In early January, Amazon announced the expansion of their “Buy with Prime” (Buy With Prime) service to all eligible U.S. retailers. The program, which first launched as an invite-only beta in April 2022: Permits retailers to offer shoppers browsing their website an...
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What Are the Top Trends in Supply Chain Logistics for 2023?
3, 2, 1... blast off! Into 2023 we go! Let's take a peek into what the future holds. Heading into 2023, there’s still a lot of uncertainty for shippers. Inflation remains stubbornly high, consumer spending has slowed on non-discretionary categories, and FedEx and UPS...
Logistics Planning: Why Your Business Should Prioritize It
What Is Logistics Planning? Logistics planning is a planning process that helps businesses achieve their logistics objectives, gain competitive advantage, and improve customer satisfaction. It involves designing plans to help organizations achieve the 7 “rights” of...
Top 7 Logistics Challenges in the Supply Chain and How Shippers Can Overcome Them
Top 7 Supply Chain Challenges for Shippers Shippers worldwide have been struggling with logistics disruption since the pandemic, and as a result, they have to deal with a great deal of uncertainty. The increasing variability of customer demand, labor and equipment...
Logistics KPIs Your Business Can’t Ignore
What are Logistics KPIs? Logistics KPIs are metrics that businesses use to measure the performance of their supply chain processes, from purchasing and procurement to final delivery to the end customer. Tracking logistics KPIs helps companies better understand the...
How Same-day Delivery is Revolutionizing Parcel Logistics
Brief History of Parcel Logistics For thousands of years, goods transportation has played an important role in society. In recent times, the improvements in transport systems have revolutionized parcel logistics. Today, computerized software is helping execute...