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Silos are Bad for Business

Enterra Insights

She explains, “It is worth noting that the processes of the last decade were vertical supporting the strong silos of make, source and deliver. Silos and Omnichannel Operations. One of the most obvious supply chain changes has been the emergence of omnichannel operations. ”[6]. ”[6].

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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. Source: Pitney Bowes (click to enlarge). Source: Amazon.com (click to enlarge).

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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.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network. The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. Market-Driven Processes. Customer Segmentation.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

2) According to a 2012 report into corporate insolvencies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, 44% of businesses in Australia failed because of poor strategic management. Expedite deliveries, but not returns (because it is cheaper to ship slowly and customers are not looking for expedited return shipping).

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Top 10 eCommerce Companies in Singapore

Vinculum

Qoo10 was renamed eBay in 2012 after eBay purchased Gmarket, a joint venture between eBay and Giosis. Carousell was founded in the same year as Zalora and Lazada in Singapore (2012). Clients placed orders through the company’s website or mobile app, and Ezbuy promptly purchased and shipped things to customers.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. Strategies include sourcing more items directly from manufacturers to improve margins, SKU rationalization and space reduction, “show more carry less” and assisted-store ordering. PST will ship the same day.