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As a retailer, you have many choices about which software vendor to choose. For users, one of the biggest demands we see in the market is having the software inform you of something you don’t already know about your business. … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Exception Based Reporting
Preparing for Analytics 3.0
Analytics are not a new idea. The tools have been used in business since the mid-1950s. To be sure, there has been an explosion of interest in the topic, but for the first half-century of activity, the way analytics were … Continue reading
Understanding Pattern Technology
Until recently, there has been one largely preferred methodology for detecting exceptions in retail: Exception Based Reporting, or “EBR”. But to be perfectly honest, EBR focuses on the exceptions within Exception Based Reporting, or what I will refer to as … Continue reading
Build versus buy: approaching an age old question
You’ve probably heard the 80/20 rule applied to the build versus buy decision: “If you can get 80% of the functionality you need from a packaged solution, then buy it. Otherwise, build it.” At least two decades ago, if not … Continue reading
Exception Based Reporting (EBR) is DEAD
After implementing supply chain and inventory management solutions with manufacturers and retailers for over 16 years, I have come to realize that there are several issues that highlight the archaic approach of exception based reporting (EBR) solutions. Fundamentally, the legacy … Continue reading