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Warehousing News Roundup: March 25, 2019

Stord

The number of ocean imports fell across California ports in February , primarily due to the end of a tariff-driven shipping surge. Inbound volume at the Port of Los Angeles, for example, was down 18.2% from January to February. For months, shippers had been moving inventory from China to the United States earlier than usual, trying to get ahead of a new round of tariffs scheduled to hit in March.

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Supply Chain Newsmakers Video on What are the Top CPG Company Supply Chains for 2018q

Supply Chain Digest

Pepsico comes in at Number 1 for Second Straight Year

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Frictionless commerce: Is your buyer journey delightful?

TradeGecko

Customer experience has seen a significant transformation in recent years. The rise of eCommerce and adaptive technologies have created new customer touchpoints, enabling customers to interact with businesses through a complex network of channels and platforms. While this shift equals greater convenience for the customer on the whole, it makes providing a seamless customer experience increasingly challenging.

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Supply Chain News on US Labor Department Report Challenges Beliefs Relative to a Truck Driver Shortage

Supply Chain Digest

Driver Market not Broken, Analysis Finds, and Wage Gains would Fix the Shortage

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Reducing Global Lead Times To Improve Customer Experience At Becton Dickinson

Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How was BD Biosciences successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global

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Encouraging Your B2B Customers to Engage with eCommerce Stores

Unleashed

Customer engagement with eCommerce platforms when it comes to retailers has proliferated massively over the past few years. Business-to-Consumer companies (B2C) have been quick to adopt eCommerce stores, and retail customers have shown that they enjoy the convenience offered by buying online. However, Business-to-Business (B2B) customers have been much slower on the uptake of eCommerce.

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4 Key Features That Will Help You Make the Most of Your B2B eCommerce Store

Unleashed

B2B eCommerce sales are expected to outgrow B2C eCommerce sales by 2020, reaching 6.7 trillion USD by 2020 — is your business ready? The Unleashed B2B eCommerce Store can help businesses give their customers a seamless buying experience with a dedicated online ordering platform. In order to truly grow your business with a B2B eCommerce store, there are a few key features that a B2B eCommerce store should have for your customers.

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