A $1 billion supply chain overhaul is fueling sharp cost savings for Australia’s largest retailer. Woolworths’ supply chain fixes, dubbed Mercury II, are aimed at cutting the cost of merchandise transportation. “Supply chain and big data development is likely to enable Woolworths to simultaneously increase...
June 01, 2015
A security breach experienced by Woolworths, an Australian supermarket chain, further fuels the debate on the growing costs of data breaches worldwide. Last week, a spreadsheet with the personal details (names, emails and gift codes) of thousands of Woolworths customers was mistakenly emailed to around 1,000 people, highjacking the supermarket’s entire gift card distribution. And […]
September 25, 2014
A $1 billion supply chain overhaul is fueling sharp cost savings for Australia’s largest retailer. Woolworths’ supply chain fixes, dubbed Mercury II, are aimed at cutting the cost of merchandise...