project44 recently surveyed 750 consumers and 500 marketing executives to better understand where brands and consumers are aligned (and misaligned) on what makes a great delivery experience. The survey uncovered five compelling trends that all point to the emergence of the Delivery Economy.
Customer Service, Supply Chain
Estes Forwarding Worldwide’s Net Promoter Score Program directly supports its mission statement: to deliver the EFW Experience by exceeding expectations each and every time.
Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain
The impact of evolving consumer shopping behaviors on retailers and manufacturers is the focus of a new supply chain study by DiCentral, a B2B integration services provider, along with the Center for Supply Chain Research at Lehigh University.
Intermodal, Customer Service, Supply Chain
DLS Worldwide’s CRM System provides customers with a simple interface in which shippers can find multimodal quoting, booking and reporting, shipment tracking, and invoice management with online payment options.
Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain
This story examines how e-commerce retailers use last-mile fulfillment strategies to gain competitive advantage.
Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain
As businesses look for ways to improve and optimize the supply chain with customers in mind, they need to factor in elements that will allow them to leverage the supply chain in order to fuel customer loyalty.
Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain
Evaluating the continuing alignment of customer requirements, acceptable associated risk and service provider capability.
3PL, Customer Service, Logistics, Third-Party Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation
Working with a specialized transportation provider will save you time and headaches while keeping your customers happy and costs down.
Customer Service, Last Mile Delivery, Retail Logistics, Retail, Logistics, Supply Chain
A look at the metrics that shippers and their service providers use to evaluate the quality of customer service.
3PL, Customer Service, Logistics, Third-Party Logistics, Supply Chain, Visibility
Readers choose between cost and customer service as the most important selection criterion for a carrier or supplier.
Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain, Trucking, Transportation
Customer retention in today’s competitive marketplace is important. Thomas Griffin of DLS Worldwide offers the keys to customer retention.
Customer Service, Global Logistics, Retail, Logistics, Supply Chain
Brands who never anticipated going global are finding that they all of a sudden are, thanks to the progression of e-commerce and increasing customer expectations.
3PL, Customer Service, Logistics, Third-Party Logistics, Supply Chain
Using the best logistics IT available, and partnering with world-class carriers and 3PLs, can help you find a better way towards supply chain success.
E-commerce, 3PL, Customer Service, Retail, Logistics, Third-Party Logistics, Supply Chain
As entities responsible for brokering appropriate carrier rates, ensuring accurate quantities of orders and guaranteeing high quality of products, third-party logistics providers are extensions of companies’ brands.
3PL, Customer Service, Logistics, Third-Party Logistics, Supply Chain, Technology
Industry expertise is the most impactful way to positively affect customer service requirements.
3PL, Customer Service, Logistics, Third-Party Logistics, Partnership, Supply Chain
Year after year, the IL 3PL survey reveals the importance of great customer service to shippers.
Customer Service, Logistics, Partnership, Supply Chain, Technology , Visibility
Wholesale distributor Ideal Supply re-routed its delivery network through the cloud with the help of logistics technology provider Descartes.
Customer Service, Manufacturing
An instant selling and ordering procedure could be a differentiator for industrial companies looking to boost their customers' industrial buying experience.
Careers, Customer Service, Global Logistics, Logistics, Partnership, Supply Chain
Multiculturalism can be the competitive advantage that makes the critical difference in the success of your supply chain operations.
Customer Service, Cloud Computing, Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Technology
A real time tracking platform helps you revolutionize your logistics operations by improving service while reducing costs.
3PL, Customer Service, Logistics, Third-Party Logistics, Supply Chain
With so many choices available, varying freight, and small package shipping needs, the 3PL service offering needs to be about more than the transaction.
Customer Service, Retail Logistics, Retail, Logistics, Supply Chain
The true measure of customer service is what team members, carriers, and supply chain partners do when something goes wrong.
Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain, Technology
The real value of a software partner can be found in the days and weeks that come after the learning phase. Most customers are looking for a positive experience to happen after the purchase.
Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain
Three retailers explain how they use logistics and other functions to deliver outstanding customer service.
Customer Service, Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Retail, Logistics, Logistics I.T., Supply Chain Management
Retailers are implementing technology to more accurately forecast demand.
Customer Service, Logistics, Logistics I.T., Trucking, Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Supply Chain Management, Transportation
To help save money, shippers should build a strong relationship with their LTL carrier.
3PL, Global Economy, Customer Service, Freight Forwarders, Legislation, Public Policy, and Regulations, Logistics, Technology
When it came time to face the ACE, HW St. John bet on an automated solution that streamlines processes and deals customers a winning hand.
Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Transportation
A route planning systems can drastically reduce the time it takes to plan your transportation schedule. Other benefits include lower mileage and fuel usage, decreased carbon emissions, and increased customer service.
E-commerce, Customer Service, Retail
As e-commerce and ominchannel raise expectations, and consumers become more impatient, supply chain practitioners turn to technology to help them perform.
3PL, Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain Management
Technology is enabling an unprecedented level of transparency and communication to help shippers and their logistics providers understand each other's operations, and collaborate in ways that were much more difficult in the past.
Geodis Wilson helps Alfa Laval deliver complex cargo to global destinations.
Customer Service, Food Logistics, Supply Chain Management
Profile of Leslie Dean, senior director, supply chain, at Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt.
Air Cargo, E-commerce, Economic Development, Customer Service, Retail, Ocean, Logistics I.T., Ports, Trucking, Transportation Infrastructure, Supply Chain Management, Transportation
UPS makes major improvements to save Christmas; PANYNJ invests $5.5 billion to streamline port operations
E-commerce, Asia, China, Customer Service, Canada, Global Logistics, Retail, Partnership
Pilot program uses drones to deliver time-sensitive goods; Canadian government lines up two new bilateral trade agreements; Labor rights causing supply chain disruption; Using social media to understand carrier usage.
Customer Service, Global Logistics, Supply Chain Management
Kevin Hickey, Vice President, North American Customer Service for Maersk Line outlines the benefits of performance metrics, and the impact they have on carrier relationships and ongoing improvements.
Customer Service, Distribution, Inventory Management, Manufacturing, Legislation, Public Policy, and Regulations, Retail, Supply Chain Management
Executives at two leading companies weigh in on supply chain’s value to their organizations.
E-commerce, Customer Service, Education & Careers, Reverse Logistics, Retail
When it comes to keeping up with demand, Game Stop's Bruce Kulp doesn’t play around.
Customer Service, Partnership, Supply Chain Management
Many companies use social media to improve supply chain operations by connecting shippers and service providers.
E-commerce, Customer Service, Inventory Management, Retail, Materials Handling, Site Selection, Supply Chain Management, Warehousing
Chris Halkyard, chief supply chain officer for e-commerce site Gilt, discusses managing flash sale logistics.
E-commerce, 3PL, Customer Service, Retail, Supply Chain Management
As evolving retail models push shopper expectations, companies explore new models for delivering great customer service.
3PL, Customer Service, Supply Chain Management
Geodis Wilson helps integrated design technology company Dana Innovations expand its international supply chain.
E-commerce, Customer Service, Retail, Supply Chain Management
Companies such as Amazon show delivery speed and logistics agility provide the customer service levels retailers need to win.
Customer service is improving as some shippers and their service providers work to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) that measure customer service metrics.
Window and door maker Simonton partners with Cardinal Logistics for dedicated delivery to dealers and big box retailers across the United States.
Customer Service, Partnership, Transportation Management
Small companies face challenges in meeting the rules set out in vendor requirements manuals. Best practices help them comply with retailers’ supplier requirements successfully.
Customer Service, Last Mile Delivery
The use of new technology and tools—such as email, cellphones, and social media—allows shippers to stay involved, from order to final-mile delivery, no matter what the shipment, to create a superior customer service experience.
E-commerce, Customer Service, Retail, Warehousing
Retailers such as Brookstone, BuySeasons, Pet Supplies Plus, and Wayfair streamline their supply chains to deliver better customer service.
Distributor United Natural Foods Inc. worked with third-party logistics (3PL) provider Cardinal Logistics to consolidate from a multiple carrier network for its inbound logistics transportation to a dedicated contract carriage arrangement.
When Wells-Gardner Electronics Corporation outsourced its import and export shipping to Geodis Wilson, it reaped numerous supply chain benefits, such as reduced shipping times and improved shipment visibility, as well as avoiding duty and taxes.
Manufacturer Milo’s Tea Company outsourced its fleet to Ryder Supply Chain Solutions under a dedicated contract carriage arrangement. Benefits included reduced transportation costs, increased efficiency in managing seasonal surges, and improved fleet and driver reliability, which helped Milo’s better serve its customers.
Automotive component supplier IAC needed better control, visibility, and reporting to help weld its supply chain into a cohesive unit. ProTrans delivered innovation and customized solutions designed to control costs along IAC’s network.
John Rodeheffer of Zipline Logistics outlines how to find a 3PL that delivers "Golden Rule" customer service: who treat others as they want to be treated, with honest and transparent communication.
Customer Service, Last Mile Delivery
From traditional heavy goods shipments to the new influx of e-commerce-fueled home deliveries, the last mile plays a crucial role in the supply chain.
3PL, Customer Service, Supply Chain Management
Logistics providers who work to understand shippers' needs help create customer service success, as illustrated by case studies involving Pep Boys, McCain Foods, and USG Corporation.
To survive and grow in today's demanding, competitive economy, companies must excel at both supply chain management and customer service.
Customer Service, Distribution
When Boise Paper wanted to consolidate five Northeast region facilities into just one, it turned to Nexus Distribution for customer service excellence built on a sound implementation process.
Women’s apparel retailer Charming Shoppes praises the red-carpet treatment it gets from logistics partner Hyundai Merchant Marine.
3PL, Customer Service, Partnership, Supply Chain Management
A failure to communicate is the primary reason that 3PL relationships fall apart, according to Inbound Logistics' annual third-party logistics survey.
E-commerce, Customer Service, Supply Chain
Supply chain efficiencies can support brand strategies in key ways.
Customer Service, Supply Chain, Technology
New and noteworthy in the supply chain.
Companies fixating on a single process frees people’s time and energy for other tasks, but established processes can cease to be a means to an end and become ends in-and-of themselves.
Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
Rust-Oleum selected Celtic International, Transplace’s intermodal business unit, to provide intermodal and over-the-road transportation services for domestic shipments between its own facilities as well to its retailer customers.
Customer Service, Sourcing/Negotiations, Supply Chain
A profile of Matt Cantatore, COO of Ollie, a national service that delivers healthy, high-quality pet food that it sells direct-to-consumers.
Customer Service, Logistics, Supply Chain
This article first introduces Jim Bramlett’s Hassle Quotient score and how the internet has changed how companies compete, then focuses on how the Hassle Quotient applies to transportation and logistics.
Customer Service, Retail Logistics, Retail
This story explores some of the ways retailers use customer service to build customer loyalty, both in stores and in the e-commerce channel.
Customer Service, Inventory Management, Logistics, Supply Chain
The trends affecting supply chains require an agile approach.
3PL, Customer Service, Fulfillment, Supply Chain
Is outsourcing your fulfillment the best option for your business? Here are 15 important questions to ask a potential partner.
Customer Service, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management
Here’s how to navigate disruptions in the supply chain and turn them into new opportunities.
Intermodal, Customer Service, Logistics, Rail, Supply Chain, Transportation
E-commerce, Customer Service, Retail, Logistics, Supply Chain
Executing against the wrong e-commerce strategy – or not having a strategy at all – is a recipe for higher costs and lower customer satisfaction levels and can have a major negative impact on your business.
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