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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Maximize the value of the purchase order flow data already in the existing networks. (A A purchase order changes many times and needs synchronization. Exostar’s purchase by Arlington Capital Partners from Thoma Bravo was completed this month. Reporting off of transportation data is a delays the signal by weeks and months.)

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It’s Not Too Early to Prepare for Holiday Returns, Part Two

Enterra Insights

The bane of e-commerce is the large percentage of purchased items that are returned. She reports, “The share of online purchases that are returned averages 30% or higher, depending on the category, three times the rate in physical stores.”[2] Get Consumers to Keep What They Purchase. of sales, or $428 billion. .”

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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. Whichever reasons fuel the motivations of your target market, here are the top trends shaping how they’ll buy – and how you can stay front of mind and ahead of the competition. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Data source: eMarketer.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. We can no longer assume that government policy is rational, variability is low or logistics are available. Supply chain excellence happens when leaders manage complex non-linear flows.

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Do You Have What It Takes to be an Omni-Channel Experience Leader?

BlueYonder

These retailers excelled in offering distinctive experiences and demonstrated functional maturity across all evaluated areas. In fact, speed of delivery has slowly become one of the top three purchase decision influencers, along with price and return policy. Why does this matter?

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. These core assumptions are no longer true.

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Logistics Predictions: How Did We Do in 2022 and What Will 2023 Look Like?

Logistics Viewpoints

The only bright note is that shipping costs will be a fraction of what they were over the last several years. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies. 3) Immigration policy preventing potential workers from entering the country to fill open jobs like driving. Figure 1: U.S.