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The Quietly Growing Conundrum of Online Returns

Logistics Viewpoints

Even consumers find making online returns a pain, having to repack, print shipping labels for and drop off unwanted online purchases. Online consumers today have come to expect cost-free and hassle-free online returns policies. Who pays the price? Moving Forward: Reverse Logistics Technology.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Group’s sustainability policy is based on three pillars: Acting for People, Acting for Planet and Acting for Responsible Trade. CEVA Logistics actively reaches out to support social innovations and engage local communities. Acting for People. The logistics business, is predominantly a network business driven by our employees.

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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Seen optimistically, this challenging trade environment is a catalyst for a slew of innovative measures and creative tactics to mitigate tariff costs – although one could argue that supply chain optimization from a cost and performance perspective is something that firms should already be doing on an ongoing basis. Operational strategies.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain disruptions have brought about an age of innovation. Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide ; Clint Reiser. ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. Time slot management helps to organize warehouse resources to prepare for an incoming truck.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Warehouses are full, and supply chain leaders are using containers as overflow warehouses adding to port snarls. To put this in perspective, if they had no planning system and no planners and just assumed that they would ship based on prior shipments, the forecast would be better, and the inventory levels more accurate.

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Each churn reduces the opportunity for innovation and introduces supply chain risk. To accomplish this, we need unique and authoritative identifiers for company entities, warehouses and manufacturing locations. Trade Representative; and other senior officials from the Executive Office of the President and other agencies.

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23 Reasons the Ideal TMS is best for LTL Freight Shipping

GlobalTranz

Using less-than-truckload for medium-sized shipments is one of the great innovations in shipping. It produces results at a fraction of the cost of full truckload (FT) or small package shipping. The Ideal TMS Helps Complete Warehouse Management. Contract negotiation is becoming a major factor in shipping.