The challenges facing global supply chains call for rapid, agile solutions, and procurement teams need to be equipped with more than just basic e-sourcing tools
Customers have come to expect a certain level of convenience and service. This includes the ability to browse items online or in a physical store, and have those items delivered to them – or to a place of their choosing – on the same or the following day.
Over the past 10 years, customers have developed a desire to have what they want, when they want it – even when the distribution center holding that item is across the country.
Between rising consumer demand, supply shortages, and growing economic concerns, shippers are faced with disruption from every possible angle, leaving many questions unanswered. How do you effectively mitigate risk and build a resilient supply chain?
The pandemic has dramatically increased the ecommerce order volumes for retailers especially within the grocery, fashion, electronics and the DIY segments. Make your fulfillment operations agile and responsive.
Shipping errors frequently occur because of incorrect picking operations, which accumulates about 5% of annual shipping costs. Aside from the financial damage this can cause a company, faulty picking operations often result in an incorrect item being shipped, an incorrect number of items being shipped, or an item shipped to the wrong address.