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08/09/2020 - Retail outlet logistics management: Insights from Avenir Logistic Conseil
Avenir Logistic Conseil has served as a partner integrator for Hardis Group’s Reflex suite since 2008, covering the Indian Ocean, West Indies and East Africa region. The firm was among the first to deploy Reflex In-Store Logistics, our logistics management system for retail outlets, for Decathlon, Mr.Bricolage and KDI Davum in Réunion. Sébastien Leon, founder of Avenir Logistic Conseil, shares ...
Learn more02/09/2020 - Clarity of vision and cooperation: the keys to supply chain resilience
In today’s globalized world, supply chains are increasingly vulnerable to disruptions. Building resilience to outside shocks requires businesses to gain clarity of vision all along the supply chain—from end to end—and to cultivate relationships of deep trust with their partners.
Learn more07/07/2020 - Chantelle Lingerie opts for Reflex WMS to manage its Darjeeling logistics warehouse
The firm is using Hardis Group’s warehouse management software, coupled with a mechanization system, to optimize the way it manages logistics processes at its distribution warehouse for Darjeeling-branded products. The site handles B2B flows for 170 stores in France, plus B2C flows for online sales via the darjeeling.fr website.
Learn more01/07/2020 - Decathlon Réunion switches to Reflex In-Store Logistics
Decathlon Réunion has deployed Hardis Group’s Reflex In-Store Logistics, a turnkey application for retail logistics management with a short learning curve. The move follows the retailer’s decision to roll out Reflex WMS warehouse management system to industrialize stock management and logistics processes across its stores.
Learn more10/06/2020 - Mr.Bricolage Réunion chooses to optimize store stock management with Reflex In-Store Logistics
The home-improvement retailer has deployed Reflex In-Store Logistics and Reflex WMS in a drive to optimize its logistics flows and processes, and gain granular stock management capability across 25,000 sq m of sales floor and 6,000 sq m of stockroom space.
Learn more03/06/2020 - Drive-through collection points and dark stores: The time has come to industrialize (logistics) processes
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen online demand for fast-moving consumer goods go through the roof, with customers picking up their purchases from drive-through collection points or opting for home delivery. Once the crisis abates, maintaining this level of demand will require organizational changes, by food and non-food retailers alike, in order to enhance the customer experience, optimize resour...
Learn more27/05/2020 - Managing e-commerce returns: six tips for more efficient logistics
Almost all retailers offer a return service for items purchased online, and many use the option as a selling point. Although the service is popular with consumers, it can be a real headache for retailers, with significant logistics costs. Return management is also a vital part of the customer experience. This article explores six tips for efficient, low-cost management of return-related logisti...
Learn more13/05/2020 - What does the future hold for legacy AS/400-IBMi systems?
At one point, we thought we’d seen the end of AS/400-IBMi systems, sacrificed on the altar of modernization. But that view underestimated just how robust, reliable and secure these systems can be—and how they can create business value. Here, we examine why legacy systems remain central to the digital transformation of business, and what role they will play.
Learn more06/05/2020 - Hardis Group partners with ITOrizon to grow its business in the US and India
Hardis Group has partnered with ITOrizon, a major supply-chain consulting firm and logistics application integrator in the United States, as part of its international business growth strategy.
Learn more04/03/2020 - Hardis Group unveils a new module for real-time management of all WCS
Hardis Group has released WCS Master, a new module for managing all mechanized and automated processes from Reflex WMS. The universal, quick-to-configure module reduces the cost of integrating the WMS with all off-the-shelf warehouse control systems (WCS). With status reports giving a single, real-time overview of all material and human resources across warehouses and plants, the module makes i...
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