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Three Strategies for Optimizing Your Results in “Returnuary”

BlueYonder

That means consumers everywhere are making resolutions, joining gyms, journaling, cutting back on alcohol and calories, and engaging in other self-improvement activities. And, since the cost of processing a return averages about 30% of the products original price , this storm of product returns is every retailers nightmare.

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Yards Are Hard

Logistics Viewpoints

Yards are a choke point between transportation and warehousing — and wherever you have choke points, you have a higher risk of inefficiencies that drive up labor costs, detention fees and delivery commitments. A recent conversation with a major distributor of consumer beverages encapsulated many of the most common issues. They aren’t.

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The State of Order Management: Commerce and Order Management Strategies to Drive Success 

BlueYonder

Trends such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), new selling channels and store fulfillment are having an outsized impact on retailers commerce and order management strategy. This survey asked respondents to report: Which trends are impacting your commerce and order management strategy?

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What’s Your Returns Strategy?

BlueYonder

With high processing, sorting, and restocking costs and ever-rising return rates, it’s clear that returns are implicated in many of the challenges that retailers face today. The key is implementing an efficient returns strategy that ties into the business’s wider goals. The Returns Owner A strategy without an owner is unlikely to work.

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Enhance Customer Experience and Reduce Abandonment with Blue Yonder Order Management

BlueYonder

Blue Yonder OMS eliminates this pain point by dynamically displaying real-time inventory across the entire network. Blue Yonder Order Management provides all available fulfillment options for items in the cart, showing detailed order deadlines, delivery timeframes, carrier information, shipping costs and number of expected shipments.

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How LSPs Can Cut Costs, Reduce Waste and Boost Revenue With Smart Returns Management

BlueYonder

Driving down costs across the supply chain is a key goal for third-party logistics (3PL) businesses, particularly during inflationary pressure and labor market shortages. Sophisticated returns processes provide LSPs with immediate cost-saving benefits by freeing staff time, reducing transportation costs, and boosting warehouse efficiency.

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Mitigating Tariff Impacts: The Digital Supply Chain Advantage

BlueYonder

Companies importing and exporting goods, be it finished retail products, manufacturing components or materials, now face substantial cost and price pressures that squeeze margins and force difficult pricing, sourcing, operations and distribution decisions. The result?