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E-commerce and the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

Retailers have always been curious about the paths consumers take when they decide something needs to be purchased. The staff at Logistics Management notes, “E-commerce has changed the way the logistics and supply chain game is played. Ecommerce v Retail: The Dichotomy Ends. ”[2]. ”[2]. They are: 1.

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50 warehouse automation stats you should know

6 River Systems

General warehouse industry statistics Warehousing costs & revenue statistics Warehouse efficiency statistics Labor statistics in the warehousing industry Automation adoption in the warehousing industry Warehouse performance metrics Warehouse automation stats: General warehouse industry statistics 1. According to data from the U.S.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

The complexity that allowed efficiencies to be realized at each interlocking layer of the supply chain has now given way to mystery zones of missing parts and overdue retail items. The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Where were you on September 11, 2001 when the planes hit the towers? Remembering 9/11 seems more important to me, even if it doesn’t directly relate to supply chain and logistics. They also lack process controls and metrics. Moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… XPO Logistics to Acquire Con-way.