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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

Logistics Viewpoints

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization. Alex Zhong, Director Product Marketing at GEP.

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Top 10 Features of an Autonomous Warehouse

3PL Insights

Amazon is on the forefront of automation in the warehouse , currently using 45,000 Kiva Robots, after purchasing the company Kiva Systems in 2012 (they’re now renamed “Amazon robots”). Metrics: Autonomous vehicles have sensors to automatically gather data, which can be uploaded to various applications, hosted onsite or in the cloud.

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Ecommerce Inventory Management: Challenges & Solutions

Logistics Bureau

The ecommerce logistics practitioner must instead integrate reverse logistics into his or her company’s inventory management strategies and processes. Managing SKU Proliferation The seismic shift towards ecommerce and associated multichannel sales strategies has led to a rapid rise in the number of SKUs that companies carry.

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What Is An Exception In E-Commerce Delivery?

Locus

If you’re getting continuous WISMO (Where Is My Order) calls in this manner, it is definitely bad news. As a result, it increases your warehouse storage and delivery logistics costs. Other important reasons for incomplete deliveries are missing documentation, incorrect labeling, inaccurate geocoding, and miscommunication.

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Delivery Management System: A Definitive Guide

Locus

A delivery management software analyzes historical data, identifies significant inconsistencies and documents them. This historical data comes in handy for devising your dispatching strategies for the upcoming rides. As delivery managers, you deal with many responsibilities, from managing fuel costs to analyzing workforce performance.

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Ultimate Ecommerce Merchant Guide: Owning Your Ops in 2023 PART 2

Ship Monk

We’re happy to have you and can’t wait to share our secrets for a successful ops strategy. Your fulfillment center or 3PL should be able to handle the returns and reshipments, as well as claims processing to recover costs from shipping carriers. And if you haven’t read PART 1, no worries. Welcome to the ecommerce party!

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Use the New GDPR Legislation to Rethink the Way You Market

Logistics Marketing Advisors

cookies and Google Analytics tracking) of sites/companies that they wish to hear from or otherwise interact with. Forget about legal definitions here, that’s spamming. As the full GDPR document is quite lengthy, there is a lot to digest when beginning your compliance journey. Double-opt-in strategies can be automated.