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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Most online shoppers assume that items they return go back into regular inventory, to be sold again at full price.

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Parcel Carrier Fuel Surcharges Expected to Rise, Here’s What Shippers Should Know

Intelligent Audit

As rising parcel carrier fuel surcharges change the dynamics for shipping companies, owners and decision-makers need to stay level-headed and informed to make the best business decisions. The State of Fuel Prices. These averages have impacted the United States in different areas. from the previous week and $1.71

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Omnichannel is another Word for Complexity

Enterra Insights

“117 such facilities were built across the United States from 2010 to 2016 for a total of 141.2 And also, how much and where the optimal inventory should go so we can satisfy that customer’s needs wherever she wants to shop.”[5] This means moving inventory to make it closer to markets where it is sells.

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Retailers take control of parts of their supply chain

Cathy Roberson

Online publication Supply Chain Dive noted in an article on the acquisition, “This acquisition is expected to expand ADS’ brokerage and distribution operations in the western United States,” Ashley Furniture said. ADS is the retailer’s private fleet, comprising more than 900 tractors and 3,700 trailers.

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6 Questions To Ask 3rd Party Logistics Companies for 2015 and Beyond

GlobalTranz

With an ever-increasing pool of third-party logistics (3PL) providers to outsource shipping needs to, understanding how to select the best 3PL is the difference between reaching your existing customers and gaining a new market share. Less than two decades ago, the concept of 3rd Party Logistics Companies were relatively unknown.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The Rise of Enterprise Mobility in Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Like our transportation management system connected to an ERP, allowing manufacturers to have a better pulse on resources shipping in and out, Salesforce.com, with its Lightening Connection can take what used to be a CRM and connect to other systems, like on-boarding systems, shipping quotes for sales orders, to invoicing, and more.

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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021

Logistics Bureau

Customers can shop online and have their orders shipped from a local Target store to their homes in as little as one hour. In the second quarter of 2020, the retail chain’s year-on-year ecommerce sales doubled, and its unit costs for online fulfillment reduced by some 30%. Was one-day shipping an overstep for Amazon?