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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021

Logistics Bureau

In the second quarter of 2020, the retail chain’s year-on-year ecommerce sales doubled, and its unit costs for online fulfillment reduced by some 30%. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a decade of changes to the retail world in just a year and a half or so. Target Hitting the Mark With Fulfillment From Stores. The Dark Store Trend.

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IFOY FINALIST FOCUS: IKEA Project Flat Pack Picking by SSI Schäfer

Logistics Business Magazine

Next up in our series examining each of the IFOY Award nominated finalists ahead of the winners announcement on 30th June at BMW World, we look at the first of two solutions in the Integrated Warehouse Solution category – IKEA Project Flat Pack Picking by SSI Schäfer. IFOY category : Integrated Warehouse Solution. Description.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

One of the most popular articles we’ve ever done is our look at analyst group Gartner’s annual ranking of the Top 25 Supply Chains. Admittedly, the ranking is pretty much a beauty contest, since Gartner’s own analysts have the most input into which companies are chosen.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

“The dire predictions that robots are going to take our jobs are overstated,” said Susan Lund, co-author of the study for McKinsey, adding “There will be enough jobs for everyone in most sectors.” What do you say? For some reason, an arm could not push very large glass vases onto the annealing belt.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

Yossi Sheffi of MIT is certainly one of the most influential and I would add interesting figures in supply chain today. Of late, about every three years he produces a new supply chain-related book, the last two being complementary takes on supply chain resilience and risk management. What do you say?