What Is Logistics Planning? Logistics planning is a planning process that helps businesses achieve their logistics objectives, gain competitive advantage, and improve customer satisfaction. It involves designing plans to help organizations achieve the 7 “rights” of...
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How Companies Can Reduce Parcel Shipping Costs in 2022
Different Factors to Consider One of the top priorities for eCommerce businesses and shippers alike is finding ways to manage and reduce parcel shipping costs. There are different factors that affect your business’s bottom line lead to higher profits overall. Finding...
How Predictive Analytics Helps Improve Supply Chain Operations
What Is Supply Chain Predictive Analytics? Supply chain predictive analytics use historical and present data and analytics techniques to predict future outcomes. Supply chain managers use sophisticated predictive analysis tools to identify patterns in past data and...
Cyber Monday and Tips for Shippers to Stay Ahead of the Curve
What Is Cyber Monday? Cyber Monday is a major eCommerce-exclusive shopping event that falls on the first Monday after Thanksgiving weekend. It’s one of the most anticipated sales-boosting opportunities for businesses and shippers as consumers eagerly await exclusive...
Do Fedex, USPS, UPS do Black Friday Mail Delivery?
What Is Black Friday? Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year in the United States, and falls on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Black Friday is a public holiday in some states and is considered by many to kick off the US holiday shopping season....
Sifted at PARCEL Forum ‘22: Our Recap
In October, Sifted traveled to Chicago to attend PARCEL Forum ‘22, the largest event for eCommerce-centric B2B and B2C small parcel shippers. In its 20th year, the show had its second highest attendance. Attendees were treated to a lineup of presentations on emerging...
Delivery Exceptions: How to Handle Them
What Is a Delivery Exception? A delivery exception (also known as shipment exception) is when package delivery gets delayed for unavoidable reasons such as a damaged or lost package, missing labels, or bad weather conditions. Here’s how major shipping carriers define...
The Importance of Business Intelligence in Supply Chains
What is Business Intelligence? Business intelligence (BI) is a method of collecting and analyzing business data to uncover valuable insights for making better-informed business decisions. It turns raw data from different sources into a structured, visual medium such...
Black Friday and How Shippers Can Combat Potential Shipping Delays
What is Black Friday? Black Friday an annual shopping event that takes place the day after Thanksgiving. It is considered by many to kick off the holiday season in the United States. Black Friday offers a tremendous opportunity for both large and small businesses to...
Black Friday: What Shippers Can Expect in 2022
What is Black Friday? Black Friday is the first day after Thanksgiving (the last Thursday in November). Considered the first day of the holiday shopping season, the term Black Friday was used by Philadelphia police officers in the 1960s to describe the heavy traffic...