Riaz Husein
Hi, I'm Riaz Husein, Vice President of Operations and IT at Morris Furniture Company. I have spent over 20 years in Supply Chain and Logistics operations. During that time, I have developed supply chain strategies as a management consultant and managed operations as an executive at Fortune 500 companies. As I led initiatives across a variety of industries, a common trait that I noticed is that well executed Supply Chain and Logistics operations can provide a clear competitive advantage to any business. As a participant in a furniture operations performance group, I realized that business owners and executives in the furniture industry also had a keen interest in achieving excellence their distribution, delivery and customer service operations. I hope that this blog will serve as a forum to share best practices and improve our operations. Along the way, we will discuss innovative supply chain solutions as well as new technologies in the furniture industry. I welcome your feedback, questions, and topic suggestions. Please contact me at rhusein@morrishomefurnishings.com.
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Link This | Email This | Comments (3) Is the Furniture Industry ready for RFID?In the last couple of years, RFID (Radio-frequency identification) has been used in many industries. Although there are many cost saving opportunities by using RFID in furniture manufacturing and retail, RFID has not been adapted by the industry. The ability of scanning many items without line of sight, the ability to identify many items at once with fixed readers without any manual scan makes R... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (2) The Furniture Supply Chain ParadoxDuring the last decade, the focus of supply chain efforts in most industries has been to reduce inventory levels. The realization that excess inventory is a liability and not an asset has led to a strong focus on eliminating the waste and cost associated with excess inventory. The “Dell model” in the PC hardware industry is one of the best examples of this fundamental change in supply chain manag... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Managing by the NumbersImagine driving your car without a speedometer, or any other gauges for that matter. How would you know if you are within the legal speed limit? How will you know if something else is wrong with the automobile? Is it an uncomfortable feeling?Most of us can not imagine operating a vehicle without a dashboard which provides crucial information on the vehicle. Yet, that is precisely what we end u... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Breaking the CycleLet’s face it - it’s scary out there. The natural tendency is to pull back and cut costs. For most furniture retailers, this means slashing their distribution, delivery and customer service operations. It is a common knee-jerk reaction. After all, with sales volume plummeting, who needs all those people? We have to survive! And so we take the most common approach and lay-off the most recent hir... More |
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