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Shipping Large Items:  Five DOs And DON’Ts Of Heavy Goods Fulfillment

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

The Grinch didn’t realize it at the time, but when he uttered the famous words “It came without packages, boxes or bags,” he was summing up the heavy goods industry’s most notable supply chain challenge – economically shipping large items. The online buying revolution is not limited to items that neatly fit inside a parcel delivery box. Even the most “industrial” of businesses are shifting their marketing and fulfillment operations to cater to the online buyer.

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Using Managed Analytics to Build a Next-Generation Supply Chain

Talking Logistics

For years, supply chain leaders have struggled to achieve a sophisticated level of supply chain visibility that would drive continuous improvement, optimize spend and reduce risk. The advent of transportation management systems (TMS) in the 1990s introduced near-infinite metrics and data points into the supply chain yet brought with it more questions than answers: How do we centralize the data?

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Robots In Logistics Are Improving the Food Processing Industry

GlobalTranz

The food processing industry impacts the way we eat and the level of access we enjoy to the products we love. Below, we’ll take a closer look at how forward-thinking companies depend on robots in logistics to facilitate needs in the food processing sector. Plus, we’ll include bonus content on how the technologies could benefit merchants and consumers during the holiday season.

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Bringg

With Christmas just round the corner, advertising campaigns are in full force with retailers hoping to get a piece of the action. While brick and mortar once dominated the retail landscape during the holiday season, 2017 marketing trends make it clear this is no longer the case. According to Adobe data, Cyber Monday 2017 generated $6.59 billion in revenue, making it the largest online sales day in history.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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SMEs and Global Growth: Sustaining Growth and Development

Mazars Ledger

Adapting products to local tastes, offering customers multiple purchase channels, and committing to each foreign market, are success factors for… The post SMEs and Global Growth: Sustaining Growth and Development appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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Individual and Entity 2017 Tax Update Webcast

Mazars Ledger

All Industries December 5, 2017 | 11 AM EST Richard Bloom | Partner, Mazars USA LLP Tifphani White-King | Partner,… The post Individual and Entity 2017 Tax Update Webcast appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.