Home Using Digital Deflation to Prepare Manufacturers for Change Inflation is raging at an annualized rate of well over 8% and worker shortages and wage increases — at over 5% — are also increasing corporate costs and negatively impacting profitability. Many CFOs will want to scale back spending in such an environment but should resist […]
Home No Time for Final-Mile Complacency More than two years of jarring supply chain disruption have proven the business case for end-to-end, real-time shipment visibility. But the horizon keeps moving, and while actionable data and visibility are critical, they’re only just a good beginning. Shippers and third-party logistics providers have picked much of the […]
Home Five Key Challenges to Aligning Capacity and Demand Three years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the “bullwhip effect” of misaligned capacity and demand persists, contributing to labor and equipment shortages alongside port and inland congestion. Balancing capacity and demand has proven elusive, as many companies still lack full real-time, end-to-end visibility into the location and […]
Home Improving Warehouse Operations with Automation Labor challenges. Getting orders out the door on time. As a logistics manager, you know it’s tough enough to deal with those firestorms, let alone find time to focus on warehouse productivity. What can you do to even out that struggle? Logistics managers worldwide are making the move […]
Home Fulfillment Facility Improved Efficiencies by 4x Winit, a cross-border e-commerce warehousing operator that serves the United States, Australia, and several European countries, needed to store over 100,000 SKUs in the 108,000 square foot facility in the U.K. while improving workflow efficiencies and order fulfillment accuracy and speed. After adding 100 Hai Robotics’ robots and […]
Home The State of Retail Inventory: The Latest Risks, Opportunities, and Tactics to Create Winning Shopper Experiences Retailers already know success depends on optimized inventory – customers demand the right product in the right place at exactly the right time. Yet, the truth is, from shortages to excess stock, inventory challenges continue. In […]
Home Consumer Research: How Retailers Win Customer Loyalty in an Omnichannel World Retailers already know the importance of optimizing inventory. Yet almost one in three customers still report stockouts when utilizing click-and-collect or BOPIS. With customer loyalty waning – and inflation only adding to concerns – how does inventory impact consumer loyalty? And […]
Home Navigating the Complexities of Micro-Fulfillment Navigating the Complexities of Micro-Fulfillment Supply chain uncertainty, labor shortages and changing customer expectations are driving logistics leaders to adapt their distribution networks. The last few years have seen the rapid transition to eCommerce, omni-channel, and hyperlocal fulfillment. Customers want delivery flexibility, often same day, and high availability […]
Home Case Study: How KURU Footwear Puts Its Best Foot Forward Keeping Up with Demand for KURU Footwear. KURU Footwear has experienced steady, organic growth of roughly 10 to 15% every year for over a decade. But since the pandemic, sales have exploded. Annual sales revenue for the online shoe company climbed 30% in […]
Home Driving operational excellence in the warehouse (Best Practice Guide) It’s easy for organizations to take their warehouse operations for granted, often overlooking the functional importance of warehouses and their direct impact on customer satisfaction and loyalty. In fact, many organizations view warehouse operations simply as cost centers because of the labor requirements, equipment management, […]
