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36 A P R I L 2014 ❯❯ FO O D LO G I S T I C S W W W . F O O D L O G I S T I C S . C O M S P E C I A L E D I T I O N " The importance of visibility ranks very high. Yet, confidence of these companies in their infor- mation system to deliver visibility is low. Only 63% have moderately good visibility inside the enter- prise and this drops to 29% outside the business. These companies can see reasonably well inside, but when they look outside they lose half their sight. It's dark outside the four walls. This is the betrayal of ERP—it is designed for a single company. —Greg Johnsen, GT Nexus co-founder and CMO " If I were giving advice to someone as to whether or not to do voice, I'd tell them do it and do it now. The benefits on the customer service side alone will pay for it, let alone the accuracy and productivity increase they'll get. " —Jay A. Armant, Vice President of Product Management, Vocollect " Supply Chain Design has become one of the fastest growing and most important business processes within the Food & Beverage industry. Volatility and change are the new normal, so companies must continuously redesign their supply chains to stay competitive, given commodity price fluctuations, new food safety legislation, evolving consumer demand, and continued globalization. The leaders are those companies who design in the trade-offs between cost, service, sustainability, and risk. " —Toby Brzoznowski, co-founder and executive vice president of LLamasoft " " There has been a seismic shift in consumer behavior: consumers no longer ÒgoÓ shopping, instead they are always shopping. From mobile to store to contact center and back againÑconsumers are zig-zagging their wayÑbrowsing, shopping and buyingÑacross multiple areas simultaneously. Retailers must re-evaluate their entire enterpriseÑfrom browsing and buying to fulfillmentÑto profitably and consistently engage shoppers throughout the entire shopping journey. " —Prashant Bhatia, VP, Industry Strategy, JDA Software Group [ ] FLOG_36_0414 CS Quotes.indd 36 4/3/14 5:26 PM