Collaborative Supply Chain Transformation

Promoting and Advancing Petroleum Marketing, Retail Grocery, and Convenience Stores in West Virginia

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OMEGA is a West Virginia-based organization dedicated to supporting and advancing the business interests of the state’s petroleum marketing, retail grocery, and convenience store industries.

As a network of over 225 locally owned businesses, OMEGA actively promotes cooperation, advocates for favorable legislation, and provides education and resources to its members. With over 50,000 employees, OMEGA members significantly contribute to the state’s economy, generating more than 10% of all state taxes and supporting local communities through scholarships, charitable donations, and civic involvement.

OMEGA is committed to fostering industry growth while serving West Virginians with essential services like fuel, food, and convenience.

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OMEGA offers three types of membership: Convenience Store Members, Petroleum Marketer Members, and Grocer Members, all of which play a vital role in providing fuel, food, and essentials across West Virginia. As a liaison with state and national agencies, OMEGA works closely with organizations like NACS, PMAA, FMI, and the N.G.A. to advocate on behalf of its members.

We keep members informed through newsletters, legislative updates, an online resource hub, and educational seminars. Additional member benefits include access to the Encova Workers’ Compensation Discount Program and participation in our annual Trade Expo and fundraising efforts for children’s charities. OMEGA is here to support, advocate, and enhance the success of our industry members.

Effective and efficient supply chains are a source of sustainable competitive advantage for retailers and wholesalers alike. The ability to optimize and transform supply chain capabilities requires collaboration with trading partners both on the physical movement of product and the information that enables smart supply chain forecasting and decision making. In 2016, the Trading Partner Alliance Supply Chain Committee established and prioritized its collaborative supply chain transformation efforts across four key areas.

By: Pat Walsh, Chief Business Development Officer, and Vice President of Supply Chain, Food Marketing Institute <img src="http://www.fmi.org/images/default-source/blog-images/supply-chain-2016.tmb-large-350-.png?sfvrsn=1" data-displaymode="Thumbnail" alt="Supply Chain 2016" title="Supply Chain 2016" style="float: right; margin: 10px;" /> Effective and efficient supply chains are a source of sustainable competitive advantage for retailers and wholesalers alike. The ability to optimize and transform supply chain capabilities requires collaboration with trading partners both on the physical movement of product and the information that enables smart supply chain forecasting and decision making. In 2016, the <a href="http://www.gmaonline.org/forms/committee/CommitteeFormPublic/viewCommitteeDetails?id=16E44700000001">Trading Partner Alliance Supply Chain Committee</a> established and prioritized its collaborative supply chain transformation efforts across four key areas:  <ul> <li>Focus on the Consumer</li> <li>Connect Business Information</li> <li>Talent Development</li> <li>Shared Supply Chain</li> </ul> Needless to say, many companies are re-evaluating their supply chain initiatives and capabilities to ensure they are well positioned to meet the needs of consumers in the rapidly changing digital and omnichannel retail world. Yet while many companies are focused on the future, today’s business environment demands relentless focus on superior execution of industry best practices designed to optimize supply chain performance. The <a href="http://www.fmi.org/industry-topics/supply-chain">TPA On-Shelf Availability Committee</a> released a study featuring a <a href="https://www.fmi.org/forms/store/ProductFormPublic/osa-ishikawa-diagram">Root Cause Analysis</a> and <a href="https://www.fmi.org/forms/store/ProductFormPublic/bestpracticesosa">Industry Best Practices Guide</a> to address out of stocks and areas for improvement. This study focused on process, organizational and metric gaps to include a deep drive understanding of the casual factors related to out of stocks featuring good, better, best and future practices to improve planning and execution in the end-to-end value chain. Another key area is to reduce and mitigate risks to the shared supply chain. The TPA Hazardous Waste Taskforce is focused on the following key areas that require capabilities to ensure compliance: <ul> <li>Address accurate information flow to identify which products are considered hazardous waste;</li> <li>Fix and improve product design to minimize risks;</li> <li>Address the disposal issue (process and compliance) to minimize costs;</li> <li>Develop industry best practices to identify, handle, transport and dispose of hazardous waste; and</li> <li>Address regulatory compliance issues.</li> </ul> Consistent with all these priority areas, FMI diligently focused on trend-tracking. Notably, we delivered an <a href="http://www.fmi.org/docs/default-source/supply-chain/productivity-benchmarking-report---november-4th-2016.pdf?sfvrsn=2">Industry Productivity Benchmark Report</a> to address industry trends and opportunities for improvement in the areas of material handling, systems optimization, data management, developments in productivity drivers and capabilities, warehouse facility productivity, technology adoption and supply chain profitability. FMI will continue in 2017 to focus on the future of supply chain transformation while concentrating on industry best practices today to drive business performance.

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Supporting West Virginia Communities

OMEGA members play a vital role in West Virginia, supporting communities through substantial tax contributions and a wide-reaching presence across the state. With over 55% of the population living in border counties, our members are dedicated to serving both local and regional needs. Beyond business, we’re proud to give back, having contributed over $3.1 million to children’s charities since 2003, reflecting our commitment to making a positive difference.