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Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics
week of 8/22/2018 |
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| Understanding the Sustainability Impact of Ecommerce Packaging |
| Companies use a host of tools and processes to keep damage rates at an acceptable level such as quality control checks and returns tracking reports. But preventing damage during shipments isn't just a better business decision, it's a sustainability imperative. The problem is, almost no one is looking at it as one.…» |
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| UPS Looks to Solve Supply Chain Issues with Blockchain Patent |
| UPS has filed a U.S. patent application for a technology that would use blockchain and its shared distributed ledgers to more efficiently track and manage packages shipped within its network as well as those handed off to other carriers worldwide.…» |
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| Assessing Expansion of Your Ecommerce Fulfillment Network |
| Adding one or more facilities to your ecommerce fulfillment network can both reduce shipping costs and shrink your time-to-customer metric. But there are many aspects to this calculus: in-house assets vs. partnering, system requirements and labor/staffing, to name a few. Here are 11 factors to consider as you look to expand.…» |
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| Promotion: The Missing BOPIS Link |
| Ecommerce and in-store shopping converge when retailers offer buy online, pickup in-store or BOPIS. But surprisingly, they promote this convenient, increasingly popular checkout option less often than you think, especially in the U.S. To make your program a success and drive sales, here are some BOPIS promo tips.…» |
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