruptions, and labor shortages. In that same study, “70% of retailers said supply chain disruptions are impacting their business, up from 42% the year before.” Many grocery retailers have experienced extreme shortages followed by overages. Merchants, Category Managers, and Supply Chain professionals are all looking to new technologies to mitigate the crippling effects of disruptions, out-of-stocks, and lack of visibility on sales, margin & brand loyalty. But there is a better way.

To learn more, you don’t want to miss How Grocers Deliver on Experience by Improving Supply Chain Performance - NOW AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND. Traverse Systems, along with Inez Blackburn, Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto – Rothman School of Management and former practitioner with Walmart, Wegmans, Safeway, HE Butt, Loblaw, CVS, Rexall, Giant, Giant Eagle, Sobeys, will discuss the critical challenges in the grocery supply chain and what innovative retailers are doing to meet consumer demand despite them. Topics to be addressed include:

The impact of out-of-stocks and supply chain disruptions on the overall customer experience.
The importance of aggregating data across the grocer’s core execution systems to drive a unified view of the supply chain to share with all stakeholders, including merchants/buyers, category managers, supply chain, and vendors.
How a higher-performing supply chain will drive out avoidable supply chain costs and help mitigate inflationary pressures
How real-time visibility to inbound shipments can effectively manage events like ads, promotional events, and new store openings to mitigate disruptions, enable agility, and meet consumer demands.

We’ll end with a fast-paced Q&A session. We look forward to seeing you on March 8th. Register Now!

Date: On Demand

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Featuring: Inez Blackburn, President Market techniques & Innovations & Adjunct Professor, Rotman School University of Toronto & Greg Holder, Co-Founder and CEO , Traverse Systems & Richard Wilhjelm, VP of Sales and Marketing , Traverse Systems & Kip Kopelke, Sales Engineer , Traverse Systems

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SPEAKERS

Inez Blackburn, President Market techniques & Innovations & Adjunct Professor, Rotman School University of Toronto

Inez Blackburn is a futurist who helps companies navigate the impact of emerging retail, technology, and consumer trends to deliver profitable growth. Inez is an effective marketing professional with a proven track record of success across multiple industries by creating an environment of collaboration and cooperation internally and externally.

Inez is a best-selling author of "Pride Passion Profit -7 Steps to Category Development" and a featured speaker at retail, private label and supply chain conferences. She has worked with leading Retailers, CPG Companies, Private Label Manufacturers, and Technology and Supply Chain companies helping them deliver profitable growth. More demanding consumers, escalating competition, automation, artificial intelligence and virtual reality demand new ways of working together. Inez helps companies thrive in a constantly evolving retail environment and tsunami of choice. Inez has a proven track record in navigating emerging trends and opportunities to develop and execute profitable category, shopper marketing and supply chain plans.

Inez is a detail-oriented, creative problem solver who interprets multifaceted issues and delivers meaningful solutions by applying best practice standards, broad industry knowledge, and persuasive communication.

Greg Holder, Co-Founder and CEO , Traverse Systems

An Industrial Engineer by trade, Greg Holder believes that engineering standards and procedures are the foundation of any supply chain operation.

Greg managed supply chain operations and ran distribution centers at major retail brands including Dillards and Stage Stores before co-founding Traverse Systems. Over the last two decades Greg has designed and developed leading software solutions that optimize supply chain performance across a growing number of verticals.

A problem solver at heart and self-diagnosed workaholic, Greg enjoys watching Oklahoma football and Kansas basketball with his best friend and wife of more than 20 years.

Richard Wilhjelm, VP of Sales and Marketing , Traverse Systems

Richard Wilhjelm currently serves as VP, Sales & Business Development for Traverse Systems, a platform for automating bidirectional visibility in enterprise supply chains. He is responsible for strengthening executive-level relationships with customers and key prospects. Richard has over 30 years of sales and marketing experience in the supply chain software industry.

Kip Kopelke, Sales Engineer , Traverse Systems

In his role as Sales Engineer for Traverse Systems, Kip Kopelke serves as the liaison between the customer and Traverse Systems, a suite of solutions that deliver a unified understanding of entire supply chain. With over 20 years of retail experience, he is dedicated to identifying strategic areas of opportunity with customers and guiding them through Traverse Systems resources that will lead to improved performance. Prior to Traverse, Kip has held Merchandising, Training & Development, and Supply Chain roles with Kohl`s Department Stores