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The State of Home Delivery: Plenty of Room for Improvement

Logistics Viewpoints

On one hand, consumers expect to increase their online purchases post-pandemic. Retailers and delivery services companies that can break through today’s cycle of mediocre home delivery performance stand an excellent chance of improving customer loyalty and growing market share. Here are three charts that paint the whole picture.

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

The first reason is that it is a bad use of a resource. The focus on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) sucked up company resources. In general the ERP technology providers underperformed, and the investment was an opportunity cost to the adoption of new forms of analytics and building effective business networks.

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Understanding the procure to pay process

Unleashed

The procure to pay process is complex and far more than simply making a phone call, or sending a few emails to arrange the purchase of goods. Strategically approaching the procure to pay process can see your company reap the rewards. In this guide, we’ll cover: What is the procure to pay process. Negotiating.

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Accelerate Your Business with this B2B e-Commerce Checklist

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The Checklist investigates how well e-commerce platforms deal with such areas as customer acquisition, supporting multi-store capabilities, managing costs, coordinating cross-border commerce, tracking inventory accurately, and other means of improving the customer experience. B2B e-commerce and EDI sales hit nearly $11 trillion in 2021.

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Is it too Early For 2022 Predictions?

Logistics Viewpoints

With Christmas goods in stores before Halloween this year, I thought there was no reason that we shouldn’t also get a jump on 2022 predictions. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies. The post Is it too Early For 2022 Predictions? appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches.

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Logistics Predictions: How Did We Do in 2022 and What Will 2023 Look Like?

Logistics Viewpoints

Near the end of 2021, I had the chance to make the early call on Logistics Viewpoints on what 2022 would look like across five major logistics themes. The only bright note is that shipping costs will be a fraction of what they were over the last several years. Figure 1: U.S. Container Import Volume Year-over-Year Comparison.