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Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth

ToolsGroup

Yet, in today’s omnichannel world, retail returns are key to driving business growth, thanks to their ability to enhance the customer experience, minimize losses, and preserve long-term revenue. 84% of buyers read the return policy before making an online purchase. Retail Returns Statistics Demonstrating the Path to Business Growth.

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Supply Chains and the Chinese Economy

Enterra Insights

Those trends reflect people’s long-term economic decisions in the aggregate, and they strongly suggest that in China, people and companies are increasingly fearful of losing access to their assets and are prioritizing short-term liquidity over investment.”[2]

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Climate Change and the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

It’s good to see these companies recognizing the impact of climate change, and changing their policies, sourcing, and manufacturing practices to reduce emissions. According to the United Nations, climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 30 – April 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart has bumped up return shipping rates for seller-fulfilled orders as businesses try to strike the right balance between consumer-friendly returns policies and minimizing reverse logistics costs. Some are charging returns fees or toughening up their policies in other ways. percent of total online sales.

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Supply Chain Software’s Best Return on Investment

Logistics Viewpoints

Executives must have the fortitude to make changes in the operating policies and the network infrastructure that may affect the lives of employees. In general, the short-term savings from network design will come from optimizing the flows and therefore, reducing transportation costs. The larger the supply chain, the bigger the payout.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

The security situation — which is even more precarious in the near term due to coalition air strikes in Yemen — has already driven spot container freight rates much higher. Industry groups from every corner of the logistics sector are criticizing a White House policy released Tuesday that would swing U.S.

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The Automation of Routine Collaborative Decisions in S&OE

Supply Chain Trend

Whatever you call it, you better have it as a business if you want to react to short term disruptions. Where your IBP process focuses on the longer-term plan at aggregated level, say 4-24 months at category level, the S&OE horizon focuses on short term demand & supply imbalances, price changes, or other deviation against the plan.