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Silos are Bad for Business

Enterra Insights

Silos and Omnichannel Operations. One of the most obvious supply chain changes has been the emergence of omnichannel operations. Simply put, omnichannel operations aim to provide consumers with a seamless and positive shopping experience regardless of the path to purchase they take (i.e., ”[6]. ”[6].

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The Evolution of Retail and Customer Expectations

Talking Logistics

Two-day shipping has become the norm; consumers expect fast, free shipping for their purchases once they place an order. In a recent survey , 96% of survey participants said the availability of free shipping impacts their purchase decision. In 2012, they were willing to wait 5.5 In 2012, they were willing to wait 5.5

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The Agility of Integration: eCommerce, Warehouse Management and Shipping for SMBs

Talking Logistics

It created an administrative bottleneck as orders had to be typed into QuickBooks and, when shipped, status and tracking information needed to be manually entered into Magento. Omnichannel Shakes up the Warehouse. This allowed OYO Sports to efficiently pick multiple orders with one pass through the warehouse and pre-label for shipping.

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The Messy Reality of Cross-Border E-commerce (Thoughts on UPS Acquiring i-parcel)

Talking Logistics

While omnichannel retailing is in the spotlight these days, lurking in the shadows is another big challenge and opportunity many retailers (and manufacturers looking to sell direct to consumers) have been struggling with for years: cross-border e-commerce. And here are a couple Twitter posts: Anyone use i-parcel before for shipping?

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Who's Really Running Your Retail Operation?

C3 Solutions

WMS helps to manage the four main tasks of a warehouse: receiving, storing, picking and shipping. They are being born out of the need to better coordinate resources for omnichannel fulfillment. Bridget McCrea, Logistics Management , October 1, 2012. [4] 2] " Supply chain execution systems ", John Hill presentation, MHI. [3]

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The Evolution of Retail and Customer Expectations

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Two-day shipping has become the norm; consumers expect fast, free shipping for their purchases once they place an order. In a recent survey , 96% of survey participants said the availability of free shipping impacts their purchase decision. In 2012, they were willing to wait 5.5 In 2012, they were willing to wait 5.5

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Evolution of Grocery Promotions | Targeted Promotions Series

Cognira

Only the savviest retailers used customer data to drive product recommendations and promotions (and some of these backfired…you may recall the Target pregnancy prediction melee in 2012!) A trifecta of gorillas — Amazon, Walmart, and Target — invested heavily in omnichannel, and Amazon made a big leap into grocery.