- 1. Satellite IoT can ensure holiday shipping runs smoothly
- (Logistics)
- As the holiday season ramps up, the shipping industry is bracing for a 30-40% increase in online orders. Shipping challenges are inevitable given the strained global supply chain and the 80,000 delivery-driver ...
- 2. In Order to free up Shelf Space, Retailers are offering Black Friday Deals Today
- (Retail)
- If you’re anything like me, you’ll plan on beginning your holiday shopping early - but somehow always end up ordering last minute gifts on Amazon days before Christmas. While there are benefits to finishing ...
- 3. Gadgets Will Be Hard to Come By This Christmas
- (News)
- Supply chain problems are going to make it hard for people to find the latest gadgets to give for Christmas, reports Reuters. Shoppers could be looking at an expensive Christmas as supply chain snafus ...
- 4. AI Could Be Answer to Supply Chain Problems
- (News)
- According to Technology Review, artificial intelligence could solve the supply chain problems. With the supply-chain disruptions of the past two years showing no signs of easing anytime soon, businesses ...
- 5. Get Your Supply Chain Ready for the Holidays
- (Retail)
- The 2020 holiday looks different for retailers. The year has had many challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected many things. One of the areas that have been affected substantially ...
- 6. Plan for an Unusual 2020 Holiday Season
- (Retail)
- ... started up to Christmas. It covered the famous Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Over recent years, shopping has been extended and is no longer necessarily limited to a timeframe. According to research by ...
- 7. Nestle Protects Palm Oil Supply Chain
- (News)
- Nestle is taking more steps to monitor its palm oil supply chain by joining in the Radar Alerts for Detecting Deforstation group, reports CSR Wire. Nestlé today joined a coalition of major palm oil ...
- 8. Brace for the Rush
- (Management)
- ... customers and predict online sales between Cyber Monday and Christmas will produce an additional $284 million in sales over last year. This is great for online sellers and good, but not spectacular ...
- 9. Retail Flexibility For the Holidays
- (News)
- It's a Christmas wish and a little late, but Bill DuBois is hoping Santa brings a flexible supply chain in the future. For the retailer, the holidays are an inventory forecasting challenge.In his article ...
- 10. A Christmas List
- (News)
- In a very timely article, Dan Gilmore shares his Christmas Wish List with us on his Supply Chain Digest site. He's not asking for much, but maybe he hasn't been good this year?Actually, if Dan gets what ...
- 11. Urgent B2B Needs
- (News)
- B2B companies have identified a few items on their technology Christmas list they'd like to receive. There are not only new technologies popping up and convergence between them becoming more common, but ...
- 12. It's That Time of Year, Again
- (News)
- ... a little thing called Christmas is on the way, and retailers who have their omnichannel act together should thrive- others, maybe not so much. On the Spend Matters site, Kaitlyn Macavoy takes a look at ...
- 13. Christmas in July?
- (News)
- Is it too early to think about Christmas? If you're in the supply chain or electronic commerce areas, if you're just starting now you may be behind!Mobile consumers continue to drive changes across the business ...
- 14. Supply Chain Predictions for 2015
- (Supply)
- ... 2014 there was an explosion in the application of drones for myriad purposes, so even if your Christmas parcels aren’t dropped on your doorstep by a drone, chances are drones were involved in weather, ...
- 15. Did You Get Your Presents?
- (News)
- As you're reading this, it's already Christmas or maybe a bit after. Did all of your presents arrive?The folks at Logistics Viewpoint took a shot at guessing how many packages would be delivered for the ...
- 16. IoT Under Your Tree
- (News)
- Just when you think EC-BP.com can't be any more valuable to you.... we find Holiday present ideas based on IoT for you! They definitely skew toward the consumer side of the technology, but you can see ...
- 17. Free Advice for UPS
- (News)
- Nothing like some free advice from top experts, after the fact. UPS experienced a disastrous Christmas delivery mess, shortly after a national business magazine printed a story touting their capabilities ...
- 18. Further Analysis of the Christmas Delivery Problem
- (News)
- When a great company like UPS experiences a big problem like the 2013 Christmas delivery debacle, it's bad for them but good for people who want to learn about supply chains. All sorts of analyses take ...
- 19. Omnichannel - With Caution
- (Retail)
- The Christmas season delivery schedule is one of those things that while it only happens once each year, can put a dent in the reputation of the supply chain everywhere. When UPS underestimated the volume ...
- 20. Holiday Delivery Issue Analysis
- (News)
- If you're one of the many on-line retail customers still steamed about a late delivery of holiday presents, you want to blame somebody. But who deserves your scorn? The store? UPS? FedEx?It's not an easy ...
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