Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics

July 09, 2014

IDS Acquires Aspen Logistics

By MCM Staff

The purchase of Aspen builds on Plainfield, IN-based IDS's strategy in e-fulfillment to serve 90% of the US with 2-day ground service, a critical component in the rapidly expanding ecommerce market.

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Optimizing Omnichannel Order Picking and Fulfillment Operations

By Ed Romaine

Omnichannel is a studied approach to meet all of these customer expectations. In order to do so successfully, retailers must reevaluate their logistics business model by putting the focus on fulfilling more orders, faster throughput and lower costs. The first step in that process is understanding the trends that define the omnichannel marketplace.

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New USPS Pricing Strategy to Grow Priority Mail

By MCM Staff

The USPS today filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission to change Priority Mail prices. Unlike UPS and FedEx, the USPS is not implementing any new dimensional-weight charges.

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Report: UPS to Invest $1B in European Ops, Mostly Germany

By Mike O'Brien

UPS plans to invest $1 billion in its European operations over the next three to five years, mostly focused on Germany, according to CFO Kurt Kuehn.

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Two Sides Still Talking As West Coast Ports Remain Open

By Mike O'Brien

As the deadline passed July 1, the two sides continuing talking to avert a west coast port strike.

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