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Shipping Heavy Freight:  Four Functions You Should Ask a Fulfillment Center To Help With

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Once upon a time, most people would have thought twice before ordering furniture, a piece of exercise equipment, or a kitchen appliance online. Meanwhile Forrester Research estimated that eCommerce purchases of furniture would grow at a compound annual rate of about 15% from 2014 to 2019.

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What is Supply Chain Resilience?

GlobalTranz

In a survey commissioned by GlobalTranz, 59% of supply chain decision-makers reported being concerned about not having the proper workforce to meet customer demand. Ecommerce order volumes surged for household staples and quarantine-related items. More consumers purchased bigger, bulkier items – furniture, exercise equipment, etc.

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

Logistics Bureau

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Now for those statistics I mentioned.

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Reverse Logistics: Who Does it Well?

Logistics Bureau

Increasingly, ecommerce vendors understand the advantage of an easy-to-print, free-of-charge return shipping label for a customer to stick on a box and return by post. Recent survey information from magazine DC VELOCITY suggests that supply chains are moving towards omnichannel mostly to increase sales, market share, and customer loyalty.

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Supply chain trends to watch out for in 2023

Logistics Business Magazine

Historically, this product ‘footprinting’ exercise was both tedious and expensive. For example, brand manufacturers and retailers—are beginning to perform life cycle analysis of their products to ascertain the environmental impacts of the products they sell.