Posts by Tim Regnier
Thrive versus survive – the role of frontline workers in agile supply chain management
We’ve become accustomed to seeing warehouses with robotic inventory management and drone monitoring as part of agile supply chain management, but what does an agile future look like for frontline workers?
Read More4 reasons why contextual learning is a retail training gamechanger
Retailers are equipping their workers to learn more efficiently during the pandemic. Here’s how contextual learning is changing retail training.
Read MoreAll truth is found on the floor of the store – Why social learning is vital for frontline worker productivity
Today’s frontline workers are short on time and want to learn their own modern way. Conventional training is simply not meeting their needs. Help frontline workers be productive by boosting microlearning with social learning.
Read MoreSpotlight is on the retail frontline and retail training: NextPoint 2020 takeaway
When North America’s major retailers gathered to discuss what’s next in innovation at NextPoint 2020, the topic that drew most attention was human capital management. How can retailers ready their frontline for the new pace of change?
Read MoreSmart Access launches Go-Roll™ how-to videos, equipping retailers to capture and distribute retail training in days
With the launch of Go-Roll, Smart Access equips retailers to capture and distribute how-to videos for retail training in just days.
Read MoreSmart Access counts down to 48Hrs in the Valley, another milestone in a year of growth
Smart Access counts down to 48Hrs in the Valley, an exclusive investor and mentorship program for Canada’s most promising early-stage startups.
Read More5 years of Smart Access: changing the future of workforce productivity
It’s been 5 years since the journey began with Smart Access. Today we’re working with fantastic retailers and building innovative game-changing systems. But like all startups, we started from zero. We had to build up and start making revenue to capitalize on key opportunities and gain traction. In the early days, we worked in automated…
Read MoreHow is retail productivity being killed by status quo training?
There have been 110 major retail bankruptcies since 2015, and yet retailers like Amazon and Walmart continue to scale. What distinguishes the retailers that won’t survive from the retailers that will thrive? If you don’t think it’s harder than ever before to realize the productivity of your workforce, it may be time to take a…
Read MoreAn open letter to essential retailers
Dear Retail Leader, Like so many others, I am working from home, and staying close to my family today. I have this choice because of the extraordinary efforts of essential retailers like you who are keeping millions of us provided for and protected right now. I lead a team that provides technology to retail businesses.…
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