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Product Substitution: How Savvy Retailers and Manufacturers can Build Supply Chain Resiliency, Reduce Costs and Improve Customer Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

Shipping delays and stockouts lead to frustration and disappointment, especially when logistical problems impact time-sensitive purchases, such as special occasion gifts, event tickets or prescription medications. In manufacturing, product substitution can be a valuable tool for optimizing inventory management.

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Amazon’s ‘Regionalization’ of its U.S. Logistics Network Leads to Reduced Costs, Faster Delivery

Retail TouchPoints

in an effort to reduce delivery costs while maintaining the fast shipping speeds the company is known for, multiple sources report and Amazon has confirmed. Amazon previously operated its fulfillment network on a national level, transporting products across the country as they were ordered, reported the Wall Street Journal.

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Retail Logistics: Boosting Efficiency and Productivity

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Bringing the Bottom-Up Perspective into Focus CollaboMation strives to connect human workers with shop floor technology, creating a smooth interface that harnesses shop floor analytics and bridges any existing gaps that may disrupt operations. It typically includes order placement, inventory picking, sorting, packing and shipping.

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Understanding the Operational Side of Flexible Fulfillment Strategies

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90% of consumers view 2-3 day shipping as a baseline expectation. At the same time, costs continue to increase. This strategy typically requires a modern order management system that can manage complex inventory and omnichannel distribution models and has extensible fulfillment capabilities.

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How Cloth & Company Saved Time and Money With its 3D Virtual Showroom Collaboration

Retail TouchPoints

Designing a photoshoot for a furniture collection is typically an expensive, logistics-heavy procedure that involves months spent coordinating teams of people, products and locations. The process also greatly reduced the necessary investment, reducing the cost of bringing the collection to market from tens of thousands to just thousands.

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Exclusive Q&A: ‘We’re Asking a Lot More From Our Supply Chains’

Retail TouchPoints

With supply chain challenges come the higher costs feeding inflation, which is itself a double-edged sword. Inflation can certainly reduce demand as prices rise, but it also can encourage consumers to buy now before prices go up even higher. How are the supply chain challenges we’ve been seeing contributing to rising prices?

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Ulta Beauty, American Eagle Share How Supply Chain Investments Can Drive the Entire Company

Retail TouchPoints

The big takeaway: managing costs and keeping shelves stocked while also delivering on speed, efficiency and sustainability have become valuable differentiators that can help any company get ahead of the competition. The longer the parcel has to travel, the longer it takes to get to the customer and the more fossil fuels used.

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