March, 2012

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E-Commerce Rebounds: Is Your Company Ready?

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If the customer is always king in apparel, he sure seems more and more likely to prefer doing his shopping straight from the throne. E-commerce is back -- in a big way. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, e-commerce sales topped $50 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011.

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Supply Chain Management:Bricks and Clicks - The New Business.

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Navigating the Chaotic World of Ocean Freight Rates for Apparel Companies

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Think of us as modern day Will Turners , protecting your apparel on the high seas from the nefarious, notorious pirates of, er, inexorable global economic forces. For example, the Baltic Dry Index is basically an index tracking how much it costs to move raw material by sea. But for our purposes, it's a good indicator for examining the price of cargo shipping in general -- and how difficult it can be to secure advantageous ocean freight rates.

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Consolidated Shipments for Apparel: How Much Could You Save?

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As we mentioned last time here on The Apparel Logistics Group blog , mopping up as many little opportunities for savings possible throughout your supply chain can make the difference between a product line's success and failure. Negotiating down shipping costs is one way. Maximizing shipping efficiency is another. This is most commonly done through what's called "shipping consolidation and deconsolidation" -- also known as "group shipping" -- a key part of our apparel 3PL service

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Rethinking warehouse work culture: Can automation create better workplaces?

Heico Sandee, CEO of Smart Robotics, explores how automation redefines warehouse culture. By shifting repetitive tasks to skill-based roles, automation improves safety, fosters collaboration, and makes warehousing more appealing to today’s workforce.

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Apparel IT Outsourcing: Logistics Made Easy and Efficient

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Apparel supply chain management without cutting edge information technology is like fighting with one hand tied behind your back, racing Talladega with one flat tire, swimming the 100-meter butterfly in a burqa… you get the point. It might sound like a fun challenge, but it probably won't be friendly to the bottom line.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 1

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Supply Chain Management:Challenges Faced By E-Retailers in India

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What does the future hold for brick and mortar stores? - Infosys Blogs

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Day 3 (Last Day) - Infosys Blogs

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

Discover strategies to optimize load building and achieve significant transportation cost savings. Plus, learn how load optimization can help reduce CO 2 emissions and align with climate regulations and consumer expectations. Finally, discover best practices for sustainable load optimization.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 2

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 0

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Supply Chain Management:Flying Robots in a Warehouse?

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Supply Chain Management:Leveraging Social Media for Improving.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.

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Supply Chain Management:Preventing Failed Deliveries.

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