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The Quietly Growing Conundrum of Online Returns

Logistics Viewpoints

As online shopping continues to grow – retail e-commerce sales are expected to make up nearly a quarter of total retail sales worldwide by 2026 – returns will become more prevalent. Reverse logistics is difficult and costly. Online consumers today have come to expect cost-free and hassle-free online returns policies.

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Smaller cities become new hubs in the Indian warehousing landscape.

20Cube Logistics

With the government policies supporting the manufacturing activities in India, warehousing becomes the next big thing. The space requirement for warehousing is expected to reach 483 million square feet by 2026, growing at 12.77% CAGR. Challenges in India’s logistic landscape still remain prominent. Challenges to overcome.

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De Minimis Value: Your Essential Guide to International Trade Regulations

ShipBob

De minimis values by region The de minimis threshold varies by country and region , reflecting differences in policy, economic considerations, and trade agreements. With the combination of benefits to international sellers and consumers, it’s no wonder parcel volume is expected to grow 11% CAGR up to 266 billion parcels by 2026.

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Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2023 Highlights: A Human-Centric Approach to Unlocking Productivity

Locus

Throughout the three-day event, industry analysts and speakers shared their perspectives on crucial subjects such as logistics automation, workforce efficiency, AI, last-mile optimization, and customer experience. These sessions shed light on emerging trends that deepened our understanding of the ever-evolving supply chain landscape.

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Building Resilient Supply Chains is Hard — but Essential

Enterra Insights

It’s like investing in an insurance policy: you don’t want to pay for more insurance than you need but you don’t want to be underinsured either. Logistics and transportation technologies provide powerful modern digital fleet tracking so that companies can track their shipments and fleets across land and sea, all over the world. .”

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.

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Reimagining IBP in the Age of AI

Supply Chain Trend

Specifically for supply chain, Gartner estimates are that short term planning decisions will be automated for 65% in 2026. IA’s can be applied to decision trees, using pre-negotiated decision policies, in order to augment, automate and learn from decisions. Estimates are that 32% of work can be automated, and 42% augmented.