Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

of in-stock products ship the same business day from our DCs; that is best of breed for any industry.” Ferguson built their supply chain around the needs of their customers who require access to a wide variety of products, high fill-rates, and speed of delivery. These trucks range in size from semitrucks to delivery vans.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Consumer demands and expectations are rising, and up to 25 percent of consumers are willing to pay extra for same-day delivery. Also, same-day delivery will reach a 25-percent market share by 2025. By 2018 alone, same-day delivery and last mile logistics will be valued at more than $1.35

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

When many people use a word in the same way, over a long enough period of time, that word becomes eligible for inclusion. But I guess the pandemic brought the topic to the forefront of conversations, making it eligible. You learn something new every day. In all, 370 new words were added. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

At the end of the day, when the stores close, the sales are posted to SAP. By noon the same day, the store orders then flow to one of 48 regional warehouses for replenishment. Many stores get daily deliveries. In this case, the solution needs to understand supplier lead times and delivery frequencies.

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The Network Effect

JULY 31, 2014

From a supply chain perspective, ‘get local’ means meeting your customers’ final delivery demands—from personalization to speed of delivery (and everything in between). Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium was interested in companies’ final delivery capabilities, so we recently conducted a survey to our database on this topic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Forrest wipes his face, returns the shirt, and says “have a nice day.” Walgreens to offer Wing drone delivery in suburban Dallas. FedEx plans to test autonomous drone cargo delivery with Elroy Air. Jokr prepping world’s first carbon-negative grocery delivery. It was a classic piece of movie fiction.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 20, 2022

But equally important today is the critical last mile of delivery. With incredible pressure on companies – especially retailers – to offer same-day delivery, how can this last mile be optimized at scale for both cost and service? The Same-Day Delivery Challenge. Peck agrees with this assessment.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 17, 2023

Dear Guest, every day, in hotels all over the world, millions of gallons of water are used to wash towels that have only been used once. You still have a couple of hours to enjoy the hotel’s wellness center before you fly home after the 3-day business trip. Fortunately, the environment has been saved.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

My assigned topic was demand visibility. I found the topic–so simply expressed–required deep thought. Cash-to-Cash: Days of Accounts Receivable + Days of Inventory-Days of Accounts Payable. I have the same question. I pulled up my covers to go to sleep four hours later.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2023

I’m sure a lot of us were confused by this announcement over the last couple of days. Elon Musk’s decision to rebrand Twitter as X could be complicated legally: companies including Meta and Microsoft already have intellectual property rights to the same letter. billion of goods every day, according to the U.S.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 23, 2023

Learn More About Last-Mile View Final Mile Carriers How 3PLs Help With Ecommerce Logistics Get a Fulfillment Quote from ShipBob Last-mile logistics has always been a hot topic in the world of fulfillment. Same-day delivery and last-mile logistics in North America is estimated to grow by $62.71 What is last-mile delivery?

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Few topics in logistics are getting as much attention today as cold-chain storage, distribution and transportation. Terence Leung (TL): It’s impossible to ignore all the headlines and media attention focused on the topic of cold chain recently. But they also need to have best practices and advanced tools at their disposal, every day.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2021

In the podcast, Guy and Joe discussed the five following topics: Customer expectations. In the cases, the high cost of fast, free delivery is absorbed by the seller, but that will not be the case in the long term. and now some people are buying based on the convenience of the fulfillment (example: same-day delivery).

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Every single business should be able to democratize an excellent delivery experience and provide it to their customers. Kushal talks with Joe about how FarEye is a delivery management platform that helps businesses get the product at a lower cost and more sustainable fashion. It touches each one of us every single day if not more.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 25, 2019

What’s the value of responding in time so you do not lose an order or miss any delivery dates when one of your sites is shut down by a wildfire? True Story #2 ) What’s the value of reducing planning cycle times from days, weeks and months to hours or even minutes? ( Preferably this will a cloud-based system. Learn more.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Create a process to continuously gather information about suppliers using surveys or a supplier portal, including topics like information security practices, certificates, financial updates and generic information updates. At the same time, however, issues directly affecting the supplier are only part of a larger risk profile.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 26, 2016

At the manufacturing track, the speakers covered various topics on production optimization, from constraint-based planning to analytic adoption to an insightful firsthand account of Quintiq’s business operations-supporting capability. This was the topic explored by the speakers in the workforce track.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2014

Re/code published a very insightful article on Google’s Shopping Express service, which allows consumers to shop local stores online and get the items delivered same day. In some instances, Google packs orders and hands them off to shipping partners for delivery the following day. . Google also charges shoppers a $4.99

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 24, 2015

Although many retailers and other companies are charging ahead with their same-day delivery offerings (see Amazon and Macy’s , for example), others are taking a step back or shutting down their efforts. This follows eBay’s recent announcement that it is shutting down eBay Now , its same-day delivery service.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Amazon recently announced a push to provide its Prime members with one-day rather than two-day free shipping. In a cheeky bit of journalism, Todd Bishop ( @toddbishop ) and Nat Levy ( @NatJLevy ) call one-day shipping Amazon’s new “Prime number.”[1] ”[4]. .”[4]. ”[4].

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out 6 Major Delivery Logistics Trends! Consumer demands and expectations are rising, and up to 25 percent of consumers are willing to pay extra for same-day delivery. Also, same-day delivery will reach a 25-percent market share by 2025. trillion by 2018 as well. Drivers Become Merchants.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

I replied, “Isn’t it all the same?” On the next day, I was glad that it was the left arm, not my dominant right arm. Development and distribution, as any supply chain leader knows, are two different topics. Innovate with home delivery. Use telematics data to track deliveries and update customers. I now understood.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2016

There is a lot of focus on home delivery today, but doing it profitably is not a trivial task. What are the main challenges associated with home delivery, and what factors influence profitably? There is also a volume component to it, especially in 2-person delivery operations.

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ModusLink Corporation

MAY 25, 2022

Especially nowadays when talking about rising fuel prices, courier occupation, prolonged delivery times etc. Make sure to discuss this topic thoroughly before establishing your partnership to avoid the arise of potential issues in the future. 7+ days for delivery times is usually not acceptable anymore. Bibliography.

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The Network Effect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Choices must be made with respect to Crossborder, Omnichannel, Customer Centricity, and Final Delivery. Jim Tompkins addressed these four topics during his keynote speech at the 2015 Tompkins Supply Chain Leadership Forum. We have selected two questions from each of the following topics for Jim to answer: Crossborder.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 11, 2020

In fact, it’s one of the few things people wouldn’t disagree on these days. Look at this way: 10 orders in a month for a single LED bulb to be shipped to 10 different parts of the country on different days requires a totally different plan than one order of 10 bulbs to be sent to a single location.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 30, 2021

Stores are now having their day in the spotlight as retailers embrace multichannel services and consumers look for shopping and last-mile delivery options. As more consumers return to stores, retailers are remodeling stores to fit their new multichannel strategy. The key here is fast. Because most customers want… fast.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Here’s a short video I recorded in Spanish highlighting the topic of my presentation: If you plan to be at the conference, I look forward to learning and networking with you. Walmart Announces the Acquisition of Parcel, a Technology-Based, Same-Day and Last-Mile Delivery Company.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2014

eBay Germany launches click and collect, same-day delivery (Post & Parcel). As reported in the Wall Street Journal : On average, a customer now has to spend $82 on merchandise to qualify for free shipping, based on July data from 113 major retailers—up from $76 the same month a year earlier, according to StellaService Inc.,

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

req’d) Washington lawmakers ponder rules for delivery robots (Associated Press). req’d) Washington lawmakers ponder rules for delivery robots (Associated Press). Here are some details from the article: After completing a load, carriers receive a prompt within the app to rate the facility and have up to seven days to provide feedback.

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QAD

MAY 30, 2023

To learn more about our philosophy and the foundation for our interviews, check out our Delivering on the Promise of Delivery white paper discussing our vision, “The 24 Essential Supply Chain Processes.” Cathy, Jan and I have more to say on the topic of MMOG/LE and knew a follow-up episode would do the trick.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 20, 2017

While automation is poised to revolutionize eCommerce Logistics and last mile delivery, last mile eCommerce will benefit from increased use of white glove logistics services. As explained by Andrea Obston of Parcel Industry , last mile delivery must be free, fast and all-inclusive. White glove service. If personalized service.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 16, 2015

As there is a large number of news items spanning the many large topics in the logistics industry, we decided to create our Top 10 by focusing on categories: Drones. Same-Day Delivery. Supplier Diversity and Women. Sustainability. World Bank Institute’s Private Sector Platform. Automation. Online Retail.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 30, 2021

We spoke about a number of seemingly diverse topics: the impact of autonomous vehicles, smart edge technologies, e-commerce and last mile logistics and the industrial real estate market. These types of deliveries (autonomous drivers and drones) are becoming more important due to the massive growth in e-commerce sales.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

but the definitions of these time segments vary widely; For example: Is Black Friday a day, weekend, week? As the trends alter the open hours of stores and the use of weekends (particularly Sunday’s) for home delivery, how can fair comparisons be made? What is meant by “Same-day delivery?” How accurate can this be?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2018

Remarkably, although 16 years have gone by, I look exactly the same. Shifting gears, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: CVS Adds Home Delivery With Help From Post Office (WSJ – sub. Introducing Hub by Amazon—Amazon’s Latest Offering to Make Apartment Deliveries Easier.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 15, 2015

Same-day/home delivery is a hot segment of omni-channel retailing and one of the best customer presentations at the conference was from Sears (actually, Innovel, which is part of Sears Holding Corporation and operates as a 3PL for Sears and Kmart as well as external companies such as Lands End).

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