Forklift Friday Fast 5

Welcome to Lift Truck Supply’s Forklift Friday Fast 5. Each week we will be sharing articles from around the web to keep you up to date on the latest news, technology, and interesting happenings in the material handling, distribution, logistics, and supply chain arena.

Check out what we are reading this week and get in the know!

1. THE REWARDS OF GETTING RETURNS AND REVERSE LOGISTICS RIGHT With at least 30% of products ordered online being returned and shoppers wanting free return shipping, it’s clear that a well-managed returns policy will attract new customers and boost loyalty, but how to achieve it is another matter.
2. UBER’S FLYING-CAR PLAN MEETS THE REGULATOR IT CAN’T IGNORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT is finally embracing drones. This week, the FAA endorsed 10 pilot projects that will see UAVs delivering medicine, inspecting infrastructure, monitoring the border, and more.
3. TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY IS HERE BUT A BIT CONFUSING “The appetite for new transformative technological approaches is hearty, yet confusion within the market continues to impact velocity,” says Stuart Carlaw with ABI Research.
4. CHAIN OF COMMAND: A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT DILEMMA Ask the Expert: Lean Leadership’s Larry Fast discusses the roles and responsibilities of the plant-level continuous improvement manager and the corporate CI team.
5. OEM-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS SLUMP IN 2018 Supplier relationships with five of the six major automakers declined in Planning Perspectives’ Annual Supplier Working Relations study this year.

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