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Rethinking Retail: What If We Challenged Everything?

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Simon Hedaux from Rethink Productivity provided NotebookLM with his thoughts on the dynamic world of retail productivity, challenging traditional assumptions to uncover hidden costs and untapped opportunities in modern retail operations.

Retail businesses face a productivity paradox where despite working harder and implementing efficiency measures, many find themselves "sprinting to stand still" as costs rise and operations grow more complex. Simon Hedaux from Rethink Productivity provided NotebookLM with crucial insights into navigating this challenging landscape through systemic changes rather than incremental tweaks.

• Understanding true operational costs requires forensic analysis of processes like stock replenishment
• Modern technology enables unprecedented insights - computer vision, ESL systems, and digital tracking reveal inefficiencies
• Retail front ends must evolve beyond traditional tills to handle self-checkout, click-and-collect, and third-party parcels
• Radical "what if" scenarios challenge sacred cows: stores without managers, remote field visits, and elimination of stock counting
• Digital twins of stores, AI-powered inductions, and open banking represent the cutting edge of retail innovation
• The productivity principle: get the right work done by the right role at the right cost
• Critical approach: identify and eliminate non-value-added processes before attempting to digitize or automate them

Link to the original article can be found here...

ReThinking Retail

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Chapters

1. Welcome to Retail Productivity (00:00:00)

2. Understanding True Operational Costs (00:01:20)

3. Reimagining The Front End Experience (00:03:35)

4. What If? Radical Retail Ideas (00:05:35)

5. Addressing Unintended Consequences (00:08:47)

6. Key Takeaways and Future Considerations (00:10:47)

290 episodes

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Simon Hedaux from Rethink Productivity provided NotebookLM with his thoughts on the dynamic world of retail productivity, challenging traditional assumptions to uncover hidden costs and untapped opportunities in modern retail operations.

Retail businesses face a productivity paradox where despite working harder and implementing efficiency measures, many find themselves "sprinting to stand still" as costs rise and operations grow more complex. Simon Hedaux from Rethink Productivity provided NotebookLM with crucial insights into navigating this challenging landscape through systemic changes rather than incremental tweaks.

• Understanding true operational costs requires forensic analysis of processes like stock replenishment
• Modern technology enables unprecedented insights - computer vision, ESL systems, and digital tracking reveal inefficiencies
• Retail front ends must evolve beyond traditional tills to handle self-checkout, click-and-collect, and third-party parcels
• Radical "what if" scenarios challenge sacred cows: stores without managers, remote field visits, and elimination of stock counting
• Digital twins of stores, AI-powered inductions, and open banking represent the cutting edge of retail innovation
• The productivity principle: get the right work done by the right role at the right cost
• Critical approach: identify and eliminate non-value-added processes before attempting to digitize or automate them

Link to the original article can be found here...

ReThinking Retail

#theproductivityexperts
Register for the 2025 Productivity Forum
Find us in the Top 50 Productivity Podcasts
Connect to Simon on LinkedIn
Follow ReThink on LinkedIn

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Welcome to Retail Productivity (00:00:00)

2. Understanding True Operational Costs (00:01:20)

3. Reimagining The Front End Experience (00:03:35)

4. What If? Radical Retail Ideas (00:05:35)

5. Addressing Unintended Consequences (00:08:47)

6. Key Takeaways and Future Considerations (00:10:47)

290 episodes

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