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Maximize Ecommerce Supplier Relationships

Ship Monk

The fact is, most business owners think of procurement as nothing more than a transactional relationship. Whether your business is a small ecommerce startup or a big box retailer, the benefits of supplier relationship management are the same. When was the last time you thought about your business’ relationship with its suppliers?

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Five Technology Trends That Will Change Global Freight

Freightos

Persistent growth in ecommerce, door delivery and expectations for “free” shipping have many in the industry talking up the potential for drones to change the industry. Increasingly they are running procurement and logistics departments. Moving data better. “Big Data” is big news in logistics.

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How Bukalapak is Leading Indonesia’s E-commerce Growth With Last-Mile Technology Solutions

Locus

The Institute of Southern Asian studies has shared that out of 278.3 With Bukalapak being a heavyweight in O2O E-commerce, Malay wanted to know how it makes its procurement process easier and efficient. Quick access to data insights: The need of the hour. The panelists then looked at Indonesia, SEA’s most populous country.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Mini Case Study: Walmart. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool. A disciplined approach to the collection, cleansing, and standardisation of supply chain data. To put that claim into some perspective, consider this data revealed by Gartner from research conducted in 2014: . Procurement costs. Inventory and storage costs.

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Inventory Management Excellence: Some Companies to Learn From

Logistics Bureau

While another ecommerce company might choose to arrange its warehouses more conventionally, Amazon has learned to exploit the needs of consumers to drive its internal efficiencies along with its service promises. What Next for Toyota IM?

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Post-COVID Ecommerce is Booming, But Logistics Issues Abound

Logistics Bureau

Is your ecommerce business one of those that’s been growing steadily in recent years, and seen an absolute boom since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged? So what do you need to do to prevent high demand from being a double-edged sword and potentially stymieing your ability to compete in the lucrative, but fierce ecommerce marketplace?

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Companies Improve their Supply Chains with Artificial Intelligence

Logistics Viewpoints

Planning applications don’t work well if the master data they rely on is not accurate; this is known as the “garbage in, garbage out” problem. Artificial intelligence is beginning to be used to update the data. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes.