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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Amazon is at the nexus of ecommerce, data, and logistics, with a drive to constantly improve their logistics network. In other words, if your shipping your own goods, you’re competition. That’s 258 operational facilities in the US and another 486 distributed around the world (see map below, data from MWPVL ). At over 243.5

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Fulfillment Planning in an Omnichannel World

o9 Solutions

There are three key factors driving this change including: dramatically changing customer preferences, a major shift towards omnichannel purchases, and an increasing need for retailers to respond quicker to shifting preferences and buying behaviors with more efficient sourcing, transportation and fulfillment. .

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Explaining the Bottleneck: The Champagne Shortage of 2021

o9 Solutions

Blog written by Charlie Jermyn (Copywriter at o9 Solutions) & Alison Crawford (Director of Global Product Marketing at o9 Solutions). Hard and unseasonable frosts and increases in mildew devastated the vineyards of France, resulting in 80% of the county’s vineyards being damaged. ‘The Champagne is drying up!’

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The 5 step guide to a winning cross border commerce strategy

Vinculum

The logistics of expanding your shipping are of course very important and shipping will be an important part of your strategy. Amazon, for example, has successful, reputable marketplaces in 11 different countries, and customers purchasing from 180. This means your product data feeds will need to be tailored in a number of ways.

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Limiting e-waste through ethical supply chain practices

EcoVadis

Countries with few environmental regulations face the brunt of the damage, with international companies shipping e-waste across oceans to remain compliant with reduction laws in their home country. It is estimated that e-waste will be the fastest growing waste type, reaching 48.2 million metric tons this year. Even as the new U.S.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

With last-mile delivery costs contributing to more than 50% of total shipping costs, the rising expectations in home delivery increases the risk of encountering inefficiencies. From 2022, we can see a steady rise in enterprise businesses investing in last-mile delivery software. Billion in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 10.78

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Zara also works with Air France, KLM Cargo and Emirates Air in order that they can coordinate directly with the airlines to make the outbound shipments to its stores and bring back some raw materials and semi-finished materials with return legs. Moreover, products can be shipped to stores in-time then lost sales is minimal.