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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

With its commitment to have all 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road by 2030, Amazon will save millions of metric tons of carbon per year. Winsupply , backed by Drone Express, plans to make its first-ever drone delivery August 9, sending a product from the Winsupply Distribution Center at 9300 Byers Road in Miami Twp.

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How Product Videos Are Driving More Revenue for Online Retailers

RFgen

Maximizing the customer experience online can bring greater returns for retailers, according to a University of Miami study. More than 40 percent of customers say they try to avoid retailers whose services are slow, according to Quantum Metric. Shoppers Spend More When Product Videos Are Used.

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How Product Videos Are Driving More Revenue for Online Retailers

RFgen

Maximizing the customer experience online can bring greater returns for retailers, according to a University of Miami study. More than 40 percent of customers say they try to avoid retailers whose services are slow, according to Quantum Metric. Shoppers Spend More When Product Videos Are Used.

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S&OP Effectiveness: Recommendations to Make the Leap

Supply Chain Shaman

This week I will be speaking at a conference in Miami, and next week I will be in Rotterdam. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is working on her third book, Leadership Matters. The Role of the Financial Budget in S&OP Processes. I hope this helps you and your team to make the leap.

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President Andrew Lynch On What We Must Do To Create Nationally Secure And Resilient Supply Chains

Zipline Logistics

I graduated from Miami University and fell completely backward into logistics. Forward-thinking brands are tracking crucial metrics to illuminate their supply chains and find control. For example, a large CPG brand could spend an extra 20% on logistics just to hit Walmart OTIF metrics and become the category leader of their product.

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The State of Holiday Shipping & Learnings for Next Peak Season

Intelligent Audit

FedEx delays have been most prevalent in Miami (13.8%), Chicago (13.6%), and Houston (13.5%). Intelligent Audit provides actionable insights, aggregate, normalized data, and meaningful metrics, helping shippers to finally make sense of all the noise and focus on what really matters, moving freight strategically.

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“1+1=3? Opportunities in Logistics (Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2015 Conference)

Talking Logistics

The theme of this year’s Descartes Evolution 2015 Global User & Partner Conference , held in May in Miami, Florida, was “Logistics Integration — What’s Next?” Important metrics include On Time Delivery from a customer’s perspective; Team Performance in the home; and Point of Sale experience.