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What is Demand Forecasting? Importance and Benefits of Forecasting Customer Demand

ShipBob

Between shipping new collections for wholesale earlier in the year and Q4 madness for direct-to-consumer sales, we’ve been able to get through our heaviest seasons while staying ahead of production using ShipBob’s forecasting tools — even as order volume more than quadrupled in a year.” Ryan Casas, COO of iloveplum. Storing inventory.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

BluJay Solutions Unveils MobileSTAR. Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics. The nation’s top ports of entry, Los Angeles-Long Beach and New York-New Jersey, in October imported a combined 1,031,127 20-foot-equivalent units…That amounted to a 2.5% Walmart Patents A Store Built Right In Your Home (CB Insights).

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WordPress Ecommerce Shipping: Scaling Your Online Store Through Shipping

ShipBob

With over 60 million downloads, WooCommerce grew from a simple WordPress plugin to a fully customizable ecommerce platform. It’s set up so that a customer makes a purchase on your site, and the manufacturer ships directly to the customer. You get access to robust inventory tracking , management, and forecasting tools.

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Counterfeit products are exploding on Amazon

NC State SCRC

Our study, funded by the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies, explored how this is likely just the tip of the iceberg, as counterfeiting is pervading multiple sectors. Production levels equivalent to an entire factory’s monthly production are coming in container loads through the Los Angeles port, including food, liquor, and cigarettes.

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3 Amazon Moves Suggesting Next-Day Delivery Will Become the New Norm

FLEXE

For many online shopping purchases, the actual decision to buy something from a certain website comes down to post-purchase logistics: the time and cost of getting your items delivered. Additionally, another 23% are because total cost of purchase couldn’t be calculated up front, and another 18% are due to slow ship times.