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Five Ways to Retain Truckers Amid Sweeping Driver Shortage
Truckers are leaving their jobs in droves, citing exhaustion, safety concerns and more. With these factors in mind, it’s essential for employers to understand what’s important to drivers today, and how to maintain positive, long-term relationships.
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How to Vet Suppliers for Your E-Commerce Business in Nine Steps
Dependable suppliers have a significant impact on profit. It’s not difficult to find them, but you have to know where to look. Here’s a breakdown of various types of suppliers, their pros and cons, and how to choose the right ones for your business.
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Three Lessons From Covid to Help Retailers Prepare for Peak Season
Although their storefronts and advertising campaigns may tell a different story, retail organizations are already planning for the 2022 holiday season.
Will West Coast Longshore Labor Talks Stall Again?
U.S. importers and exporters are bracing themselves for the possibility of a strike — or, at the very least, a damaging worker slowdown — by dockworkers at West Coast ports, as management and labor seek accord on a new longshore contract.
Dockworkers move cargo on a container terminal. Photo: Port of Los Angeles.
Utilizing the Power of Data and Advanced Analytics in Oil and Gas Supply Chains
Digitization has brought forth the next spurt of growth for the oil and gas industry.
When 'Just-in-Time' Is Just Too Late: A New Approach to Managing Production
Just-in-time and ad hoc ordering work well while parts are still in production and the supply chain is robust. But once the manufacturing process is disrupted, and supplies become limited or even non-existent, things change drastically.
The Problem With Safety Stock — and How to Get It Right
We’ve yet to attain the nirvana of supply always matching the demand. In attempting to do so, retailers strive to carry extra buffer at every outlet.
A warehouse worker takes stock of inventory. Photo: Getty.
The Problem With Robots in Retail
You can't solve a dynamic problem with a static solution.
How Amazon Returns Impact Sellers
Retail returns are unavoidable, and companies know they should anticipate a certain percentage each year. For e-tailers — many of which are facing soaring shipping costs and chronic freight bottlenecks — there’s an additional layer of complexity to reverse logistics.
The Software Path to Advanced Order Fulfillment
For e-commerce and omnichannel retailers, effective inventory management is essential to running successful distribution and fulfillment operations.
Many Climate Impact Disclosures Are a Sham. Here’s How We Fix Them.
The way in which climate-risk disclosures are currently made leads to inaccurate and misleading reports, with non-actionable metrics that are impossible to compare between companies.
A U.S. solar panel farm. Photo: Getty.
Three Shipping Trends to Watch This Year
The only certainty in logistics is that uncertainty will grow, opening the door to innovative and adaptable companies to emerge as industry leaders.
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