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Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Barbara Schielke Chief HR & CSR Officer for Asendia explains how carbon offsetting, emissions reporting per parcel, and supply chain efficiencies are helping retailers green their e-commerce fulfilment. The International Post Corporation (IPC), found 44% of online shoppers have changed their purchasing behaviour to be more sustainable.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

The staff at GlobalTranz notes, “Last mile logistics is among the most misunderstood parts of transportation networks. On the surface, last-mile may not seem very important, but it can make up 28 percent of a shipment’s total cost. To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

The staff at GlobalTranz notes, “Last mile logistics is among the most misunderstood parts of transportation networks. On the surface, last-mile may not seem very important, but it can make up 28 percent of a shipment’s total cost. To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system.

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2023 and Enhancements for QAD Adaptive Applications

QAD

This includes integrating multi-currency, multi-GAAP, and multi-entity financials, implementing best practice purchasing, and utilizing real-time data and flexible analytics. QAD Global Trade & Transportation Execution (GTTE) adds integration capabilities with QAD SRM to boost efficiency and cost of ownership.

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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

Thomson Reuters purchased the global trade compliance vendor Integration Point in 2018. Many multinationals have engineered their global supply chains to minimize taxation by creating subsidiaries in low taxation nations like Switzerland, Ireland, and Singapore. Every customer seems to want to manage them differently.”

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Empowered Consumers Require Omnichannel Strategies

Enterra Insights

Developing these capabilities involves decisions such as whether to insource or outsource activities including e-commerce fulfillment, transportation, and returns and how to integrate these and other processes with the rest of your supply chain.” Adapt your operating model. Invest in technology and analytics. Footnotes. [1]

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Packaging Manufacturing Predictions Post-Pandemic

QAD

According to McKinsey , many execs report that their companies moved 20 to 25 times faster than what they thought possible to build supply chain redundancies, improve data security and expand the use of advanced technologies in operations. E-commerce is Booming. All of the growth in retail in 2020 came from e-commerce.