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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

If 2020 was the year of B2C, 2021 could likely be the year of B2B. The overall expansion was supported by the sharpest rise in new orders since June 2014. The overall expansion was supported by the sharpest rise in new orders since June 2014. Available in Rwanda, it plans to expand across Africa and around the world.

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Top 10 supply chain trends for 2020

Requis

Here are the supply chain trends that we see shaping the conversation, and the actual evolution, of B to B in 2020. Another example from fulfillment might involve things like faster alternate transportation route planning in case of the unexpected, or monitoring cargo temperature for shipments of perishable food or medicines.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more. GEODIS, a third-party logistics provider (3PL), is using exoskeletons to support and protect employees’ backs at its warehouse in Venlo, the Netherlands. Media Image. transactionID. Media Image. transactionID.

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What the Stamps.com acquisition could mean for e-commerce shippers

Cathy Roberson

In October 2020, Stamps.com announced a partnership with UPS in which Stamps.com customers would have access to UPS services with special discounts of up to 62%. ShipStation - Acquired in 2014, provides shipping technology that can be integrated into shippers’ order fulfillment solutions. ShipEngine - Shipping API provider.

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Logistics Hubs as Drivers of Innovation

MIT Supply Chain

A European initiative aims to foster collaboration between companies in logistics clusters. Pictured is the Grupo Carreras facility in the PLAZA logistics park near Zaragoza, Spain. The EC is providing some €18 million (about $23 million) of funding for a single large project on pan-European logistics applications.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. BrightDrop, which plans to sell electric pallet movers this year and an electric cargo van next year, will deliver 500 FedEx delivery vehicles this year. The service, which was launched in 2014 as Prime Pantry, charged customers a flat fee of $5.99 That’s all for this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

This will be the team’s first World Cup game since 2014, as it failed to qualify in 2018. And now on to this week’s logistics news. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Logistics companies are reversing their hiring binge. The hiring frenzy in logistics driven by pandemic-fueled shopping appears to be cooling off.