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Holiday Sales Demonstrated Necessity of Omnichannel Strategies

Enterra Insights

After a weak holiday performance last year, the Minneapolis-based company embarked on a multibillion-dollar spending plan to improve its stores and digital capabilities. The growth in mobile purchasing continues. Adopt a Ship-to-Store Policy. Two in five shoppers have made an additional purchase during an in-store pickup.”

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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? For example, a certain product is ready to be shipped from the manufacturing facility. 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.

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

The organization is not clear on accepting special requests and expedited shipping policies, often resulting in a lower margin. Dan, new to the job, failed to remove the shipping bolts from the back of the washer. Historic processes are inside-out tightly integrated to orders and purchase orders. The response is a long sigh.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

West coast ports race to clear ship backlog by August. The retailer began testing home package delivery from a new sorting center in its hometown of Minneapolis earlier this year. Over the last few months, the number of ships that have been anchored outside of ports has slowly decreased. And now on to this week’s logistics news.