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Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 29, 2022
Bank of America sounding the alarm on collapsing freight demand. It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. California readies regulations for zero-emission truck fleets. Walmart+ costs $98 per year, or $12.95
GlobalTranz
MAY 26, 2021
More customers are simply likely to return items when purchased through e-commerce, and that rate is at least double that of brick-and-mortar purchases. The Rise of Reverse Logistics in the E-Commerce Freight Shipping World. Retailers could persuade 40% of customers to keep items with discounts as low as 5% on a future purchase.
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Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 9, 2023
If you’ve followed our blog over the years, you’ll know that we’ve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why it’s vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.
Talking Logistics
JULY 8, 2014
Dock appointment scheduling (DAS) is a powerful tool to eliminate congestion in the distribution center. A leading retailer had a large volume (1,000s of inbound shipments monthly) and recognized that it needed to do a better job load leveling the inbound traffic to minimize warehouse receiving overtimes and scheduling resources.
SupplyPike
JUNE 30, 2020
The most common OI allowances are “New Warehouse” allowances, “Defective Merchandise” allowances, and “New Location” allowances. Code 53: Truckload Allowance is generated when there is a freight allowance (negotiated to offset transportation costs) listed in your OSA but is missing from the invoice. One-Click Disputes.
SupplyPike
APRIL 1, 2020
Walmart OTIF is generally calculated by dividing the total number of Vendor Packs , or cases, that are received at the Distribution Center (DC) within the delivery window by the total number of cases ordered. This means you are in charge of scheduling a carrier of your choice to pick up and deliver your order to the Walmart DC.
Supply Chain Opz
JUNE 1, 2014
In order to compensate a long waiting time, Adidas uses air freight or courier service. In order to streamline the delivery, Coca-Cola implemented a vehicle routing software. The reason is that is the software vendor has a very good relationship with Coca-Cola''s legacy ERP software vendor.
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