The retailer wants suppliers that ship full trucks of products to deliver orders within a specified two-day window 87 percent of the time, up from an 85-percent rate it targeted previously.
Consumers are more conscientious about their purchases than ever before. They expect organizations to meet a certain set of ethical standards, and supply chains aren’t exempt from scrutiny.
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has extended the deadline to participate in its annual Supply Chain Innovation Award, in partnership with SupplyChainBrain.
The conventional notion about online shoppers is that they want it now, and they want it for free. But a new study refutes that assumption, at least partially.