Your Supply Chain Can Be a Marketing Advantage, But Are You Leveraging It?
Finding each and every competitive advantage that your company has can be a daunting task for your marketing department. It’s easy to see some of them, such as product features, price, or quality. However, many more are less tangible and relate to aspects of your company that may not be obvious as marketing advantages on […]
Mobile Tech Causing Major Shifts in Logistics Operations Around the World
Mobile technology has been causing major shifts in logistics operations around the world due to the widespread adoption of mobile technologies across the globe. The effects have been dramatic in both our daily lives and in the world of business. With every individual now constantly connected and accessible 24/7, the impacts of mobile technology have […]
Elevate Apparel Retail with Strategic 3PL Logistics Solutions
The apparel market is rapidly evolving, and many retailers are turning to 3PL services for a competitive advantage. Canadian apparel retailers are experiencing a very different market landscape than what existed even just a few years ago. E-commerce shifts are continually causing consumer purchasing habits to change, and their expectations for service and accessibility are […]
Benefits of Scalable and Flexible 3PL Warehousing Space
Growing companies are faced with many challenges, especially their supply chains. As the volume of products increases, market size grows, and new locations are added to the distribution range, Canadian businesses in particular encounter a wide range of factors that impact their ability to remain competitive. In order to gain competitive advantage, it’s critical to […]
Optimize Your Canadian Supply Chain with 3PL Services from Trusted Experts
There are thousands of transportation and warehousing companies in Canada, with each one claiming to have advantages over the others, and all of them competing for your business. However, if you’re going to trust such critical aspects of your business and the satisfaction of your customers to a third-party, you’re most certainly going to want […]
Increased Competition for Consumer Health Dollars: Pharma Companies vs. CPG Industry
With the value of the global healthcare marketplace projected to exceed $8.5 trillion by the year 2020, it should come as no surprise that there is increased competition for consumer health dollars. The barriers that previously existed between sectors of the healthcare industry that separated consumer-packaged goods from prescription and business-to-business entities have begun to […]
Health Care Embraces E-commerce Trends (article published in Modern Material Handling)
Is e-commerce a new trend in the healthcare space? Should healthcare suppliers and retailers embrace e-commerce? SCI’s director of health care strategy and sales, Roger Sharpe was recently interviewed by Josh Bond of Modern Materials Handling for the article on the state of online healthcare. As Amazon plans to move into the global healthcare market, […]
How 3PL Logistics Services from SCI are Making Retail E-commerce Better
There’s no denying that the rapid growth and evolution of e-commerce retail has created a fiercely competitive environment for Canadian companies in this sector. Furthermore, it doesn’t seem like this trend is likely to slow down any time soon, so you’ll need to take every step and leverage every advantage you can in order to […]
Why More Canadian Businesses are Leveraging 3PL Logistics Services
The global economy is continuing to evolve at a rapid rate, with distant markets now more accessible than ever and the ferocity of competition becoming greater every day. Canadian businesses are experiencing substantial pressure to improve all aspects of their operations in order to remain competitive and gain advantage in these challenging times. To do […]
Automation in Distribution & Warehousing
Automation in Distribution & Warehousing As companies grow and the needs of their established distribution and warehousing resources increase, there is a point at which alternative methods need to be incorporated in to the logistics processes of the business in order to manage these demands. These methods can come in several different forms, but one […]
The Different Reasons Small, Medium and Large Businesses Outsource to 3PLs
When people hear the word “outsource”, they tend to have a stereotypical image that pops in to their head of gigantic corporations hiring massive workforces in foreign countries. However, the reality is that outsourcing can be done by businesses of all sizes for a wide variety of reasons, especially in the world of logistics, in […]
E-commerce Bringing Major Changes to the Healthcare Industry
When it comes to world of healthcare, the evolution of e-commerce has had a varied impact on different segments within the industry. Some businesses that compete for consumer health care dollars have been fiercely fighting in online channels for many years, whereas other types of healthcare businesses are just now seeing a rising trend in […]
