6R Blogs
How to… Garment Costing
When an outsider looks at what’s paid to a factory and what’s charged at full retail they think – wow!
That looks incredible, I can make a killing. But there’s more to it than that.
How to… Make Returns work for you
Often returns particularly for online purchases is an overlooked or poorly executed part of the business.
Integration Basics | 3 key items that must touch finance in real time
Last week we talked a little about systems and some key points about systems that guide on knowing if you have a 'good fit'. Integration can be a messy business to understand and sometimes even when you think the system is ONE it turns out that it isn’t really.
Does my bum look big in this? (Or how to tell if you have the ‘right fit’ in a system for your business)
It’s a big and sometimes scary decision choosing system(s), and no one wants to get it wrong. It’s expensive, it’s a lot of effort and it’s hopefully going to last you for a while. If you stuff...
Top Ten Hack Day Tips & Tricks
At 6R we believe that....
People are better as part of a team; diversity in that team helps us to examine problems from every angle.
Collective effort requires collaborative PLM software
Last week at The Collective X Vivid Ideas it was exciting to learn from Matt Symons that peer to peer lending and getting a credit score without trashing your own rating is now available to all...
Estimating for projects; and keeping a sense of humour!
While every project is different there are some ‘truisms’ that can be applied across the board or at the very least to keeping a sense of humour whilst estimating for and engaging in projects. We...
Project phases diagram | communicating visually to save time
Often when I describe what we do at 6R I say “we speak conversational tech” and somehow people know what I mean by this. We are not IT people, rather business people who have learned how to...
Get the basics right for Mothers day
Mothers day can be a big deal to some retailers; it can be a mother load of work too. I caught up with a friend who works on the shop floor in a womens wear brand after the mothers day weekend...