e-commerce
2021 Parcel Rates: 3 Areas for Attention
The average rate increase for primary services provided by UPS and FedEx mirrors that same
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customer service
6 Qualities to Look for in an E-Commerce Logistics Partner
Much like a successful marriage, the relationship between a shipper and its logistics partner has to be mutually-beneficial, trust-based and productive. Without these qualities, one or both parties will quickly find themselves wondering why they entered into the agreement.
e-commerce
Margin Management: Why Are You Selling Money-Losing SKUs?
If you can’t pinpoint which products are and aren’t making your company money, it’s time for a thorough SKU-level profitability assessment.
Optimize Networks
Supply Chain Data Visibility to Plan, Adjust, Communicate
Supply chain visibility empowers you to reduce risk and improve customer service. That’s especially important in a period of widespread disruption, where the availability of real-time information can facilitate network planning, demand-driven adjustments and rapid communications to customers.
Business insight
7 FAQs Answered with Supply Chain Visibility
Organizations that invested in supply chain mapping are more successfully managing COVID-19 disruption thanks to greater awareness of their demand response networks. Based on multiple layers of information, supply chain mapping and contingency planning grants real-time access for businesses facing disruption.
Improve Supply Chain Visibility and Planning
Supply Chain Visibility Needs Determined by Business Objectives
For many organizations, a rear-view perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic reveals opportunities for course corrections that might have prevented costly missteps or customer service failures. Hindsight is always clear, and under normal circumstances, disruption cause-and-effect analysis is integral to process change.
analytics
Blockchain in Supply Chain: Can You Trust Your Data Sharing Partners?
Supply chain strategies after the COVID-19 disruption will likely be significantly different for many organizations. Those new strategies, like the old, will be built on data, but it, too, will be quite a bit different. Information that drove network design decisions may no longer apply and any crisis responses deployed today may no longer be valid next month.
supply chain management
Supply Chain Risk Management Lessons from the Military
When you think about the biggest risk to your company, what comes to mind? A
blockchain
Data Analysis: What is Your Data Trying to Tell You?
The drive for visibility across the supply chain is based on the assumption of accurate data at every step. However, as the flood of data collected in the supply chain grows, it’s becoming more difficult to manage and analyze it for strategic insights. Any inaccuracies could lead to conclusions that result in misguided strategic and tactical decisions.
supply chain analytics
Where is zip code 99999? A Piece of Clean Data Makes a Big Difference
Has your company ever shipped a product to the 99999 zip code?