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LastMile Dialogues: Maximizing unit economics to unlock last mile efficiencies

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Unlock insights on how Bukalapak is leading Indonesia’s e-commerce market with last-mile excellence Watch the Webinar E-commerce and online purchasing to lead CEP growth The CEP industry will continue to grow robustly in the coming years, as is reflected in worldwide trends. billion in 2020.

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How to Predict if the New Business Idea is Any Good

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When the customers face the problem, they likely go for making purchases ultimately benefiting the business owner.That being said, you need to know your actual target market and customers prior to taking initiative for a business. Now this type of method can cost you a bit, but the results are definitely worth it.

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What You Need to Know About Full Truckload Freight Allocation

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The Problem: Shippers Lack an Understanding of Existing Freight Allocation (Freight Planning) Activities To understand the problems behind poor freight allocation, it is important to consider its literal and perceived definitions. Unfortunately, shippers see this problem as a reason to build shipping costs directly into price points.

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Electronic Data Interchange or EDI in Transportation: Breaking Down What it is and How It Works

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In this series, we will first talk about how EDI in transportation works and what it is, covering the history of EDI in transportation, the definition, how it works technically, and then some common EDI codes used within the transportation industry. History of EDI and EDI In Transportation and Logistics.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Interesting Facts & Financial Breakdown of the Global Logistics Market

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Editor’s Note: Almost 14 months ago we wrote one of our most popular posts entitled, “ The History of Supply Chain and Logistics Management ” contained a bit of history, definitions, and a great infographic visually going through the history of supply chain and logistics management. What is a Logistics Framework?

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Slow and Terrible Deliveries Can Tank Your Business: Here’s An Order Fulfillment Solution to Nip that Risk in the Bud

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So, let’s get some quick definitions and understanding down of the three chief methods that you’re looking at for an order fulfillment solution: Drop-shipping. So, someone will make a purchase with you first. Your profit calculation is: Profit = Sale price of product – purchase and shipping costs from the drop shipper.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Supply Chain Mobility & How it is Creating More Efficient Manufacturing Productivity

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Each of these definitions applies to a manufacturer’s ability to produce a surplus of a product. Imagine if the typical definitions of productive were applied to manufacturing. Preliminary analysis of smartphone sales in the US indicate more than 120 million smartphones will be purchased, sold, or traded in 2016.