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Amazon takes to the air with fleet of Boeing jets
It’s not drones, but Amazon.com has found a new way to make quicker deliveries via air. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is leasing 20 Boeing 767 freighters as part of a deal with air cargo provider Air Transport Services. The agreement is intended to supplement Amazon’s existing delivery network. Amazon also purchased thousands of its own branded tractor-trailer trucks in December 2015. [Wall Street Journal]
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Survey: The leading cause of fulfillment error is…
Retailers looking to place blame for problems with inventory or fulfillment may want to find a target besides their IT systems.
According to a new survey of 200 retailers from inventory management technology provider Stitch Labs, two-thirds (63%) of inventory or fulfillment issues are caused by human error from manual process management. Delayed shipment from suppliers causes another 15% of inventory and fulfillment difficulties, with faulty technology only responsible only 12.5% of the time.

