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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The budget is for a fiscal year with quarter reporting and updates. The direct connection between the two processes increases costs and increases error. Instead, it should be mapped as an input to track supply chain forecasting to financial budgets for reporting and insights. Time horizon. Bias and error. Apparel is an example.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Examples of Environmentally Friendly Online Retail

Ware2Go

The return rate on ecommerce orders can be up to 35% higher than in-store purchases, and the method of return varies — from scheduled carrier pickups, to in-store returns, to dropoff centers. Packaging- especially plastics- are creating an environmental emergency of their own. And we haven’t even begun to talk about waste.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Five Brands Leading the Way

Ware2Go

The return rate on ecommerce orders can be up to 35% higher than in-store purchases, and the method of return varies — from scheduled carrier pickups, to in-store returns, to dropoff centers. Small parcel deliveries also significantly increase packaging waste. And we haven’t even begun to talk about waste.

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Disrupting Logistics Ain’t Easy

Talking Logistics

Shyp is a startup that “picks up, packages, and ships anything at the best price, through major international carriers like USPS, UPS and FedEx, for business and everyday use.”. We charge a $5 pickup fee, and that includes the packaging and coming to your home. Shyp and Uber: Pulling the Plug on Disruption. It doesn’t.”.

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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. Brands can connect products, sales channels, warehouses, workflows, reports, and more. Series B Funding: $48.5M

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146 days until Christmas - Are you ready?

Cathy Roberson

This collaboration helps carriers plan capacity needs, temporary seasonal labor requirements, third-party transportation purchases, and more down to the zip code level. This past week, they announced a transcontinental service delivering packages between their respective West Coast and East Coast coverage areas.

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Ecommerce Logistics: From Your Site to Their Doorstep

ShipBob

With so many millions of packages shipped across the country on any given day, it’s vital that systems are in place to keep them on track and make sure they’re delivered to the right place on time. They manufacture the products and ship them to fulfillment or distribution centers once a purchase order has been placed.