Target also unveiled a plan to save as much as $3 billion by streamlining operations, but stopped short of mass job cuts. 

Capacity, reliability and cost containment are the most important factors in successful e-commerce delivery, says Rob Glover, vice president of sales at OSM Worldwide.

Creating resilient and agile supply chains requires leveragING economies of scale when working with suppliers while minimizing risk, disruptions and shortages

Dan Nevin, general manager with Inmar Post-Purchase Solutions, discusses how retail delivery services are coping with the impact of growing e-commerce volumes on greenhouse gas emissions.

Supply chains can use automation driven by artificial intelligence to bolster efficiencies, become more resilient and meet sales targets for the holiday season.

Victoria Ma, digital and innovation lead for North America with Miebach Consulting, explains how the exercise of process mining can help supply chains achieve a new level of agility in responding to orders and unexpected changes in customer demand.

Most CPG brands, distributors, outlet stores, and other participants in the supply chain have already seen the need for a supply chain control center. But do we also now need a control tower for machine learning models?

Pandemic or no pandemic, e-commerce shoppers have upped their expectations of retailers and their logistics partners, with an emphasis on transparency, says Brian Bourke, chief growth officer with Seko Logistics.

It isn't all about speed, says Satish Natarajan, founder and chief executive officer of DispatchTrack. E-commerce shoppers are more concerned about communication.

Mark Garland, president and chief executive officer of 4R Systems, describes the company's Vendor Order Optimization (VOO) product, which optimizes and prioritizes retailer orders from vendors.