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How the Rapid Growth of Ecommerce Is Driving Changes in Logistics and Transportation Management

Strategy Driven

To maintain customer loyalty and stand out from the crowd, most e-commerce companies are continually trying to offer cheaper and faster shipping or easier returns. However, for e-commerce businesses, shipping parcels to different locations safely and punctually requires complex planning.

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Will Moneyball Analytics Kill Loyalty and Leadership?

Harvard Business Review

The cultural values of loyalty and leadership are being redefined by the economic value of forecasting methodologies (PDF). The catch, which Morey freely acknowledges, is that it's still very difficult to measure what role personal loyalty plays in inspiring extra efforts that yield better results. Yesterday" is a sunk cost.