When it comes to e-commerce, what ships out often comes back—as much as 70% of the time, depending on the merchandise category. That means retailers must cope with a literal avalanche of returns. To find out how many of them have an effective, efficient reverse logistics strategy and what those best practices are, the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), the Reverse Logistics Association (RLA) and Supply Chain Management Review (SCMR) surveyed nearly 300 practitioners.

With blockchain, cross-border eCommerce and automation hitting supply chain headlines lately, eft surveyed senior executives on how these innovations and others will impact the industry moving forward.

At just 22, two-year WERC member Brandon Jeffries is actively preparing himself for a supply chain career. Currently employed by a major international parcel carrier, Jeffries joined WERC because of its educational resources. “I found WERC on the Internet when researching the logistics and supply chain management field,” he recalls. “Since joining, I’ve taken WERC courses online and attended Atlanta WERCouncil’s facility tour events.”

Strategic planning is important, but only if your organization gets around to strategic DOING! This session covers the nuts and bolts of a strategic plan, strategic doing / organizational buy-in and building accountability systems into the organization. The program will deal with the issues in a no-nonsense, ready-to-implement manner that stays away from theory and focuses on practicality.

With blockchain, cross-border eCommerce and automation hitting supply chain headlines lately, eft surveyed senior executives on how these innovations and others will impact the industry moving forward.

The last mile is bearing the brunt of the eCommerce boom. But, it’s expensive, inefficient and frustrating for consumers. So, how are businesses tackling these challenges? eft surveyed over 300 executives to get a better idea of how last mile is really impacting the industry.

2017 saw a number of positive industry trends and developments such as reports of growth in global forklift sales, a revival of the rental market, multiple mergers and a number of dealer developments. All this taken into account it would seem that 2018 is off to a good start.

Each year Forkliftaction News receives alarming reports on industrial accidents involving forklifts. Many of these accidents result in injury, disability and, far too often, death. Melissa Barnett asks manufacturers if good forklift design can improve safety and whether the most common forklift accidents can be prevented at the drawing board stage.