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The Demand Powered Supply Chain: How to Win as the Bar Continues to Rise in the Retail Industry

CH Robinson Logistics

This is especially true in the retail space, as a surge in ecommerce and pandemic-driven demand volatility increased the rate of change in an already rapidly evolving industry. You start paying more immediately for backup carriers, or worse, pay much more if you go to the spot market to procure trucks. Increase savings.

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KPIs for Ecommerce Businesses & How to Choose Them

Ship Monk

There seem to be about a million metrics to watch if you want to run a successful ecommerce business. You can track as many metrics as you want, but not every performance indicator qualifies as a KEY performance indicator (KPI) for your ecommerce business. Which ones are the most important? Well, that depends on your goals.

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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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What Could Crush Your Supply Chain and Jeopardize Your Business This Year?

Stord

From our daily engagement (and years of deep industry experience), these are some of the issues that should prove most impactful this year, and some ideas on how to overcome some of those challenges. And one particular issue has been the inability to effectively use and compare against FY20 data (with COVID considered a “ black swan ” event).

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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. When evaluating your customers’ needs, thinking about how to design your company’s service to meet them is natural.

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Capacity Logistics: Experiencing Shipping Delays? Here’s Why.

Trans Global Auto Logistics

Below, TGAL will explain how insufficient shipping container capacity, congested ports, and labor shortages are causing the global transportation crisis we’re facing today. But a cascade of events that followed the global pandemic have created an international logistics crisis, squeezing all parties involved in the global supply chain.

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10 Freight Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Logistics Bureau

However, we also know how to help businesses get the most from the resources they have and make the right decisions for improvement. So naturally, we’re here to help your enterprise too. That obstacle no longer exists to such a great extent because developments in cloud technology have spawned a new way to adopt TMS.