GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

million in 2020 , with compromised employee accounts the most common cause. Your transportation consultant can help develop response strategies to ensure your supply chain continues to operate while the problem is addressed. Capacity constraints and transportation delays. The average cost of a data breach reached $3.86

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. million in 2020 , with compromised employee accounts the most common cause. Capacity constraints and transportation delays. The average cost of a data breach reached $3.86

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2019

The story will continue into 2020 as ERP vendors claw their way to market relevance. Examples include allocation, available-to-Promise, and transportation routing. Outside-in Transportation. Telematics and outside-in data redefines transportation. Good Clouds Gathering Over The Supply Chain.

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Requis

JANUARY 9, 2020

Here are the supply chain trends that we see shaping the conversation, and the actual evolution, of B to B in 2020. Another example from fulfillment might involve things like faster alternate transportation route planning in case of the unexpected, or monitoring cargo temperature for shipments of perishable food or medicines.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 14, 2020

The staff at Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) writes, “Just five short months ago, the consumer goods industry was focused on building a supply chain to support the omnichannel era, focusing on four key areas: demand planning, fulfillment, manufacturing, and last-mile delivery. .” ” Concluding thoughts.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 8, 2023

One of its most valuable platforms, electronics payment provider Ant Group , had its planned IPO halted in 2020 because of government restrictions. At the time of the announcement in April of this year, Alibaba had reportedly wiped out $600 billion of its former $800 billion valuation since October 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

It was a good mix of topics and authors, including a good number from our Logistics Viewpoints sponsors. Top Five Transportation Trends ; Chris Cunnane. From a transportation standpoint, this has included major technological advancements. So, let’s take a look now at the 15 most popular logistics stories of 2022.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 24, 2021

I have been a ToolsGroup partner since 2015, after working over 10 years at a global consumer goods company, where I started knowing and enjoying the benefits of ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+). Overstocks can lead to unacceptable surplus costs and waste; insufficient stock leads to unmet demand and poor service levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars is one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world. The second goal was to work with a fourth party logistics (4PL) partner that had invested in cutting-edge transportation management and visibility solutions. A 4PL is a company that plans and executes transportation on behalf of their customers.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

The report authors noted the first drop in manufacturing output since June 2020. The July 2022 Manufacturing ISM© Report on Business reported the lowest PMI value since June 2020. The report authors indicated that this was the sharpest decline in production since the initial wave of Covid-19 lockdowns in May 2020. slipping 2.3

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Specifically for retail and consumer goods focused supply chain management teams, a short-term tactical concern is the ongoing management of excess product inventories, which in many cases, need to be trimmed before the end of the year. Taking Advantage of Transportation and Logistics Market Dynamics. averaged $2.37

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Transportation utilization reportedly dipped a hefty 9.5 percentage points In May, noted as an indication that shippers are consuming even less of available capacity than the month earlier. Consequently, transportation prices reportedly declined 8.9 That summation reinforces that the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In summarizing the challenges and performance of industry supply chains over the last three years, we start with the year 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic initially impacted global economies and businesses. One of the most valuable learnings of 2020 was the value and dedication of people in supporting supply chain customer fulfillment needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

We indicated in our commentary that August usually represents the global supply chain ramp-up for supporting Q3 and Q 4 holiday spending on consumer goods, gifts and seasonal merchandise. The second half of the year has traditionally been the busiest period in material, transportation and logistics flows.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, writes, “Today, an estimated 90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea, with 60% of that — including virtually all your imported fruits, gadgets and appliances — packed in large steel containers. These boxes were called ‘Transporters.’

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

According to data from the Consumer Brands Association (CBA), CPG sales in 2020 grew by 9.4% Everything from food and beverage products to home improvement items saw a significant consumption bump as buyers, sidelined by pandemic restrictions, diverted their purchasing habits from experiences to consumer goods.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The stark truth is that planning and optimizations are done in many departments within a business, such as supply, manufacturing, distribution, warehouse, transportation, budget, labor, and so on. Logility Blog, 27 October 2020. [5] Even during so-called “normal” times, supply chain planning can be difficult.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

The funding was aimed toward expanding the company’s go-to-market programs in consumer goods, retail, logistics, manufacturing, and distribution industries, as well as further development of its Cosmic Frog supply chain design platform. The provider’s SAILS flagship application introduced supply chain vulnerability analysis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design. The vacancy rate was over 5 percent in the third quarter of 2020. The number of companies levying supply-chain charges also is growing, said David Friedler, managing partner at consumer-goods consultancy Simpactful.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2021

After a tumultuous 2020, the trucking market may be setting up for a bit more stability in the 12 months ahead. And although trucking has been booming for much of 2020, conditions show little signs of drastically waning in the coming few quarters. Following the first quarter, we also may see a similar summer demand boost to 2020.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 16, 2021

percent higher than October 2020.”[2] In 2020, grocery prices increased 3.7% According to Meyersohn, “Food manufacturers and grocers have faced higher costs for commodities, labor, transportation and other expenses during the pandemic. percent from September 2021 to October 2021 and was 5.4 from the year prior.”

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 8, 2021

This imbalance has left CPG brands feeling the pinch as more volume enters the freight market than can be reasonably transported. But the impact of the global pandemic brought the topic directly into the public consciousness as consumers have begun to face out-of-stocks and other supply chain challenges more regularly.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 15, 2021

Benefits of Logistics Partnerships Add Up for Sporting Goods Shippers . Successful consumer goods organizations of all varieties now have a common attribute—a retail optimized supply chain. As specialists in the industry, logistics providers can offer much more than transactional transportation.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 4, 2023

COVID-19 Ernst & Young LLP conducted a survey of 200 senior-level supply chain executives in late 2020 and 2022. As of March 27, 2023, the average price of diesel is $4.128, which is the lowest it’s been since February 2022. At this time, the AB5 law is in effect and being enforced.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared the end of the Covid-19 pandemic after identifying and designating that state of a global-wide pandemic in May 2020, three long years and 1,220 days ago. Teams were challenged with simultaneous component supply and product demand disruptions.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

As an example, in the latter half of 2020 and the first half of 2021, large as well as specialty retailers were financially benefiting from the post-pandemic economy in the U.S. and specifically increased demand for many forms of pandemic related consumer goods.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

MHS Global has grown rapidly over the last few years, partially due to a string of acquisitions including that of Atronix in 2017; VanRiet, A2i, and OCM in 2018; and eMotion Controls in 2020. From an industry perspective, the company is focused on fashion and apparel, grocery, and industrial and consumer goods.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

They collectively provide evidence that the prior disruptions still occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the latest manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China, will have a longer economic and service level effect in the coming months. in March, and the lowest level recorded since August 2020.

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3PL Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2020

15, 2020— Evans Distribution Systems, a provider of third-party logistics and supply chain solutions, has earned another ISO 9001:2015 certification for its fifth facility located on Huron River Drive in Romulus, Mich. MELVINDALE, Mich. , The ISO 9001:2015 certification is the leading industry standard for quality management.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

Despite a global pandemic, many in the consumer goods industry posted a strong 2020 driven by increased demand for their products as consumers redirected spending away from experiences to CPG. This elevated demand level will have similar effects on the freight market that were present during the latter half of 2020.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

According to a 2020 Harvard Business Review study , women were rated as more effective leaders in a crisis. Michela: Over my career I have seen resistance to change; but now supply difficulties due to the shortage of raw materials, and increase in purchase prices and transport costs are making constant supply chain evolution imperative.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 14, 2022

He explains, “JIT is about providing end-use consumers with exactly what is needed, when it is needed, with the right level of quality and features, in the right quantity, at the right price. Seen from the end consumer’s point of view, our global provisioning system is anything but JIT.” ” Footnotes. [1]

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

logistics industry, the freight railroads and three of the nation’s largest transportation labor unions managed to reach a tentative agreement the the early hours of Thursday, September 15th. According to reporting from SupplyChainDive, “ The deal includes a 24% wage increase over the five-year period from 2020 through 2024 with a 14.1%

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o9 Solutions

JUNE 21, 2021

The partnership, which was announced in 2020, has already proved to be extremely valuable to Chinese customers. The ability to execute and deliver value to multiple customers in the consumer goods and manufacturing industries has proven to be a success. o9 selected vTradEx as its official reseller for the Chinese market.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2021

According to a Logistics Management survey of industry professionals, “there is a strong sentiment that the 2021 Peak Season will be more active than it was a year ago, with 79% of respondents indicating that will be the case, with 16% contending it will be similar to 2020, and 5% expecting it to be less active.”. Supply Side Constraints.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

Elevated transportation and logistics costs and longer transit times have impacted profitability, despite ongoing price increases imposed on products. In 2021, Nike experienced discernable production and transportation disruptions for products sourced in Vietnam as suppliers struggled with Covid-19 lockdowns, labor and transport shortages.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

FTR’s vice president of transportation, Avery Vise, said, “By the end of next year, spot rates should still be running higher than they were even at the peak of the market in 2018.” The past year’s consumer spending continued to build on the momentum established during the first year of the pandemic.

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