﻿<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Taking Stock Forum / Case Studies / Case Studies </title><generator /><description>Taking Stock Forum</description><link>http://www.takingstockforum.co.uk/forum/</link><webMaster>webmaster@takingstockforum.com </webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:25:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Retail Fraud Video Presentation – Loss Prevention</title><link>http://www.takingstockforum.co.uk/forum/Topic74-19-1.aspx</link><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Hey, &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;I recently saw that a Wickes case study had been posted titled “Take Control – Prevent Stock Loss”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;I perused the company website and have since found the live video presentation of this and thought it was an interesting watch:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.orridge.co.uk/popup.asp"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0000ff&gt;http://www.orridge.co.uk/popup.asp&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;If anyone can find anymore like these id be interested to watch if you could kindly post the link.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Until then, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;Enjoy&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:14:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Allison Wesley</dc:creator></item><item><title>Wickes Take Control and Prevent Stock Loss</title><link>http://www.takingstockforum.co.uk/forum/Topic55-19-1.aspx</link><description>In today’s demanding environment it’s essential to continually search for ways to gain a competitive edge. "Wickes" inventory is crucial to delivering the stock loss strategy" for which Orridge plays a pivotal role by enhancing accuracy in stock cycles, ensuring shrinkage reduction actions that can be aligned with confidence. With a group turnover of £1,454m (as part of the Travis Perkins Group) Wickes’ product range contains 6,000+ own-brand products to a growing portfolio of 198 stores, offering over 3,500 products online.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To read more, click on the link below.... &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.orridge.co.uk/english/casestudies-wickes.asp"&gt;http://www.orridge.co.uk/english/casestudies-wickes.asp&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;How do you prevent stock loss?&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; :crazy:</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 11:33:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>charlottemottram</dc:creator></item><item><title>Wickes Case Study</title><link>http://www.takingstockforum.co.uk/forum/Topic52-19-1.aspx</link><description>&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;“Orridge has added considerable value to our inventory processes”&lt;BR&gt;Wickes&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In today’s demanding environment it’s essential to continually search for ways to gain a competitive edge. Wickes’ inventory is crucial to delivering its stock loss strategy, for which Orridge plays a pivotal role by enhancing accuracy in stock cycles, ensuring shrinkage reduction actions that can be aligned with confidence. With a group turnover of £1,454m (as part of the Travis Perkins Group) Wickes’ product range contains 6,000+ own-brand products to a growing portfolio of 198 stores, offering over 3,500 products online.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;View full case study now… &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.orridge.co.uk/english/casestudies-wickes.asp"&gt;http://www.orridge.co.uk/english/casestudies-wickes.asp&lt;/A&gt; </description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:38:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>charlottemottram</dc:creator></item><item><title>Calvin Klein- case study</title><link>http://www.takingstockforum.co.uk/forum/Topic14-19-1.aspx</link><description>Calvin Klein Underwear and Calvin Klein Jeans are a part of Warnaco Inc – a worldwide leader in the apparel business since 1874. With an established and growing international presence CK Jeans and CK Underwear provides a Multi-channel distribution platform to over 900 Calvin Klein retail stores worldwide:- 88 full price standalone stores, 84 outlet stores, 730 shop in shop / concession stores, 586 third party stores (franchise / licence).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Stocktake History…&lt;BR&gt;Orridge has been our chosen partner for 4 years, as the company spread wider geographically, the decision was taken to outsource. External Audit and Sox compliancy criteria urgently forced us to find a global solution. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;FONT color=#3333bb&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;“Orridge consistently provides a dedicated  personal service and strong support team”&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Simon Rosenberg -  European Outlet Manager, Calvin Klein&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Reasons for stock counts&lt;BR&gt;  Audit and compliancy controls&lt;BR&gt;  To identify true shrinkage rates&lt;BR&gt;  To determine the worst effected stores&lt;BR&gt;  Product file maintenance and system reporting reliability&lt;BR&gt;  Stock management / accountability&lt;BR&gt;  Procedural excellence&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color=#77dddd&gt;“Calvin Klein &amp;amp; Orridge have a long term relationship based on success!”&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Simon Rosenberg, Calvin Klein&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Benefits of outsourcing&lt;BR&gt;  Maximises efficiency of count&lt;BR&gt;  Flexibility, accuracy and independence&lt;BR&gt;  Technology and enhanced software&lt;BR&gt;  Enables staff to focus on sales&lt;BR&gt;  Efficient planning to relieve operational pressure&lt;BR&gt;  Improves profitability&lt;BR&gt;  Ensures smooth audit process during continued growth&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;“Orridge provide a flexible service and  are commited to our values and procedures”&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Simon Rosenberg, Calvin Klein&lt;BR&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:33:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>charlottemottram</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>