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Sustainability Strategies & Tactics for Ecommerce Brand

Ship Monk

Trouble is, managing an ecommerce brand involves certain unavoidable carbon-causing activities like packaging, shipping and returns. The UN World Commission on Environment and Development defines sustainability as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

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Maximize Ecommerce Supplier Relationships

Ship Monk

The fact is, most business owners think of procurement as nothing more than a transactional relationship. Whether your business is a small ecommerce startup or a big box retailer, the benefits of supplier relationship management are the same. Establish KPIs that hold both your suppliers and your procurement team accountable.

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Optimizing Your Store’s Ecommerce Supply Chain

Ship Monk

There are a lot of moving parts to managing an ecommerce supply chain. An ecommerce store owner is expected to master everything from sourcing materials to manufacturing and procurement, to fulfillment and shipping orders to customers. Today we’re going to take a look at a typical ecommerce supply chain from beginning to end.

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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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Most Popular Logistics Stories from 2021

Logistics Viewpoints

Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa ). In a previous post , I made a case for how the Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) and Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) are smarter together. Accordingly Supply Chain and Procurement will need continuous collaboration.

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Knapp Announces US Management Changes

Logistics Business Magazine

Through these last several years, Gernot Rupp our SVP of Service and Procurement has done outstanding work; growing both the KNAPP North America service and support organization – and scaling procurement to meet the needs of a rapidly expanding business unit, while keeping pace with the physical changes we have made here in Kennesaw.

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Is the “Autonomous Supply Chain” a Pipe Dream?

Logistics Viewpoints

But we’ve always been building out this technology with the thought of being able to do other things around procurement, finance, and revenue management.” Between tighter labor markets, ecommerce, and increased volatility in supply chains, a growing percentage of exceptions are not addressed. Allocation is a good example of this.