Upcoming Podcast- Dealing with Online Retail’s Gorilla
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a soon to be available podcast- Dealing with Online Retail’s Thousand Pound Gorilla.
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Tag: Amazon business challenges
Developments Involving Amazon
The Supply Chain Matters blog shares some recent news involving online retail platform provider Amazon related to workforce safety and facility labor union organizing efforts.
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Mixed Results for Cyber Monday and Online Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Sales
The Supply Chain Matters blog continues with highlights of published data regarding the activity levels of holiday fulfillment during the 2020 Thanksgiving thru Cyber Monday holiday shopping period.
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Black Friday Shopping Holiday- Amazon Telegraphs Capacity Constraints
In this Black Friday commentary, Supply Chain Matters highlights various reports indicating that Amazon is once again navigating capacity constraints as well as signs of labor activism.
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COVID-19 Multi-Industry Supply Chain Disruption News Capsule- October 2 2020
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a weekly capsule of news reports that have implications for various industry supply chains. With COVID-19 coronavirus news once again on the rise, we provide this feature to assist our readers in their efforts to keep updated on noteworthy developments.
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COVID-19 Multi-Industry Supply Chain Disruption News Capsule- September 11, 2020
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a weekly capsule of news reports that have implications for various industry supply chains. With COVID-19 coronavirus news once again on the rise, we provide this feature to assist our readers in their efforts to keep updated on noteworthy developments.
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COVID-19 Response- An Opportunity Lost for Many Online Grocery and Food Delivery Providers
The Supply Chain Matters blog addresses a likely opportunity lost for many online food and grocery providers in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic. As with the majority of ongoing developments related to the COVID-19 global pandemic, industry supply chains are succumbing both on the customer demand and supply aspects of respective fulfillment networks.
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Amazon Succumbs to Fear Based Buying – Announces Revised Inventory Management Practices and Added Hiring
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a commentary focused on Amazon.com and the online retailer’s succumbing to COVID-19 fear-based buying. Announced are efforts to temporarily revise inventory management policies and add upwards of 100,000 additional workers.
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Additional Developments Related to Amazon’s Transport and Last Mile Services Capabilities
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlight some additional developments related to Amazon’s ongoing deployment of transportation and last-mile delivery capabilities as well as logistics needs supporting the upcoming Q4 holiday fulfillment period.
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The Darker Sides of Amazon’s Work Culture Becoming More Visible
These past weeks, there have been a lot of not so flattering news concerning Amazon and its work-related management practices. As a supply chain management focused blog, we are compelled to highlight the concerning as well as any positive trends.
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Report of Global Footwear Provider Quitting Amazon Over Fraudulent Goods Concerns
Recently, global business broadcast network CNBC reported that noted specialty footwear provider...
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Another Organized Labor Motivated Labor Walkout Involving Amazon in Germany
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, a work stoppage involving fulfillment center workers at...
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