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How Omnichannel eCommerce Can Impact Supply Chains

Vinculum

Statista revealed that from 2014 until 2020, the eCommerce sector had shown an exponential growth rate of 220%. For an eCommerce business to sustain and make big money, the company must have an omnichannel presence. Understand Omnichannel Strategy. Understand Omnichannel Strategy. billion, says Statista.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 6-10, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Next week, I’ll be speaking at the Ryder Innovate Forum in Chicago and the Elemica reveal 2014 conference in Frankfurt. August 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). The omnichannel retail chess pieces keep moving, and Amazon made a strategic move this week. August 2014 freight shipments were up 3.8

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A new era is dawning for warehousing

Supply Chain Movement

Breakthrough for omnichannel and new technologies. For warehousing a new era is dawning. on the one hand, the breakthrough of omnichannel business means increasingly complex logistics processes because of smaller order quantities and shorter delivery times. Strategic warehousing. Google Glass in the warehouse.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 29 – October 3, 2014)

Talking Logistics

North American Freight Numbers July 2014. Moving on to omnichannel fulfillment, Manhattan Associates introduced Available to Commerce™ , which gives retailers “the power to offer specific units of inventory available for sale in the most appropriate channel (online, store, same-day delivery, etc.)

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Holiday Logistics: 5 Things Any Shipper Can do Now in the Warehouse or DC to Plan & Stay Competitive

GlobalTranz

This, combined with the festive peak periods adds omnichannel pressures on shippers and drives the need for a strong fulfillment infrastructure to effectively manage customer orders, no matter when and where they originate. Make your Inventory OmniChannel. Get out From Behind the Desk.

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Using Warehouse Automation to Combat the Labor Crisis

RFgen

Exponential supply chain growth due to factors such as omnichannel fulfillment, globalization, the Amazon Effect, changing consumer expectations about real-time availability and shrinking delivery times are putting on the pressure to push higher volumes of product. Data indicates that these trends aren’t going away anytime soon.

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Three Renewal Strategies For Aging Warehouses and Legacy Warehouse Technology

Lucas

There is a building boom of new DCs and rising investment in new order fulfillment and warehouse technology (robotics, automation, mobile technology, etc.). warehouses and distribution centers are saddled with legacy systems, processes and infrastructure. Warehouse is 34 Years Old. Yet the majority of U.S. The Average U.S.