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

Logistics Bureau

The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain. you have to make your supply chain successful too. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Conversely, just 8% of businesses with less capable supply chains report above-average growth.

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What is Reverse Logistics?

GlobalTranz

According to the Council of Logistics Management, it is “the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information from the point of consumption to the point of origin for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.

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Ecommerce Inventory Management: Challenges & Solutions

Logistics Bureau

It’s no longer acceptable to treat returns as an aside unless you are prepared to fill a warehouse with goods with no clear path to resale or disposal—and suffer the ensuing cost impact. The ecommerce logistics practitioner must instead integrate reverse logistics into his or her company’s inventory management strategies and processes.

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Strategies for Embracing the Internet of Things

Supply Chain Brain

They’re assuming that adoption requires the wholesale disposal of old technology and the acquisition of a raft of new devices. By definition, the IoT means access to a wealth of data — along with the possibility of being inundated with it. You need to create visibility across the entire supply chain,” Sastri says.

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Driving value into the supply chain

Automotive Logistics

Better communication is needed in the automotive supply chain, including between OEMs, suppliers, logistics providers and IT experts providing digital supply chain services. The automotive industry also needs to be able to respond faster to disruption in the supply chain when the inevitable unforeseen crisis hits.

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Thoughts on Retailers Buying XPO Logistics and What The Right Strategy Should Be

10xLogistics

I generally do not like to comment on something so speculative however Friday ended with a huge bang in the supply chain industry with Amazon and a major retailer apparently thinking of buying XPO logistics. The problem with this strategy is the "crunch" is with the power not with the trailer.

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

Ship Monk

Small businesses may start out with one type of fulfillment strategy then change when the company outgrows it. Each type of logistics option involves different levels of supply chain involvement, ranging between handling everything yourself and outsourcing everything. Don’t worry; you can change later on.