PUBLICATIONS BY W. FRANK DELL II, CMC
TITLE PUBL DATE       2006 PRIVATE LABEL BUYERS SURVEY  PL March-07       Brokers in the 90's FBQ June-92 Forward Buying Can Represent a Major Profit Opportunity FSD Mar-87 What Makes a Sound Forward Buy? FSD May-87 Reconsider Your Distribution Strategy FSD Jul-87 Incentives Are Only a Partial Solution FSD Sep-87 What is Direct Product Profit? FSD Oct-87 The Components of DPP FSD Nov-87 Putting DPP to Use FSD Jan-88 Improved Accuracy Means Improved Profit FSD Feb-88 Do You Know Your True Product Sourcing Costs? FSD Mar-88 How to Make a Merger Work FSD Apr-88 Safety Stock - The Misunderstood Inventory FSD Jun-88 Procurement's Impact on Operations FSD Jul-88 Warehouse Design the Mistakes That Last FSD Sep-88 Productivity Surveys: Help or Hindrance? FSD Oct-88 What's the Real Cost of Transportation? FSD Jan-89 Competitive Assessment: An Essential Survival Tool FSD Mar-89 Strategic Planning and Market Segmentation FSD May-89 Sales Territory Design and Resource Management FSD Jul-89 Productivity is Everyone's Responsibility FSD Oct-89 Understanding the True Role of MIS FSD Feb-90 Improve the Accountability of your Buying Committee FSD Jun-90 Customer Service Lost Art or Success Strategy? FSD Sep-90 JIT Concepts Bear A Closer Look FSD Oct-90 Is Backhaul Backfiring on Your Bottom Line? FSD May-91 Make Annual Business Reviews More Productive FSD Oct-91 Managing in Times of Gross Margin Compression FSD Jan-92 Planning Makes Warehouse Moves Pay Off FSD Jun-92 Plug the Leaks With a Damage Control Program FSD Dec-92 How to Reduce Product Returns and Credit Memos FSD May-93 Proper Racking Helps You Win the Warehouse Space Race FSD Jun-93 Buy Right to Control Operational Costs FSD Oct-93 Inventory Control: Tracking Your Primary Operational Asset FSD Feb-94 How Well Is Your Warehouse Organized FSD Jun-94 Ergonomics Standard Creates Opportunities For Productivity Gains FSD Sep-94 Software Options Boost Purchasing Efficiencies FSD Nov-94 Is Activity Based Costing Relevant To Foodservice? FSD Mar-95 Supply Chain for Foodservice FSD Sep-95 Real World EFR FSD Jul-96 Can Cross-Docking Work in Foodservice Distribution? FSD Sep-96 Re-Engineering for Foodservice FSD Mar-97 The Cost of Service FSD Jul-97 Foodservice and the Supermarket FSD Nov-97 Death of Brand Management GM Mar-89 Are Wholesalers Obsolete? GM Mar-90 The Butler Did It: Too Bad He Was Alone (Customer Service) GM Jun-90 Buyer/Merchandisers-Distribution's Dinosaurs? GM Aug-90 Today's Retail Behemoths, Tomorrow's White Elephants GM Dec-90 New Products: Just Say No! GM Apr-91 Paper Pallets Yield only On-paper Profits GM Jun-91 A Blueprint for Survival in the Format Wars GM Oct-91 Getting Back to the Backroom Boosts Flow Through GM Jan-92 Total Supply Management: The Next Step GM Feb-92 Central Processing: New Wine from Old (sour) Grapes GM Mar-92 Can TQM save the supermarket? GM May-92 Terms of No Endearment GM Sep-92 Starship Supermarket: Pricing, The Final Frontier GM Oct-92 To EDLP, or not to EDLP that is the question GM Feb-93 Don't miss the boat in the middle of the desert GM Apr-93 Efficient Consumer Response II GM Jul-93 Diverting still offers good money for bad practices GM Aug-93 Re-engineering not a guarantee barbarians wont's win GM Oct-93 Has anyone here seen a consumer? GM Feb-94 From costing seeds giant gardens grow GM Mar-94 Is consignment inventory the way of the future? GM Apr-94 Demand-Driven logistics GM May-94 Cross Docking Fact or Fancy GM Sep-94 A Future for Ergonomics GM Oct-94 Flow-through Logistics Savior or Fails Prophet GM Jan-95 Vendor Sourcing A New Opportunity GM Mar-95 Supply Chain Management for Retail GM May-95 Beneath The Trends The Supermarket Industry Will Be Tested GM Aug-95 Managing the Inventory Tube GM Sep-95 Home Delivery Gets A Reality Check GM Feb-96 Maximize Your Frequent Shopper Program GM Apr-96 The Contradictions of Change GM May-96 Designing a Russian Supermarket GM Nov-96 Do We Need Category Managers or Merchants GH Oct-97 How Profitable is Private Label GH Nov-01 Trade War II GH May-99 Introduction to Computers IGA Oct-94 Store Automation IGA Nov-94 POS/Scanning IGA Feb-95 DSD Receiving IGA Apr-95 Store Ordering IGA Jun-95 Front-End and Customer Service IGA Aug-95 Productivity Controls Pay for Themselves IGA Oct-95 Retail Price Management IGA Feb-96 Building Loyalty Among Your Best Customers IGA Apr-96 Supermarkets on the Internet IGA Jun-96 Computer Opportunities in the Meat Department IGA Oct-96 Marrying Frequent Shopper & Store Brand Programs to Build Loyalty IGA Jan-97 Transforming Sales Data into Information IGA Apr-97 Using Information to Increase Profits IGA Jun-97 Computer System Selection and Implementation for IGA Supermarkets IGA Aug-97 Adding or Upgrading Computers? IGA Oct-97 Should IGA Operators Consider an Enterprise System? IGA Feb-98 ECR's Impact on an IGA Store IGA Aug-98 Internet and Intranet for Food Retailing IGA Dec-98 Internet: Business to Consumers IGA Jun-99 Linking Technology with Consumers IGA Aug-99 Retail Technology; Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow IGA Jan-00 New Technology at the Store Level IGA Apr-01 Make the Most of Your IGA Products IGA Nov-01 Don't Laugh, But What's A Crossdock? FL Oct-98 The Empty Promise of CPFR FL Apr-99 DPP Revolution: The Backdoor Solution PG Sep-85 DPP Puts the Profit Picture in focus PG Oct-85 Business Planning and MIS PG Sep-86 Blueprint for Future Store Operations PG Jul-87 Wanted: A Guarantee PG Oct-87 Total Company Productivity PG Oct-88 A Case for Wholesale Change SB Oct-97 Frequent Shopper Mistakes IB Mar-98 Home Shopping Realitie - Part One IB May-98 Home Shopping Realities - Part Two IB Jun-98 Manufacturer Consumer Direct IB Jul-98 Making Consumer Direct Work IB Jul-98 Merger Perspective IB Aug-98 Home Meal Replacements Doomsday IB Oct-98 Trade War II IB Jan-99 Year 2000, The Real Opportunity IB Mar-99 And Then There Was One IB Jun-99 Letter From China IB Nov-99 Communal Center IB Dec-99 A New Role for Wholesalers IB Feb-00 E-Commerce Economics - Part One IB Apr-00 E-Commerce Economics - Part Two IB Apr-00 Letter From Ireland IB Sep-00 The Essence Of the Internet IB Jan-01 Mining For Gold In Retail Pricing IB Feb-01 Buying On the Net IB Mar-01 Pay-On-Scan: Not Negotiable IB Jun-01 Letter From Eastern Europe PL Nov-01 Raze, Rethink, & Rebuild GMA Nov-03 Big Customer Dilemma GMA Feb-04 Know Thyself & The Company You Keep GMA May-04         FBQ - Food Brokers Quarterly FSD - The Foodservice Distributor FL - Food Logistics GM - Grocery Marketing/Headquarters PG - Progressive Grocer SB - Supermarket Business IB - Ideabeat.com