CVS Supply Chain Performance and New DC Impress
Excellent presentation at the ProMat Executive Forum from Kevin Smith, Sr. VP of Supply
Chain and Logistics at drugstore giant CVS, on what the retailer is doing in both areas. It
an impressive story.
CVS supply chain supports some 5300 retail stores, including those recently acquired with
the acquisition of Eckard. As with an increasing number of supply chain leaders, especially
in retail, Smith and his organization clearly understand their mission is to support the
stores and make it easy and satisfying for shoppers to do business at CVS.
At the same time, they recognize a dollar of supply chain savings in on-marginal