E2open Parent Holdings, the connected supply chain SaaS platform, has released the latest edition of its Ocean Shipping Index.
Fulfillment services charge according to the items that need shipment. In other words, you will pay for the shipment cost only if you get an order. If you handle the warehousing yourself, the expenses will be fixed, and it can be problematic for a new branch. However, sometimes the offers...
Customers can also receive delivery status updates by e-mail, SMS, or mobile app push notifications when the package leaves the origin country, arrives in the destination country, or fails. This information positively influences customer satisfaction. Consequently, we propose the following hypothesis. ...
So far, in Madagascar the prevalence of HIV is estimated to be low [86] but, given that the epidemio- logical surveillance is not yet satisfactory [86], figures might differ from the real situation in the country. This could stimulate the conceptualization of more compre- hensive integrated...
, the destination country, the contents of services (tracking, compensation, re-sending, etc.), price, quantity, and characteristics of the goods, the weather, freight rates, and other indicators to better combine different logistics transportation and distribution methods. For example, if the e-...
(LSH) sector, which is one of the booming industries in the country, with an expected annual growth rate of 6.3% and anticipated revenue of €7.1bn (US$6.9bn) by 2023. To serve the needs of the LSH sector, the site has been designed to meet the DHL G...
Building on the work of Jones and Kierzkowski (1990), economists have been writing models that describe how firms are increasingly fragmenting production processes into various stages or tasks and moving them to more advantageous locations (e.g., Deardor
Delivery uncertainty: The delivery of physical goods is recognized as one of the main barriers to the free cross-border flow enabled by e-commerce, due to high costs and long times of shipment. Many factors can cause time and cost uncertainty in the delivery process, including unexpected events...
Additional flooding is expected in several of the provinces already affected, especially in the south and center of the country, which includes the largest watersheds of the Chari River, with communities located within the limits of the riverbed. Source: International Federation of Red Cross and ...
The logistics performance index reflects perceptions of a country's logistics based on the efficiency of customs clearance process, quality of trade- and transport-related infrastructures, ease of competitively- priced shipment arrangements, quality of logistics services, ability to track and trace ...