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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

We’ll begin with a look at pricing strategy. Do You Lack Confidence in Your Pricing Strategies? If not, your pricing strategies could inadvertently limit your profit margins , either by throttling revenue or gifting sales to your competitors. Are You Missing Opportunities in Pricing Strategy?

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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

In a study of logistics providers conducted by Fraunhofer IML, only 36% of organizations reported that they had a clear overall plan for digital transformation. Fifty-two percent of respondents are working on individual digital projects but lack an overarching strategy that links all these efforts.

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The Online Retail Landscape in 2019: A Review of the Highs and Lows

Logistics Bureau

Aside from Amazon, some of the most effective online retailers in 2019, in the USA at least, were those that developed an ecommerce strategy leveraging their traditional, brick-and-mortar outlets. Smart inventory strategies have undoubtedly helped them in this regard, too, as well as some intelligent marketing initiatives.

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Future Supply Chain Insights from Pro-to-know, Sheri Hinish

Logistics Bureau

Sheri: A couple of takeaways then… When a company is guided by shared purpose, doing well and doing good, similar to Unilever, and you embed sustainability properly in your strategy and practice, there are tangible benefits, like, for instance, increased customer loyalty, investors and consumers want sustainability. It’s a priority.

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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes (Q2 2018)

Talking Logistics

Protect Your Bottom Line With a Smart Supply Chain Design Strategy. BASF Video Case Study: The Value of Real-Time Freight Visibility. Realities and Misconceptions of 4PL Relationships. Big Data in Logistics. Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future. Highlights from 3Gtms Innovate 2018 User Conference.

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Online Learning is Growing Exponentially—And it’s Here to Stay

Logistics Bureau

Even before the arrival of the pandemic, the global e-learning market was expanding at an astonishing rate, with a 2019 study estimating that it would reach $336.98 The study showed that upwards of 30 percent of American students enrolled in at least one online course in 2018. Campus Study or Online Learning?

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AI in Logistics: A Sea of Potential Amidst Waves of Change

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In one example, an employee of Varda, a SpaceX-like company, began to publicly attempt to replicate the study and had over 10,000 people tuning in to watch a live stream of rocks in a furnace. Clearly yields need to improve dramatically for more testing (you’ll see them attempt a heating test in the video).