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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

For some online apparel retailers, returns now average 40% of sales. Dale Rogers, a business professor at Arizona State, gave a presentation with his son Zachary Rogers, a business professor at Colorado State, during which they said that winter-holiday returns in the United States are now worth more than $300 billion a year.

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

One of those voices is Hitendra Chaturvedi, professor of practice in supply chain management at Arizona State University’s W. Chaturvedi: So far this year, Ohio, Arizona and Tennessee have seen the most job announcements associated with reshoring. Carey School of Business. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing?

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Improvement is based on the work that we completed with an Arizona State University Operations Research team to determine the Supply Chain Index. The script will be distributed to CFOs of apparel, consumer packaged goods, and food/beverage companies next week. Bernstein & Co.,

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Cruise , the self-driving car unit of General Motors, has expanded its autonomous delivery pilot with Walmart in Arizona. The Seattle-based company said on its website that the added fees, which take effect April 28, are “subject to change” and will apply to both apparel and non-apparel items.

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Omni-Channel Supply Chains Are Changing Everything You Ever Learned in School…

Supply Chain View from the Field

But the sales person tells you, “I can find you a small at the store in Phoenix Arizona, and will have them ship it to you free of charge…you should get it in two days.” This works well in the Apple store, but can be complicated for apparel. ” This causes additional problems, however.