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Alleviating the Uncertainty of Peak Season: The Role of Home Delivery in 2024

Logistics Viewpoints

In addition, the holiday shopping period between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year is 26 days—five days shorter than in 2023—potentially creating additional headaches for online vendors and their delivery partners attempting to fulfill a greater volume of orders in less time. billion in sales.

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Accurate Costing Information Lacking in Supply Chain

Material Handling and Logistics

Supply chain and finance departments need to work more closely and adopt costing practices that are progressive and focused on informing internal decisions. Supply chain professionals aren’t getting the cost information that they need according to a recent survey from APICS and the Institute of Management Accountants.

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Taking the Uncertainty out of Peak Season 2024

Logistics Business Magazine

According to the latest Home Delivery Consumer Sentiment Study 2024, two thirds (67%) of consumers experienced a problem with a delivery in the three month period surveyed. Building on this improved experience, retailers and delivery companies can avoid further consumer anxiety through improved communication at every touch point.

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Cargo Chat: BlueGrace Execs Talk Nearshoring

Blue Grace Logistics

Because most of these companies, their first step will be to build some sort of factory, some sort of distribution center in Mexico that would bring their supply chain closer to the U.S. “Nearshoring has the potential to boost the growth of Mexican manufacturing exports to the U.S., trillion economy. in 2022,” the report stated.

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