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Consumers and Retailers Share Responsibility for Reducing Returns

One way consumers can help reduce returns (and growing landfills) is to shop more conscientiously by going into stores to test out products before making a repeat purchase online.

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That Was Fast: High-Tech Component Inventories Shift From Shortage to Glut

For manufacturers that fretted over component shortages in 2021 and 2022, the current inventory glut is reminding them of that unsettling maxim: Be careful what you wish for.

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Remember the Mall? Now, it’s a Fulfillment Center, and More

What’s particularly attractive about shopping malls is that they offer the possibility of creating a hybrid facility that combines logistics and fulfillment activities with in-person activities for shoppers.

They could be returning purchases, too. Photo: iStock.com/wsfurlan

‘Windshipped’ Offers a Vision of an Alternative to Commercial Trucking in Hudson Valley

John Bowermaster’s movie makes a compelling argument for figuring out how to send non-perishable goods by wind and water.

Schooner Apollonia sails across New York Harbor. Photo: Center for Post Carbon Logistics

How to Get Smaller Farmers to Adopt Sustainable Practices

We’d like to think that all participants in a food supply chain are equally committed to sustainable and environmentally responsible production; never mind the cost. If only that were true.

England. Photo: iStock.com/GTMedia

Fixing the Holiday Season’s Cardboard Recycling Problem

In 2022, 68% of all paper consumed in the U.S. was recycled — recovered and fed back into the country’s milling systems — including more than 93% of cardboard boxes.

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For Supply Chains, Resilience Isn’t Enough. You Need to Be Antifragile.

Most corporate survival strategies are crafted to help businesses withstand any number of unanticipated supply chain disruptions. But how many are poised to profit from times of adversity?

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Drayage Business at Technological Crossroads, Software Exec Says

People in trucking have been doing the same thing the same way for a long time, so getting them to commit to new technology is a little bit of a challenge.

Technology could alleviate truck backups at ports. Photo: PortPro

Manufacturers Need to Improve the Lot of Restive Frontline Workers

There may indeed be a disconnect between frontline workers and their employers, but a new survey suggests that the latter are making a sincere effort to repair it.

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Can the Blue-Collar Sector Fix Its Gen Z Problem?

Only 14% of Gen Zers would consider industrial work as a career, and 26% said they would only take on industrial work as a short-term career.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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