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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 …
Why Amazon Is Expanding Shipping and Logistics Services
06 Thursday Jun 2019
Category Archives: Chapter 10: Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
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 …
Amazon’s Pitch to Woo Shippers: Fewer Fees than FedEx, UPS
11 Monday Mar 2019
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A small company, thrilled to get its products listed on Amazon, might face an unpleasant and unexpected surprise following its …
E-Commerce Companies Get Creative in Quest for “Last Mile” Space
04 Monday Feb 2019
When is a parking garage not a parking garage? During the busy holiday shipping season, the answer is, “when it’s …
UPS’s Christmas Wish: A Delivery Surge It Can Handle
30 Wednesday Jan 2019
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Although the challenge happens nearly every year, it just keeps getting bigger: How can delivery services handle the massive increase …
Amazon Targets Unprofitable Items, With a Sharper Focus on the Bottom Line
25 Friday Jan 2019
Shoppers might prefer to order bulky, heavy household products (e.g., cans of soup, bottled beverages) to be delivered, so that …
How Robots and Drones Will Change Retail Forever
08 Tuesday Jan 2019
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Grasping and placing. Those are two rather basic tasks for humans, who constantly and unthinkingly pick up items and move …
Sears Seeks to Repair Fraying Supply Chain in Bankruptcy
21 Friday Dec 2018
What happens when one member of a vast supply chain gets in trouble? Do the other members respond with assistance …
Is Apparel Manufacturing Coming Back to America?
07 Friday Dec 2018
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Many of the trends that led manufacturers to move most of their production facilities to various locations around the world …