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Retail Logistics and IT

This document discusses the application of information technology in retail logistics and supply chain management. It provides examples of how technologies like RFID, barcodes, EDI, and SAP software are used to track inventory, automate ordering and replenishment, and optimize supply chain operations for retailers like Pantaloon. The document also includes a case study on how Pantaloon implemented an ERP system from SAP and has pilots using RFID to further improve inventory management and the customer experience.

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Retail Logistics and IT

This document discusses the application of information technology in retail logistics and supply chain management. It provides examples of how technologies like RFID, barcodes, EDI, and SAP software are used to track inventory, automate ordering and replenishment, and optimize supply chain operations for retailers like Pantaloon. The document also includes a case study on how Pantaloon implemented an ERP system from SAP and has pilots using RFID to further improve inventory management and the customer experience.

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Business for Fashion Value Chain

IT in Retail Logistics

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Application of IT in Retail Industry


Information technology (IT) has come to play an important role in managing retail operations and logistics:

Areas where Information technology companies help in the development of organized retail sector:

DATA WAREHOUSE ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION POINT OF SALE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS

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Logistics is the management of the flow of goods and services between the point of origin and the point of use in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and often security.

Different mediums of Logistics services in India:


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Key players of the Logistics industry in India


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Air freight Land transport Railways Waterways

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BLUE DART GATI DTDC ASHOK LEYLAND FIRST FLIGHT

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Information Flow in Logistics

LOGISTICS CHANNEL

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Retail Logistics IT/Software Management Application Providers

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Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a comprehensive suite of applications with open and flexible architectures, best-in-class capabilities, complete functional coverage, and both integrated and modular deployment options.
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JDA Software Group, The Supply Chain Company, is a leading global provider of innovative supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions.
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RedPrairie provides supply chain execution, store management, logistics, and warehouse management software that companies use to manage their supply chains.
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CONTEMPORARY LOGISTICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & SOFTWARE


RFID BARCODE EDI XML SCANNING SAP

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RFID
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that uses radio waves to transfer data from an electronic tag, called RFID tag or label, attached to an object, through a reader for the purpose of identifying and tracking the object. Inventory control is often a costly, time consuming process for retailers. By offering real- time inventory visibility, RFID enables inventory managers to monitor and control inventory supply at all times.

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BARCODE & SCANNING


A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Benefits of Barcode In POS management, barcode systems can provide detailed up-to-date information on the business, accelerating decisions and with more confidence. For example: Fast-selling items can be identified quickly and automatically reordered. Slow-selling items can be identified, preventing inventory build-up. The effects of merchandising changes can be monitored, allowing fast- moving, more profitable items to occupy the best space.

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A barcode reader (or barcode scanner)


This is an electronic device for reading printed barcodes. Like a flatbed scanner, it consists of a light source, a lens and a light sensor translating optical impulses into electrical ones. Additionally, nearly all barcode readers contain decoder circuitry analyzing the barcode's image data provided by the sensor and sending the barcode's content to the scanner's output port. This technology also enables the profiling of individual consumers, typically through a voluntary registration of discount cards. While pitched as a benefit to the consumer, this practice is considered to be potentially dangerous by privacy advocates.

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EDI
Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the structured transmission of data between organizations by electronic means. It is used to transfer electronic documents or business data from one computer system to another computer system, i.e. from one trading partner to another trading partner without human intervention. USES: Electronic trading documents can be delivered far more quickly than their paper counterparts, thus the turnaround time from order to delivery can be reduced. Companies receiving advanced Shipping notes or Acknowledgments know in advance what is actually going to be delivered and are made aware of shortages so alternate supplies can be sourced.

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SAP FOR RETAIL


Retailers are operating in a world vastly different from a few years ago. A challenging market, coupled with competition from around the world and an abundance of information available at shoppers' fingertips, makes today's shopper more powerful than ever. The SAP for Retail solution portfolio provides grocery, hardliners, and soft lines retailers with a means to turn today's challenges into opportunities with solutions that help drive profitable multichannel retailing by offering retailers the insight to better understand your shoppers and business, the operational efficiency to ensure profit, and the adaptability to capitalize on the best opportunities to grow.

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SAP provides retailers with proven solutions for:


Business intelligence qCustomer loyalty qMerchandising qMerchandise and assortment planning qPrice optimization qPromotion management qForecasting and replenishment qWorkforce management qPoint-of-sale qWarehouse management
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Few of the commands used in the SAP for warehouse management :


SAP commands used to create purchase order for an article: SAP COMMAND : ME2M

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SAP command used to create stock transfer order ( STO )


SAP COMMAND: ME21N

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PANTALOONS LOGISTICS CASE STUDY

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PANTALOONS LOGISTICS AND INFORMATIO N FLOW

PANTALOONS LOGISTICS AND INFORMATION FLOW

Pantaloons experiment with RFID


Pantaloons RFID pilot project is helping the company save time and improve the accuracy of merchandise movement. Pantaloon Retail (India) has piloted an RFID project at one its warehouses in Tarapur using 1,000 RFID tags. The company is starting from where it matters the most by implementing the technology at the warehouse. While a SAP implementation is currently underway, the RFID initiative was more to do with improving the efficiency of the entire supply chain, and we wanted to be the first to execute it. Pantaloon now aims to extend the application to production routing and scheduling, product recall and returns, and real-time data for category managers for effective forecasting. We expect that the RFID application will further help us to improve the shopping experience, store layout and any inventory situation.

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Pantaloon: ERP in retail


Needing an organisation-wide IT solution to help it perform better, Pantaloon decided to implement an ERP system from SAP. More than eight years after it forayed into the retail business, Pantaloon Retail decided to implement SAP to keep itself competitive in the rapidly growing Indian retail market.

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Future IT projects
After the successful implementation of SAP for its retail chain, Pantaloon plans to go ahead with IT projects such as implementation of WMS with RFID, Customer Intelligence and CRM. Inventory and Promotions Optimisation will be pursued later this year.

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Thank You !!!

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