Reverse Logistics

Can Digital Solutions Eliminate Waste in Food Supply Chains?

June 14, 2017

Ralf Seifert and Merve Kirci for SupplyChainBrain

The cost of global food waste and loss is estimated to be $940bn a year. For businesses, this represents a significant proportion of shrinkage in retail supply chains, and it has a direct impact on companies' triple bottom lines. Does digital hold the solution?

End-of-Life Logistics: Expanding the Traditional Supply Chain

April 6, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: You design a product, source it, build it, store it, ship it, and your consumer enjoys it... then what? It is inevitable that at some point the original intended use will be over and the product will reach its end of life. What happens now is a topic that is piquing the interests of many traditional and non-traditional supply-chain players. The challenge lays in how to efficiently reintegrate or disposition these products. - Melissa Hadhazy, associate partner, Infosys Consulting

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Retail Revolution: Four Ways Supply Chains Are Evolving

April 4, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: As consumers' relationship with retailers changes, supply chains need to become more agile and responsive to fulfill the promise of an omnichannel world. Wholesale, retail and e-commerce supply chains, which have grown independently over the years, are merging - but significant transformation is necessary to help make omnichannel execution more profitable. - Parag Jategaonkar, performance improvement principal, Ernst & Young LLP

Retailers Move Forward With Returned Goods Strategies

March 17, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: By understanding the true costs and potential benefits from improving their reverse logistics processes, retailers are developing strategies to recover as much value as possible from their returned goods. - Matt Ennis, vice president of business development and client solutions, Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc.

Fedex Fulfillment to Challenge Amazon for SME E-Commerce Services

February 14, 2017

Air Cargo World

FedEx Supply Chain has announced the launch of FedEx Fulfillment, a service designed to meet the shipping needs of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and to challenge to Amazon's dominance of the e-commerce sector, the company says. FedEx Fulfillment delivers orders across multiple channels, including websites and online marketplaces, and manages inventory for participating retailers.

How Technology Is Improving The Returns Process

January 11, 2017

RIS News

Retailers prepare for months for the all-important holiday season. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), the holiday season can account for as much as 30 percent of an individual retailer's total sales. The NRF also notes that the holiday returns process accounts for about 24 percent of returns for the entire year.

Retail: Transportation, Tech & Other Trends

January 3, 2017

Russell Goodman, Editor-in-Chief, SupplyChainBrain

The Growing Pressure on Supply Chains to Eradicate Slavery and Human Trafficking

January 3, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Laws and regulations to eliminate human-rights violations in global supply chains are multiplying. But companies shouldn't consider their current lack of "teeth" as a license to ignore them.

Big Trucks Will Have to Get Cleaner - And Industry Is Fine With That

October 10, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Federal regulators are mandating drastic reductions in emissions from heavy-duty trucks over the next 10 years. And truck manufacturers and big shippers alike are applauding the move.

The Painful Lessons of the Hanjin Bankruptcy

September 19, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Having weathered numerous downturns in the past, major container lines might have thought they were immune from the laws of supply and demand. Now they know better.

Reverse Logistics

The latest news, analysis, services and systems regarding reverse logistics and its impact on global supply chains. Today’s companies are refurbishing and recycling more goods and managing more product returns than ever before thanks, in part, to the boom in e-commerce. New technologies for reverse fulfillment are transforming the way companies provide customer support - and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these services continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies are using reverse logistics solutions to power their supply chains.