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2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends

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2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends for the US. Here we are, one year later, trying to determine the 2021 supply chain and inventory management trends to adopt. With that in mind, here are a few trends for 2021 that could help your business outlast the pandemic: Supplier Diversification. Focus on eCommerce.

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Profitably Delivering eCommerce with Consumer-Centric Priorities

Logistics Viewpoints

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations. and Unnu, Kaan. [2]

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What is a 3PL? How Third-Party Logistics Providers Benefit eCommerce Brands

Ship Monk

3PL —a simple abbreviation for one of the most complex, integrated, helpful entities operating in the eCommerce landscape. 3PL stands for third-party logistics, and at a glance a 3PL partner provides eCommerce brands with solutions to their fulfillment needs. 3PL vs. 1PL, 2PL, 4PL, and 5PL. Don’t worry; you can change later on.

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2021 Strategies for Inventory Management and Supply Chain Recovery

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A vaccine won’t magically eradicate the coronavirus; instead, it will take the vaccine coupled with additional widespread safety measures to usher in a ‘new normal’ – optimistically, by Q3 of 2021. The prevailing effects of COVID-19 are uncertainty and disruption; the key to planning ahead for 2021 will be to analyze the effects of 2020.

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How to Optimize Inventory Management for eCommerce

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Better Inventory Management for eCommerce. The growth of eCommerce in 2020 was phenomenal as more customers, B2B and B2C alike, shopped online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Forrester projects that B2B eCommerce transactions will reach $1.8 A critical area of focus should be your eCommerce inventory management processes.

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The Top 6 Supply Chain Holiday Season Trends in 2021

Locus

US holiday retail sales in 2021 will rise 2.7% to $1.093 trillion, while the season’s ecommerce sales will rise 11.3% Ecommerce will account for a record 18.9% – US Holiday 2020 review and Holiday 2021 Preview, Emarketer Insider Intelligence, Feb 2021. in 2021 to $933.30 billion U.S.

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Trends 2021: Warehouse Automation

Logistics Business Magazine

How has the pandemic impacted warehousing and logistics operations in 2020, 2021 and beyond? This acceleration will continue in 2021 and beyond. Zebra’s warehouse vision study states that typically 50% of ecommerce warehouse employees are picking orders and that 40-70% of their time is spent moving between picking locations.