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What Is Order Fulfillment and It’s Process and Strategies

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million square feet at McCordsville, twenty miles northeast of Indianapolis. Order fulfillment is receiving, processing, packaging, tracking, and delivering orders to the final customer destination. Shipping the order The packaged orders are transported from the warehouse to the final customer destination during this stage.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 3-7, 2016)

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Wal-Mart’s next move against Amazon: More warehouses, faster shipping (Reuters). As reported by Reuters: The world’s largest retailer is now on track to double the number of giant warehouses dedicated to online sales to 10 by the end of 2016, according to Justen Traweek, vice-president of e-commerce supply chain and fulfillment.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 28 – October 2, 2015)

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Dave Clark, SVP Worldwide Operations and Customer Service at Amazon, was the keynote speaker on Tuesday, and during his talk he announced this week’s top supply chain and logistics news story: Amazon Flex: Amazon will now pay you to deliver packages (The Verge). UPS Asks People to Pick Up Packages Themselves (Bloomberg).

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Deadstock – Meaning, Causes, Prevention and Remedies

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Basically, these goods are not saleable and they’re taking up valuable warehouse space. Every retailer or distributor has a deadstock graveyard in their warehouse. They usually have the original packaging and tags intact. Jennifer Rosenberg, president of Indianapolis based Acorn Distributors Inc.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 25-29, 2014)

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I first wrote about the possibility of drones as a new transportation mode back in February 2013, and during the holiday season last year, Amazon announced its Amazon PrimeAir initiative , which some called a PR stunt, while others — like Google and UPS — saw it as a new competitive threat and opportunity. Was it possible?