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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. Whichever reasons fuel the motivations of your target market, here are the top trends shaping how they’ll buy – and how you can stay front of mind and ahead of the competition. I live in Chicago. Data source: eMarketer. And as it turns out, I’m not alone.

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Throwing Down the Gauntlet

Supply Chain Shaman

Tonight, I am stranded in a hotel in Chicago. The Chicago airport is closed for the night. Our current processes and dependencies on Excel spreadsheets cannot get us to our goal. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus. It is time to move to a many-to-many data model. It is 3:00 AM. 3) Risky Business?

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Top 12 New Logistics Startup Companies Making Noise

ShipBob

Think about your most recent purchase. This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. expecting same day delivery, two-day shipping, etc.) To help support new customer trends (e.g.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. Supply chain management requires good data at the mix level of an item/location. The data in Table 1 is from a recent research study.

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

It is easy to understand why strategy is often set aside to meet immediate needs of getting product shipped out the door. Large and mid-size shippers typically have procurement personnel but may lack coordination across shipping locations. Hire smart data analysts. Disaggregate freight spend data.

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Ecommerce Logistics: From Your Site to Their Doorstep

ShipBob

Now more than ever — at a time when people are choosing online over in-store to adhere to social distancing practices — the communicated speed at which consumers will receive their orders can play a deciding role in whether they choose to buy from your online store or a competitor’s. What is ecommerce logistics? Warehousing and storage.

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Your Expert Guide to Inventory Audits: Best Practices & Tips 

ShipBob

Cutoff analysis Cutoff analysis is when you pause operations such as receiving and shipping at the time of the physical count to ensure nothing is being handled and goes unaccounted for. Verify that invoices match the amount of items and cost of inventory shipped from your ecommerce warehouse.