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Delivering on promise and purpose in the retail supply chain

IBM Supply Chain Blog

The good news is that sustainability and profitability go hand-in-hand, especially in the retail supply chain. Promises Ultimately, every consumer wants to know that their chosen retailer is going to meet order promises. So how can retail leaders demonstrate value across the board? Simple: communicate!

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Strategies to Survive the Peak Season Fulfillment Surge!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In a sense, it all goes back to end-to-end visibility and recognizing the dependent and independent processes throughout the warehouse. These three factors must work in a closed-loop, and any failure within the loop will naturally lead back to failures in the remainder. Best Practices in Building Peak Fulfillment Strategies.

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Digital Orchestration of Your Supply Chain Requires “3-D” Orchestration

Supply Chain Action Blog

This is especially relevant for retailers, and it presents both a challenge and an opportunity for competing in the digital economy with a digital value network. Redesigned, retail supply chains, enabled with analytics and augmented reality, are not only meeting, but raising consumer expectations.

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How to Establish Your Brand in Food Importing and Exporting!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Hire a global end-to-end freight forwarding partner to serve as a transport agent and move your cargo. Brand Visibility and Social Responsibility. Brand Visibility and Social Responsibility. It is important to be visible and accessible to your customers.

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Retail Startup Tips When Choosing a Shipping Solution!

Supply Chain Game Changer

This is the time online retail businesses need to optimize and improve their supply chain and logistics processes. They need to bring in advanced routing capabilities, improve visibility of end-to-end logistics operations, boost productivity, etc.

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Get Ready for Holiday Now … Make It Boring (From A Supply Chain Perspective)!

Supply Chain Game Changer

End to End Supply Chain visibility is critical! And with your Customers you want to provide them with the visibility as to where their orders are. Retail #ECommerce #SupplyChain #SCM #Business #Omnichannel #Logistics. Proudly selected as one of the Top 75 Supply Chain Blogs on the Internet.

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Delivery in the Age of Amazon!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Achieving better customer experiences through successful delivery operations also relies on complete visibility into the status of the order and the inventory at all times, and, of course, the need for perfect delivery execution, whether through the use of in-house fleets, third party fleets or a mix of the two.