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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Are you looking for logistics management books? In this article, we will show you 5 books that'll help you learn logistics faster than any other logistics book. Logistics Book Ranking Factors To provide the book recommendations, first, we collect the name of the books that appear on Amazon.com.

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Bringing Order to Chaos: Last-Mile Delivery Costs and How to Reduce Them

Locus

Say you purchase your coveted gadget online, eagerly tracking its journey from warehouse to your welcoming hands. Customer satisfaction and keeping costs in check rests on optimal last-mile delivery operations. What do you mean by last mile delivery costs in logistics? Read also: How to Calculate the Cost of Transport 2.

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Amazon Prime’s Price Increase: What it Means for Retail (And Why I’m Rethinking My Subscription)

ToolsGroup

While some orders still delight, a few recent purchases have left me faltering when it comes to your customer experience. Breaking it down, the three sources of the price increase appear to be 1) labor costs, 2) transportation (shipping) fees, and 3) member benefits – aka, content. Shipping and Transportation Costs.

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Does your supply chain hear the change coming?

Kinaxis

They were one of the early pioneers of voice recognition technology, and produced a device about the size of a small paperback book, that had an active vocabulary from 300 to 10,000 words. You download the app and can start shopping. Verbex had nothing to do with oil. It also signals a change in retail as a whole.

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Network Consolidation: A Step Forward for Market-Driven Value Networks?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, Infor purchased GT Nexus in 2015; OpenText purchased GXS in 2014, GHX purchased H-Card, LLC today; E2open purchased Terra Technology in May 2016 and Orchestro on Monday. Thoma Bravo purchased Elemica in June 2016. The solutions evolved from different funding models. Supply Chain 2030.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Transportation was redirected to be used in providing first aid, leading to supply chain bottlenecks, shortages and price hikes. Production and transportation activities are energy-intensive, which also means the potential for implementing greener practices lay here.

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Is Apple Supply Chain Really the No. 1? A Case Study

Supply Chain Opz

Annual Report (SEC Filing) is analyzed and simplified supply chain processes are constructed as below, Supply Chain Planning at Apple Inc. Information from the annual report is also used to produce the Apple Supply Chain Map. Apple Inc purchases raw materials from various sources then get them shipped to an assembling plant in China.