Bronze Award Winner 2007
Up one level"Student Award"-winning paper of the year 2007. The winner is Ville Pätynen, Helsinki University of Technology, "Applying Automated Store Ordering to Improve Store Replenishment in Speciality Retail".
Automated Store Ordering (ASO) is an integral part of ECR’s concept of Responsive
Replenishment. The implementation of ASO has enabled grocery retailers worldwide to
attain remarkable improvements in both cost-efficiency and customer service. However,
despite the attractiveness of the ASO concept, speciality retailers seem to be lagging
behind grocery retailers in the implementation of ASO and there is currently very little
research on the potential benefits and challenges of ASO in speciality rAutomated Store Ordering (ASO) is an integral part of ECR’s concept of
Responsive Replenishment. The implementation of ASO has enabled grocery retailers
worldwide to attain remarkable improvements in both cost-efficiency and customer
service. However, despite the attractiveness of the ASO concept, speciality retailers seem
to be lagging behind grocery retailers in the implementation of ASO and there is
currently very little research on the potential benefits and challenges of ASO in speciality
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