Expedited shipping helps organizations elevate their competitive edge, enhance customer satisfaction, and swiftly respond to supply chain disruptions—all while keeping inventory costs in check. Here’s how to speed up expedited shipping success.
The words “expedited shipping” can sometimes prompt the notion that someone, somewhere along the supply chain, goofed. As a result, the company needs to spend more to speed a shipment along.
While expedited shipping remains an important tool for compensating for missteps, savvy organizations take a more strategic approach. For example, they might leverage expedited shipping to boost customer satisfaction and their competitive position.
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Expediting Advances
Expedited shipping will likely remain popular, given how accustomed almost everyone has become to near-instant delivery timeframes, as well as the ways in which it can be used strategically.
The tools used to expedite, however, are likely to change. For instance, some larger companies are experimenting with drone delivery. “It’s a question of when, not if,” says Darpan Seth, CEO of tech firm Nextuple.
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