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Walmart Lowers their Shipping Requirements, but their Suppliers Still Struggle

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart fines suppliers whose goods arrive late or who have not shipped everything that they committed to ship. Walmart is not the only big retailer with OTIF requirements, but as the world’s largest retailer, and a company with stringent requirements , Walmart’s OTIF requirements are top of mind for consumer goods companies.

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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes – Plus Indago Highlights (Q3 2023)

Talking Logistics

The fourth quarter is typically a busy one for retail and logistics service providers, but as Paul Berger reported on August 29 in the Wall Street Journal, “this year’s peak shipping season is arriving with a whimper as merchants and consumer-goods suppliers continue to burn off excess.

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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

Fuel prices and a shortage of drivers are putting transport logistics under immense pressure. Taking all aspects into account is the only way for logistics companies to have a solid foundation for decision making and holistic optimization. Big data for real-time optimizations in transport logistics.

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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. Kimberly-Clark is public consumer goods company that generated over $19 billion in revenues last year. This is one of the company’s first steps to their digital transformation in shipping.

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What is Multi Carrier Shipping Software?

QAD

E-commerce is no longer limited to consumer goods. To thrive in this world, companies must make shipping cost-effective. Multi carrier shipping allows your company to become carrier-independent. The best multi-carrier solutions include more than just parcel shipping.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Ship with Walmart (SWW) was previously available only for cross-border orders. Walmart SWW currently offers FedEx and USPS shipping.

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Pharma companies will increasingly take cues from retail and consumer goods….why?

The Network Effect

If you want to know ahead of time the changes awaiting the pharmaceuticals supply chain it is useful to extrapolate experiences from the consumer and retail sectors, which were dealing with the same trends and pressures long before pharmaceuticals (for example, the proliferation of distribution channels).