E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

Amazon Accused of Treating U.K. Warehouse Staff Like Robots

June 5, 2018

Amazon has been accused of treating staff like robots as it emerged that ambulances had been called out 600 times to the online retailer’s U.K. warehouses in the past three years.

Ryder – Untangling the Complexities of efulfillment

June 4, 2018

Ryder

Ryder and Conagra: LEAN Warehouses Simplify Complicated Distribution

June 4, 2018

Ryder

U.S. Retailers to Spend More on Supply Chain Management This Year, Report Says

June 4, 2018

Supply Management

U.S. retailers plan to increase spending on supply chain management against a background of online retail expansion, according to a report.

When Will the Drones Start Flying?

June 1, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Look, up in the sky: See any drones yet?

New EU Privacy Law Affects More Than Just Retailers

May 31, 2018

B2B E-Commerce World

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation has taken effect, and although mostly viewed as setting data privacy requirements for retailers selling to individual consumers, it also affects manufacturers and distributors.

UPS Really Doesn’t Want to Ship Your Refrigerator With Your Socks

May 30, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

United Parcel Service Inc. jacked up fees by 30 percent to $650 for the largest items it delivers to discourage shippers from putting kayaks, refrigerators and other oversize items into a network meant for smaller parcels.

The U.S. Doesn’t Have Enough Truckers, and It’s Starting to Cause Prices of About Everything to Rise

May 30, 2018

The Washington Post

Joyce Brenny, chief executive of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, gave her truck drivers a 15 percent raise this year, but she still can't find enough workers for a job that now pays $80,000 a year.

Analysis: Traditional Packaging Fails for E-Commerce

May 29, 2018

Vijay Kasi and Tom Gildersleeve, CFO contributors

Using traditional product packaging in e-commerce can hurt the bottom line. For many companies, the practice triggers unnecessary, counterproductive costs several percent of their total cost of goods sold (COGS).

More Suppliers Are Losing Revenue Due to Cross-Channel Challenges

May 29, 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

As the global $1.9tr e-commerce landscape continues to expand, companies are facing difficulties successfully managing cross-channel commerce across continents, supply chains, and software systems, and are losing revenue as a result.

E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the e-commerce/omnichannel industry — which consists of companies engaged in internet retailing, including those with auxiliary brick-and-mortar stores. Learn how e-commerce/omnichannel companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.