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Trends 2022: Retail

Enterra Insights

Digital Path to Purchase taken more often. During the early days of the pandemic, consumers were often forced to take the digital path to purchase. As they focus on the environment and sustainable lifestyles consumers will increasingly prioritize the eco-profile of a product in their purchase decisions. ”[5].

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Will it require frequent maintenance and re-tooling? Logistics and delivery can be handled in a very optimized way with the help of automated solutions using data and information. Part of the problem is that technology is inherently risky. Will the technology be compatible with suppliers and customers? Will it go obsolete quickly?

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

Historic processes are inside-out tightly integrated to orders and purchase orders. The Company executed one of the most effective customer-centric supply chain designs while outperforming against its industry peer group, as shown in Figure 1. A Comparison Of Company Performance To Industry Average.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 9-13, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Target invests in Minneapolis start-up that helps retailers monitor supply chains (Star Tribune). If Amazon has serious plans of realizing this idea, there’s already a company in the UK called Mole Solutions that has been working on creating “underground freight pipelines” since 2002. UPS Acquires Freightex Ltd. products (Reuters).

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This Week in Logistics News (May 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

The retailer began testing home package delivery from a new sorting center in its hometown of Minneapolis earlier this year. The average USPS vehicle is 25 years old, with some vehicles purchased as long ago as 1987, meaning that the agency relies on a lifecycle far longer than most commercial drivers expect.