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High Fuel Surcharges Increase Appeal of Delivery to Commercial Pickup Locations

With fuel costs rising, one alternative shipping option that is becoming more attractive to both online merchants and shoppers is delivery to commercial pickup locations such as stores, pharmacies, or other similar locations.

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Emerging Document & Data Processing Takes Flight in Global Trade

More than 200 document exchanges are needed to process one shipment. This in itself is a huge undertaking – not just to fill-out, print, and organize in the end, but to coordinate, control, check, validate and approve.

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What Shippers Need to Know to Navigate Potential UK Port Stoppages

When chokepoints in the supply chain overflow, it creates logjams of stationary freight. Whether at the port itself or nearby drayage yards, the backup of freight draws the attention of organized thieves and local street criminals.

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The Major Next Step for Sustainability and ESG Measures – The Supply Chain

The critical discovery for every company is that supply chain sustainability should be integrated across the company’s broader ESG strategy and not isolated to just the supply chain or procurement functions or neglected altogether.

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Analytics Discover Consumers React to Different Product Designs and Packaging Materials

Brands are now faced with the delicate balance of creating lighter packaging to help reduce shipping costs as well as utilizing sustainable materials - all while also creating packaging that will appeal to their desired consumer audience.

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Sourcing & Procurement

Accelerated B2B Commerce Growth Will Impact Your Business: Here’s How

As online buying and selling becomes the norm, B2B eCommerce is critical to gaining new business and maintaining current customers. Companies must be ready and able to adapt to an increasingly digital B2B commerce experience.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

What Felixstowe Port Strike Means for the Supply Chain

A strike at Felixstowe, the U.K.’s leading container port, will have far-reaching implications for the British economy and supply chains, as previous port strikes in the U.S., Germany and South Korea have shown.

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3 Ways the Economic Downturn Will Impact the Supply Chain

How will the changed economic outlook impact the supply chain? And how can companies cope with the severe effects?

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Innovative Health Benefits Battle Supply Chain Workforce Shortage

Recent data shows the shortage was expected to reach a historic high of over 80,000 drivers last year. Turnover is, in part, attributed to employees leaving for other companies that offer more attractive compensation and benefit packages.

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Supply Chain Visibility

Improving Supply Chain Relations With Lean Manufacturing

Toyota Material Handling U.S.A., Inc.

Supply chains have seen unprecedented volatility over the past few years, with the impact of Brexit, COVID-19 and now the war in Ukraine leading to delays and shortages with no easy solutions.

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Risk/Compliance

Analytics & Optimization: How You Can Stay Ahead of Disruptions From Hurricane Season

When individuals start to react, they generate a surge in demand for fuel and hurricane supplies. Aggregated together, these activities create a spike in demand that’s different than normal activity.

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Managing the Supply Chain – More Accurate Information Is the Key

Innovate E-Commerce Inc.

Customers are evaluating their suppliers and determining which are a “favorite vendor.” If the supplier cannot provide the delivery information in advance, the customer may look for a replacement supplier.

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