One of the key resources that Target has at its disposal is its vast network of physical stores. Yet some …
Target’s Latest Target: Store-Based Fulfillment
14 Tuesday Apr 2020
Category Archives: Chapter 10: Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
Collaborating More Widely to Provide Expanding Shipping Options
20 Friday Mar 2020
Delivery services are convenient, easy, and appealing—for consumers, that is. For providers, they can be challenging, expensive, and frustrating, but …
Amazon Returns Are Getting Easier—And More Environmentally Friendly
02 Monday Mar 2020
Amazon is a lot of things to a lot of people, but one thing that it has never been able …
H&M’s Different Kind of Clickbait
12 Wednesday Feb 2020
The drive to produce clothing more quickly but less expensively is widespread, but its most prominent source might be the …
Amazon Unveils Beauty Store for Professionals
30 Monday Sep 2019
Hair stylists, estheticians, and barbers looking to stock the best products for their clientele often must seek out their supplies …
Amazon Adds Rite Aid Locations to Package Delivery Network
16 Monday Sep 2019
Let’s count the ways that Amazon can get your order into your hands: Shipping to your door, often requiring you …
FedEx Says Its Ending Express Shipping Service for Amazon
15 Thursday Aug 2019
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Amazon’s unending, seemingly inevitable growth can be both a threat and an opportunity for its supply chain partners. For FedEx, …
Why Amazon Is Expanding Shipping and Logistics Services
06 Thursday Jun 2019
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In a recent abstract (“Amazon’s Pitch to Woo Shippers: Fewer Fees than FedEx, UPS”), we described the retailer’s entry into …
New Job for Robots: Taking Stock for Retailers
10 Wednesday Apr 2019
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For big retailers, operating in omnichannel environments, accurate inventory assessments would require nearly constant reviews by human staffers—and even that …
Walmart Toughens Delivery Demands for Suppliers
09 Tuesday Apr 2019
Performance metrics are most effective when they are specific. Accordingly, Walmart is changing the way it assesses, rewards, and penalizes …