Autumn 2012 Newsletter
inHARMONY The Autumn Edition 2012
Is art a creative ingredient in business?
Is warehousing an art or a science? The answer is obvious; it's
a science. Nevertheless, I've seen many warehousing operations look
more like a Sydney Pollock painting; inventory (like his paint
drippings) strewn across the entire length and breadth of the
warehouse, seemingly without rhyme or reason. Picking, packing and
storing inventory is an act of sheer will. Under those
circumstances it is difficult to see past the chaos. In the Autumn
edition of our newsletter we offer advice on how process mapping
and utilizing a suite of Harmony modules can revamp any
warehouse.
Whilst on the subject of warehousing, a growing number of Harmony
customers are establishing warehouses or utilizing third party
warehouses in China with the objective of delivering goods direct
to retail stores. Harmony plays an active role under both
scenarios. You can scan pack the goods in China directly into
Harmony or electronically exchange the data via a third party.
Over the past few months, I've had the privilege of witnessing
close-up the bubble of creativity emanating from the Harmony
developers working on our new graphically rich applications.
Demystifying the creative process has been illuminating, a little
surprising but largely engaging. Inside this newsletter is a first
look at our new and exciting Harmony Style Storyboard.
For those of you who think we may have been a little quiet, I
can assure you a that great deal of progress has been made in a
number of important areas within Harmony. We have stretched our
resources and our software into new and exciting areas. In the
second half of the year we will have completed our new suite of
visually pleasing and feature rich applications for style
development, merchandise planning, task-tracking and open-to-buy,
loosely called "The Fashion Canopy."
Collaborating with our customers is an essential ingredient to our
collective success. So a special thank you to all our customers who
have embraced our industry-leading "Open Licensing"
proposition.
It's been a rewarding experience working with the many
contributors to the newsletter and I hope there is something of
interest for everyone in the ensuing pages.
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