When you run an online business, it’s your responsibility to keep the business secure, both for yourself and your customers. To handle various issues with payment gateway worldwide functionality, you need to take care. Here are the payment protection tips you can take to protect both yourself and your customers from the risks of online commerce.
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Understanding Outbound Call Centers !
Before learning about outbound call center services, let’s discuss the types of call centers. There are 3 types, such as inbound, outbound, and virtual. Further, these three are categorized as Domestic and International depending on whether they serve within the country or outside.
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Technological breakthroughs have ushered in extraordinary transformations in the ever-changing field of supply chain management. The supply chain is undergoing a revolution thanks to innovations like blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT).
These technologies in logistics and supply chain are not only improving efficiency and visibility but also enabling entirely new ways of managing and optimizing the supply chain.
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EBOOK HEREWe all know and regularly purchase Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG, often also referred to as Consumer Packaged Goods, or CPG). As the name suggests, these are the products that we buy most frequently, such as tinned food, canned drinks, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, biscuits, toilet paper and coffee.
The way consumers bought these products was already changing before the pandemic. Companies like Unilever have been experimenting with subscriptions for several years now and the growth of e-commerce has led to a change in grocery shopping.
But how has the pandemic accelerated changes in the way that consumers find and purchase these products?
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As consumers the complexity in the retail supply chain is usually oblivious to us. We go to the store and pick up the goods that we want. Or we order goods online from our devices at home, in the office, or anywhere for that matter. We consume the items, returning them if necessary, unaware of all of the work that went into making those goods available to us.
A phenomenal amount of activity goes on behind the scenes to make this experience as seamless as possible. I am not saying that it always goes smoothly. Sometimes items are broken. They are late. Or there is some other issue.
But behind the curtain that is Retail there are a lot of people managing a lot of processes and dealing with a lot of complexity earnestly trying to make your goods available to you.
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Brands labeled as having a Green Supply Chain have started becoming synonymous with sustainability, trustworthiness, quality and forward thinking.
For this very reason, companies globally are frantically climbing to the tallest of buildings to shout out their dedication to supply chain sustainability, and describe the sustainable actions that will follow ‘according to their 2020 initiatives’.
I don’t mean to come off snarky, but there is a clear-cut discourse that has formed between brands actualizing supply chain sustainability, and those who are marketing supply chain sustainability.
Continue reading “The Green Supply Chain: True Sustainability or Just a Marketing Stunt?”What is Cloud-Based Supply Chain Management?
Such a thing as cloud-based supply chain management has emerged as a game-changer for businesses, offering numerous benefits, models, and software types that can significantly contribute to their growth.
By utilizing cloud technology, companies can streamline their supply chain operations, enhance collaboration, and improve overall efficiency.
Today, InData Lab Cloud Solutions specialists will help us to look in detail at these solutions for supply chain management, which can benefit your business growth. Let’s start!
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Living in a digital age has come with many practical and technical advantages. Our tools have become faster and more efficient. But unfortunately, they’re not always used for good.
As fintech becomes more accessible to companies around the world, scammers have found an increasing number of opportunities to break into financial systems, making businesses like yours vulnerable to theft, corruption, and significant loss of data.
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The need to strengthen supply chain cannot be overstated; it’s vital for efficiency, profitability, and reputability against competitors.
However, the chain must be streamlined to avoid wasting time and money. This means making sure every aspect of the process is working as it should, including logistics and operations, suppliers, and the internal team.
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With so many things currently happening on the container shipping front, we bet supply chain and logistics managers are having a hard time focusing. There are are certainly many questions that keep supply chain and logistics professionals up at night, regardless of the current socio-economic and geo-political situations.
Have a look at our infographic to remind you of 16 things you should always keep in mind when looking at supply chain and logistics.
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We are at an interesting inflection point in the history of Supply Chain and Logistics. It is no longer sufficient to think locally. We must think global logistics!
I recently had the opportunity to talk with La Chang, CEO at Think Global Logistics (TGL). Here is that Podcast!
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At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. This interview is with Scott Cleaver, Chief Operations Officer at ecobee.
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Counterfeiters can cause a lot of damage to your Amazon business. They can undercut your prices, skimming valuable profit from your listings. And even worse, they can really tarnish your reputation, discouraging customers from trusting you. Amazon is aware it has a counterfeit problem and has launched Amazon Project Zero.
The eCommerce giant has faced many lawsuits from brands saying that it is not doing enough to fight copycats in the marketplace.
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It’s amazing how quickly $4 trillion dollars can change a conversation about rare earth elements.
With the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, and the resulting supply chain fallout, many have speculated on how the U.S. found itself so reliant on a foreign country, mainly China, but certainly others.
The Covid19 global pandemic has cruelly exposed the utter dependence of the US and the world on China’s mass manufacturing capability and supply of critical medical equipment and materials. Not only are personal protective equipment and medical ventilators in a massive short supply, Chinese supplied medical tests have also been found to be inaccurate when used in various countries.
This acute shortage and dependence has raised alarms and questions about remediation supply chain strategies for materials and finished products.
Why are we so dependent on these countries and what can we do about it?
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In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic the need for complete, end to end Supply Chain visibility has never been more important!
The necessity for visibility started with store shelves being emptied of toilet paper, food, and various household items. People were panic buying in the face of the unknown implications of the pandemic. More and more countries and jurisdictions were locking down their citizens, temporarily shutting down businesses and enforcing social distancing and self isolation.
The chronic need for Supply Chain visibility has become of utmost importance with the overwhelming strains on global healthcare systems and networks. Hospitals and support organizations have been running low on masks, personal protective equipment and ventilators.
Most alarming is that projections of the heightened demand for these items are not met with broad visibility as to the supply and inventory of these items.
Supply Chain visibility and the Digital Supply Chain has never been more important!
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