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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. ’ A McKinsey survey also cited that more than 90% of respondents reported they have invested in digital supply chain technologies in the last year.

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

Locus

While we have long worked on the process side of things, and continue to deepen our expertise there, Tom’s focus on making returns seamless, convenient through diverse options , and easy to understand through a clear returns policy struck a chord. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission.

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E-Commerce 101: Going Cross Border, What Brands Must Know

Vinculum

The worldwide cross-border e-commerce industry is expected to develop at a 27 percent annual CAGR from 2021 to 2027, reaching $4,8 billion in 2026. You can use direct interviews, surveys, social listening, and other methods to learn about local customer buying habits.

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The Intelligent IBP Manifesto – key principles for a new planning paradigm

Supply Chain Trend

In that order, because we first have to be able to orchestrate and digitize the decision process, including all data, plans, parameters, and decision policies that feed into it, before we can augment or automate. It should be easy for the human to provide goals and automation and decision policies to the machine.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 9.28% from 2019 to 2026. A recent McKinsey survey of consumers shows that five of the top nine factors driving customer value in omnichannel retail are related to logistics. 9% of consumers value a good return policy. Global Last Mile Delivery Software Market was valued at USD 5.38

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

Provenance has partnered with the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis Agency (Growth Analysis) , to explore how blockchain technology can help to valorise sustainable practices in the Rare Earth Elements mining sector. To do this we ask, what policy interventions types could Sweden leverage to promote a transparent REE system?

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This Week in Logistics News (December 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

The world’s first cargo ship that produces nearly zero planet-heating pollution is on track to set sail in 2026, according to one of the firms behind the project. As Reuters first reported this week, “return-less refunds” or “keep it” return policies have now been adopted by 59 percent of major retailers.