Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spartan Stores is among the companies realigning their corporate structures to share information across departments. And the MIS department is seen as the "enabler."Supermarkets and...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Don't be turned off by the mountain of hype surrounding open systems. Retailers and systems experts say there's a mountain of substance to back it up.Open systems are linked personal computer networks...
NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- Dominick's Finer Foods' move to share timely point-of-sale data with a direct-store-delivery supplier is already paying dividends.The chain here is giving Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Oakland, Calif....
CHICAGO -- Information Resources Inc.'s InfoScan service has been providing manufacturers with point-of-sale data from a sampling of retailers since 1986. But the company is quickly moving toward a true "census"...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- High-volume telephone lines linking the Carr Gottstein Foods stores that dot this state are buzzing. But it's data, not idle chatter, that's keeping these lines busy.The chain, based here, is...
DAYTON, Ohio -- For the Uniform Code Council, the question of supporting Standard Interface Language as an electronic data interchange protocol seems to be more how than why.The executive committee of UCC met here in...
Dos Filename %%s5n9b.arc%%Electronic cash registers are now fitted with much of the guts of a computer, but a few enterprising supermarkets are equipping checkstands with actual personal computers.Although it's not a...
PLANO, Texas -- To fix what's wrong with the supermarket industry and cut costs substantially, retailers must begin with their own corporate structure.The ability to boost efficiency hinges first and foremost on...
Generating clean, accurate point-of-sale scan data is the most important thing retailers can do to help themselves and the industry benefit from the industry's ambitious Efficient Consumer Response initiative.But...
Some wholesalers and brokers are concerned that direct manufacturer-to-retailer alliances could leave them watching the development of Efficient Consumer Response from the sidelines.But Betsy Tucker, a consultant with...
