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Retail
How New Tech Platforms Help Online Retailers Streamline Returns
It is vital for retailers in the e-commerce space to invest in a returns management system solution that can remove heavyweight, time-consuming returns off the company's shoulders and simplify the process.
Automation
The Post-Pandemic E-Commerce World—Here’s What to Expect
Adding automation throughout the entire company’s operations gives firms the fighting chance of building a brand and participating in the post-pandemic recovery.
Manufacturing
Businesses Must Be Flexible to Experience Small Business Recovery
As the economy continues to transform, businesses will need to be flexible to meet the challenges posed by rapidly changing supply and demand, and the ability of America’s small business community will rise to the challenge.
Procurement Software
Automating Procure-to-Pay Processes
Automating procure-to-pay processes is essential to regaining control and optimizing the process.
Emerging Technologies
Accelerate Your Supply Chain by Inviting Co-Packers into Digitization
CPGs must extend digitization beyond their four walls and enable data automation throughout their entire external networks.
ERP
FinTech for the Future
The popularity of FinTech isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. An ERP-integrated solution helps businesses simplify and reduce the cost of data interchange by using as few moving parts as possible.
Hiring
The Future of Supply Chain Talent
When it comes to building supply chain leadership of the future, the focus should be on talent that can drive success for both the current and future state of their supply chains.
Sourcing & Procurement
Doubling Down on Remote Sales
Enterprise sales is a team sport. People buy from you first. Then they buy from your company and your product, more or less in that order. Personal relationships are primary, regardless of whether you’re remote or in-person.
Project Management Software
Competitive Advantage Behind Collaborative Supply Chain Relationships
Collaborative engagement at every level is one of the most essential building blocks of internal and external engagement.
Retail
How Smart E-Commerce Merchants Prep for Challenging Peak Season
This peak season, however, is set to be different from last year’s because merchants and shippers both expect and are better prepared for disruptions.
Risk/Compliance
Connected Operations Speed Supply Chains but Increase Cyber Risk
Bringing together enterprise-level IT and plant-level operations technology into a common infrastructure creates more opportunities to improve operations.
Emerging Technologies
The Circular Economy: How Digitization Dents Industry’s Climate Impact
IoT, ERP and automation are the future of sustainable business, and are crucial tools in the targeting of waste and the slashing of consumption and harmful emissions.
Procurement Software
The Risks, Rewards and Role of Supply Management in the Future
With the adoption of advanced procure-to-pay and data/spend analytics solutions that integrate AI and other advantages, teams will be able to achieve greater proactivity and agility and be more analytical and business-focused.
Supply Chain Education
Looking for a Career in Sourcing and Procurement? Here’s How to Get Started
Itching to get started in sourcing and procurement? Here’s what it will take.
Project Management Software
Embracing RPA: The Benefits and Steps for Success
Investing in RPA now is imperative for enabling the procurement function to take advantage of other advanced technologies and intelligence.
Last-Mile
Fulfillment Services Speeding Up the Last-Mile
As part of the inventory management process, fulfilling the actual orders in a quick and efficient manner is necessary to achieve on-time last-mile delivery service.
Financial Management Software
FinTech for the Future: Addressing a Modern Supply Chain Accessibility Problem
There’s an accessibility problem when it comes to solutions that meet the unique financial needs of the businesses keeping the supply chain moving forward.
Manufacturing
Shifting Supply Chain Strategy to Buy American Amid Turmoil
There will always be unexpected interruptions, but with expanded option of suppliers and visibility into the supply chain via technology, brands can leverage these tools to enact changes, in real-time, to mitigate problems with their supply chain.
AI/AR
How AI is a Strategic Tool for Managing the Supply Chain
To make the most of any AI tool, companies must put their strategy first. Leaders should agree on what they’re trying to achieve and then apply AI to help them reach that goal.
AI/AR
Leveraging the Pandemic to Strategically Adopt ERP Automation
Even in the face of an economic downturn, there is a prime opportunity for organizations dependent on ERP systems to consider the power of intelligent automation.
Regulations
Worker Safety and Ethical Compliance Losing Ground in Post-COVID-19 Recovery
Ethical, environmental and structural audits are among the best tools available to verify working conditions and ensure that vulnerable supply chain workers are protected.
E-Commerce Solutions
Capitalizing on Internet of Everyday Things: How Every Product Tells a Story
The new Internet of Everyday Things is made possible through the disposable, near-zero-cost, mass-produced, self-powering digital stickers called IoT Pixels.
Retail
Expanding the Carrier Definition for Modern Parcel Shipping
To better accommodate rising customer expectations and operate with more agility, cutting-edge retailers are adjusting their fulfillment strategies by turning to non-traditional carriers to deliver same-day orders.
