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Matrix Commerce is Coming Will You Be Ready?

Supply Chain Network

What this means for the retail logistics executive is that in conventional terms he or she will need to make a bet every year on what the ratio between store and e-commerce delivery will be and adjust their DC & Fulfillment networks accordingly. Undoing Thirty Years of DC Network Consolidation.

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What Are General Rate Increases in Shipping & What Should Enterprises Know?

Intelligent Audit

In modern freight transportation services, GRI stands for General Rate Increase. On the other side of the coin is the well-known freight transport surcharge. including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. In turn, wages must increase, and carriers are inevitably spending more money to complete transport. and Canada.