The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights reports of preliminary 2019 holiday fulfillment data pointing to the potential establishment of new records in online shopping activity.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog reflects on the now underway peak of online retail-focused reverse logistics processes involving millions of customers returning goods to U.S. and other global retailers, and the increasing implications to online costs and planning.
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Supply Chain Matters Editor Bob Ferrari highlights for readers key supply chain management themes for 2020, relating a specific timely news stream example of where strategic trends have placed both FedEx and Amazon as visible competitors.
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Supply chain management technology industry analyst and Supply Chain Matters Editor Bob Ferrari, provides a commentary reflecting on the multiple romaine lettuce product contamination incidents and subsequent product recalls that have occurred in the U.S., and the specific role of advanced supply chain technologies in addressing this challenging and perplexing problem.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog updates readers on multiple reports of a temporary hiccup on the part of Amazon Logistics in delivery of purchases to Amazon Prime members.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog features our December 6, 2019 Edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech, a brief synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. Included in this edition are highlights related to noteworthy announcements and/or developments related to: Flipkart and Shadowfax, Nulogy, Impinj.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog features an updated commentary focused on U.S. grocery and food retailer Kroger, and this retailer’s efforts to transform itself into various forms of online and in-store digital experiences.
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Supply Chain Matters blog Executive Editor and supply chain management industry analyst Bob Ferrari reflects on recently reported Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday sales volumes and the challenges remaining for retail, supply chain and customer last-mile logistics fulfillment teams.
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The Supply Chain Matters blogs provides commentary highlighting a recent Oracle Retail sponsored survey: Setting the Bar: Global Customer Experience Trends 2019, along with some important takeaways for readers.
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The Supply Chain Matters blogs provides commentary reflecting on the start of the 2019 Thanksgiving and Black Friday retail and online shopping holidays, and what industry supply chain should anticipate.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights the likely consequences of one of the largest U.S. independent branded milk producers declaring bankruptcy this week.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights reported results of China’s annual 24-hour Singles Day shopping holiday which once again established a global record for online sales volume in a single event on a single day.
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