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

Strategy Driven

How is Ecommerce Transforming Logistics and Transportation Management? However, for e-commerce businesses, shipping parcels to different locations safely and punctually requires complex planning. The proximity to urban areas allows parcels to get delivered faster, which is a key differentiator.

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Explain Your New Strategy By Emphasizing What It Isn’t

Harvard Business Review

Yet, according to Donald Sull’s research in the March issue of HBR, almost half of top executives cannot connect the dots between their company’s strategic priorities; and two out of three middle managers say they simply do not understand their strategic direction. You can accomplish the same thing with waitlists.

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

” According to Der Standard , an Austrian newspaper , mailing a parcel from Munich to Salzburg (distance: 145km; 90 miles) costs many times more than mailing it from Munich to Berlin (distance: 585km; 364 miles). According to estimates by McKinsey , if France were to shift into a higher gear and equal the U.K.’s

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