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Inventory Management Excellence: Some Companies to Learn From

Logistics Bureau

The answer depends, of course, on your company’s objectives and, particularly, on your customer service promises. It’s a random approach in which, for example, a consignment of electric blenders might find a home in a storage location between bottles of shampoo on one side, and dog collars on the other.

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Apple’s China Problem

Logistics Viewpoints

There are of course the challenges from a potential recession and the increasing severity and frequency of climate change disruptions. Apple provides a prime example. These controls included a measure to cut China off from certain buying semiconductor chips made anywhere in the world with US tools.

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Importance of Social Proof in Ecommerce

Ship Monk

Did you know that 93% of consumers say that online reviews influence their purchase decisions? Every time we buy something online, we’re gambling that what we see is what we’re going to get. We spend a lot of time researching products before we buy, but in the end we may still feel uncertain. That’s a mind-blowing statistic.

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Resolving Ecommerce Shipping Claims

Ship Monk

Each time a customer makes a purchase from your ecommerce brand they are giving you two things. Because by putting in their credit card numbers and hitting BUY, they are trusting that this transaction will positively benefit them in some way. The first is obvious—their business. The second, which is less obvious, is their trust.

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Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers

Logistics Bureau

If yours is one of those businesses shifting from traditional to online retail, you’ve probably faced some of the logistical challenges arising from the need to deliver your customers’ purchases to them. For example: Compared to selling a product in-store, the cost to deliver that same item as a small parcel can be several times higher.

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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

Logistics Bureau

Despite the apparent complexities involved in supply chain management, achieving excellence really doesn’t have to be too difficult. In this post, we explain what those pillars are, why they matter, and how to align them in a way that supports supply chain management excellence. The Importance of Alignment.

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Deborah Dull on Inventory Thinking and How to Improve It

Logistics Bureau

While all the interviews are available to view on the Supply Chain Secrets YouTube channel , I decided to create some brief articles from the transcripts. When you bought something that you can see within your field of vision, an inventory analyst somewhere in the world freaked out because you didn’t buy the one she thought you would.

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