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On Tony Hsieh, Customer Experience, and Logistics Outsourcing

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There is a lot of focus today on competing on customer experience and the role of supply chain and logistics in enabling it. But one of the first companies, particularly in the e-commerce era, to embed customer experience in its culture and leverage it as a competitive differentiator was Zappos (which Amazon acquired in 2009.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

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Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. For related commentary, see: In Logistics, Somebody Has to Own the Assets. Do Facebook and Twitter Need a Logistics Strategy?

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Consumer Demand Helping Drive 3PL Industry Growth

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As a result, many organizations are turning to third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and enhanced transportation management systems (TMS) to deliver the velocity, visibility, predictability and control they need. The need for this next-gen technology has contributed to the significant growth of the 3PL market in recent years.

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Top 10 Logistics Companies in India!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Featuring Our Top 16 Articles on Freight and Logistics! Flawless logistics can really be the secret ingredient to the recipe for a successful business. The logistics industry is big in India. The logistics industry is big in India. In this blog, we will talk about the best among these logistics companies in India.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 9-13, 2015)

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business inventories flat, inventory-to-sales ratio highest since 2009 (Reuters). A potential red flag, however, is that the inventory-to-sales ratio has reached the highest level since 2009. percent, the biggest decline since March 2009, after falling 1.0 Robinson and Transplace are Talking Logistics sponsors.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27-31, 2013)

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The company has achieved 34 consecutive quarters of profitability, and it has more than 146,000 parties connected to its Logistics Technology Platform exchanging more than 4.5 Note: Descartes and Transplace are Logistics Viewpoints sponsors. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Be Sociable, Share!

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Market Monitor of Turkish domestic logistics market

Supply Chain Movement

The heydays of 2009 to 2011 may be over but Turkey is still a very attractive market for European manufacturers. The oil price fluctuations are heavily impacting logistics costs in Turkey. Reports 3PL distribution DSV Solutions economy Istanbul Loder logistics logistics service providers Outsourcing supply chain transport Turkey'

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