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Edward Albert Filene

Edward A. Filene The Retail Practice Pioneer

Todos los que trabajamos en el mundo del la distribución y del comercio minorista debiéramos conocer quien fue Edward A. Filene, un norteamericano filántropo, emprendedor social, y hombre de negocios. 

Edward A. Filene The Retail Practice Pioneer

All of us, working in the retail space would to know who was Edward A. Filene, northamerican businessman, social entrepreneur and philanthropist. Leer el resto de esta entrada

26 Marzo 2008 Publicado por Carlos Ponce Portella | English, Español, Personas y Citas People & Quotes, Retail | | No hay comentarios

Ética vs. Negocio / Negocio con Ética

En el MBA que estoy realizando, estábamos debatiendo sobre “La salud de la Distribución Comercial” y surgió un punto que tal vez no profundizamos demasiado y me gustaría compartir con vosotros: el límite entre la ética y el negocio.

No me estoy refiriendo a la Reponsibilidad Social Corportativa, en estos momentos. Ni tampoco me refiero a que la ética es un componente de base (o debiera) de cualquier negocio.Estoy comentando temas mucho más prácticos.   Leer el resto de esta entrada

23 Marzo 2008 Publicado por Carlos Ponce Portella | Articulos y Debates Articles & Discuss, Español, MBA, Negocios / Business, Retail | , , , , | No hay comentarios

Trabant Manufacturing Plant (ex RDA)

Este video vale la pena, porque demuestra lo bien que hacemos las cosas por aquí, y por otro lado… fué simplemente un paraíso para cualquiera que piense en optimizar!!!! :-)

 Watch this video, it’s really nice! It shows how fine we work, and in the other hand, was simply a paradise whom think on optimization!!!   :-)

–>  Trabant video

23 Marzo 2008 Publicado por Carlos Ponce Portella | Cosas / Hodgepodge, English, Español, Tutti Frutti | , , | No hay comentarios

RFID Strategies 2008

Hi!

An interesting article from Aberdeen Group research, regarding RFID, deployments

….A critical factor in such success is a greater focus on business process visibility, improvement, and optimization. Among Best-in-Class companies using RFID identified by Aberdeen Group research, 100% reduced process failure incidents by at least 20%, and improved process throughput by at least 10%. These positive results set the stage for broader RFID deployments in 2008 and beyond.”

It’s really interesting, in retail, mentioning the motivators to RFID: compliance losses importance, while business process visibility, customer service and asset tracking raises to the top.

In a past contribution regarding RFID, I mentioned what in my opinion are the key factors to consider in an RFID project:

  • “close the loop”
  • benefits for all participants
  • concrete and practical scenario where to deploy and measure ROI
  • change management: the benefit of RFID is also related with business processes improvements

What do you think?

–> get the article!

4 Marzo 2008 Publicado por Carlos Ponce Portella | Articulos y Debates Articles & Discuss, English, RFID, Retail | , , , , , | No hay comentarios

Recession Reality Check: This Is Not 2001 All Over Again

Hi!

An interesting article from AMR Research, discussing the current recession status and origins in front the past 2001 recession.

From my point of view, the facts and recession lives “another parameters and realities” comparing north american and european (or others) economies, but in any case is a good read, no doubt!

 –> Artículo AMR Research

2 Marzo 2008 Publicado por Carlos Ponce Portella | Articulos y Debates Articles & Discuss, English, Negocios / Business | , , , , , | 2 Comentarios

Intercultural: The Italian Man who went to Malta

:-)

–>  video

2 Marzo 2008 Publicado por Carlos Ponce Portella | English, Humor, Tutti Frutti | | No hay comentarios