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Self-Checkout Turns Customers into Employees and Employees into Security Guards

Enterra Insights

The checkout kiosks bleat and flash when you fail to set a purchase down in the right spot. Journalist Chris Gorrie reports, “Walmart’s heavy reliance on self-checkout has necessitated the deployment of workers as makeshift security personnel, actively monitoring customers for potential theft.”[2]

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

She also said the company planned to ask workers to return to the office five days a week in 2024. percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 Higher labor costs and lower package demand resulted in fourth-quarter sales and 2024 guidance that missed analysts expectations.

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CPG earnings report: Data technology tackles headwinds, helps meet demand

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Supply chain efficiency and cost controls are top priorities in CPG earnings discussions as brands combat inflationary pressures and aim to maximize margins. And what’s in store for 2024? What are CPG executives reporting on the sustainability front? How did 2023 look from the CPG C-suite?

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Navigating the Future: How Advanced Supply Chain Analytics is Transforming the Industry

ThroughPut

is advanced supply chain analytics. Advanced supply chain analytics is turning the current uncertainty into strategic foresight. In this blog, we’ll delve deeper into the potential of advanced supply chain analytics and understand why it is the need of the hour.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Colombian drug smugglers are disguising cocaine as “fake coal” within major bulk consignments to try to dupe port surveillance operations, according to a new report. It will be interesting to see how these smugglers will change course when fossil fuels are completely replaced by renewables. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Thieves and Abusers are Ruining Supply Chain Returns for Everyone

Enterra Insights

She explains, “Depending on which statistics you follow, consumers return something like a fifth of all purchases these days. The Returns Challenge Journalist Liz Young reports, “The National Retail Federation estimates more than $100 billion in merchandise was returned fraudulently in the U.S. That amounted to about 13.7%

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Nike’s Flawed Online Strategy and Lessons Learned

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters draws reader attention to a published report that depicts how branded company Nike made strategic mistakes in its online distribution strategy during the time of Covid , and how the shoe and athletic goods retailer is still recovering. They smack of Nike’s iconic branding message: Just Do it !