Too sick to go to the store for your cough medicine and ordering it to receive tomorrow is not soon enough? Don’t worry, next-day shipping is quickly becoming a reality. With supply chains making use of military-grade algorithms and employees (both human and robots) on hand 24 hours a day, that cough medicine (or peanut butter, diapers, or anything else) can be delivered to you in only an hour.
Huge retailers, including eBay, Amazon, and Walmart, and some smaller start-ups are testing the use of next-day shipping and making the trillion-dollar online shopping economy a whole lot quicker. Get an inside look at each retailer’s distribution processes and how they are upping their shipment efficiency ante by clicking the green button below.
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