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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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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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

The approaches and technologies deployed before March 2020 are now legacy. The companies are just not good at managing inventories and orchestrating distribution strategies. The industry planning team expertise lags the consumer goods, and hi-tech industries. Be a good shipper. Recommendation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Small businesses getting squeezed out in push for warehouse space. Walmart began working with Alert in 2016 and launched a test of the autonomous cart-based system in a 20,000-square-foot warehouse connected to a supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire, in 2019. The vacancy rate was over 5 percent in the third quarter of 2020.

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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. A storm may leave roads closed, warehouses shut down, utilities lost, and employees stranded. million in 2020 , with compromised employee accounts the most common cause.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Retailers of virtually every size raced to bulk up online delivery offerings at the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, as consumers shifted to shopping online for everything from home décor to cleaning supplies. Experts say such sites will have to be clustered close to the state’s big ports and warehousing hubs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Further, the report indicates that many consumer goods firms reportedly achieved the inventory wind down they strove for throughout 2022. Noted was a late May decline, largely driven by a more pronounced shift in inventories in the second half of May, reflecting a higher rate of expansion in the first half.

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3PL Insights

JULY 15, 2021

Last week’s applications count marked the lowest level for claims since March 2020, the month the pandemic hit the U.S. million in the week ended July 3, also the lowest level since March 2020. million in the week ended July 3, also the lowest level since March 2020. Evans Distribution Systems, a Melvindale, Mich.-based

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Unfortunately, these sources are limited in providing any meaningful insight into the $760-billion consumer packaged goods market. Most brands lose sight of their products the minute they are shipped out of their warehouses — and don’t know whether or not consumers use their products correctly.”[3] Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

JULY 13, 2020

Jennifer Smith ( @jensmithWSJ ) reports, “Decisions are taking place across scores of loading docks, warehouses and logistics management offices as companies of all sizes take a new look at technology that can help them adapt their operations to a changing business landscape under coronavirus restrictions. Footnotes. [1] Just A Hype?

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 8, 2021

Trucking is a massive industry responsible for hauling the vast majority of goods that make it to the end consumer. Nearly every consumer good is loaded onto a truck at some point in its journey from manufacturer to destination. Truck Driver Short Exacerbated by COVID-19 Demand . Compensation Struggles .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars is one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world. In terms of finding a 4PL solution provider, Mars wanted a company that could engage in truck loading and route optimization, and schedule shipments into and out of their warehouses. This private, family-owned business is headquartered in the US.

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Resilinc

MAY 17, 2022

In recent years, WWA has determined, for example, that climate change made rainfall and flooding worse in Western Europe’s July 2021 floods and Southern Africa’s winter 2022 floods—but not in Vietnam’s fall 2020 floods. Resilinc suggests instead a bottom-up assessment based on an OEM’s own supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

To say that the pandemic made 2020 a very challenging year would be a gross understatement. And how can consumer goods companies learn from their performance in this pandemic to prepare for the future? They provide these solutions to some of the largest consumer goods and food & beverage companies in the world.

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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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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. Chinese manufacturing output had reportedly dropped by upwards of 30 percent as consumers shifted spending to services. and Europe.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Supply chain concerns, however, don’t focus solely on the movement of consumer goods. … Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach to Covid has idled factories and warehouses, slowed truck deliveries and worsened container logjams. Hospitals from the U.S. ” Consequences of Chinese Lockdowns.

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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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Stord

APRIL 11, 2022

in July 2020 and bottoming out at 1.07 To top it off, while average inventory levels are still low, there are retailers at the opposite end of the spectrum today, struggling to find warehouse space for excess products. of excess inventory because their current warehouse simply didn’t have space for it. in April 2021.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Logistics Managers, Manufacturing Directors and other Supply Chain leaders often rose from the shop floor, from front-line warehousing and transportation positions. Other industries that don’t ship physical goods (for example Financial Services or Insurance) have adopted sophisticated Strategic Sourcing methodology for their Procurement.

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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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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Five days later, the Ideal-X sailed into Houston, Texas, where waiting trucks collected the containers for delivery to local factories and warehouses. ”[6] With space finite, one would think that any innovation to create more room in existing space would be a good thing. ” Are Collapsible Shipping Containers the Answer? .”[6]

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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% Cost of Flour, Consumer Goods, Remains High. This steep rise in prices isn’t limited to flour, but has quickly spread to other consumer must-haves. With the agreement, the U.S.

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Elementum

MAY 19, 2022

Whether it’s the goods you require for your everyday life, or it’s the dollars pouring into the economy from the goods and services other people are buying, society’s wellbeing is directly connected to the health of the global supply chain. The US alone houses ten billion square feet of warehouse and distribution space.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Consider the demands placed on retailers, hotels, restaurants, and the stadiums themselves as they attempt to meet the very specific, time-sensitive demands of millions of tired, hungry, thirsty consumers. It’s hard to see an upside in the past two years of extreme supply chain disruption.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

in March, and the lowest level recorded since August 2020. That level of activity is equated to that of February 2020, at the start of the global wide Covid-19 spread that originated from China. Output for consumer goods reportedly had the second-strongest expansion while output for investment and intermediate goods performed weaker.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

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. As an example, one year ago, Walmart reported a 5.2

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

The effect has been cash and working capital headwinds and growing demands for warehouse space. . Such indications are increasing being interpreted by various economists to indicate that the consumer goods demand boom that fueled the post pandemic recovery could be shifting amid higher prices and inflation levels.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 26, 2018

“As logistics becomes the backbone of every industry like retail, e-commerce, consumer goods, and healthcare,” writes Nahata, “the business world today is aligning its strategies with respect to the ongoing and upcoming logistics trends, such as robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms.”

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Company executives cited good progress in addressing the previously acknowledged overbuild of customer fulfillment and warehousing capacity while overall number of employees was reduced by 6 percent. billion, the worst quarter since the July-through-September period in 2020. Operating profit reportedly fell to $19.4

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2023

JD.com has been rapidly growing its logistics unit by focusing on warehousing growth, including in international markets. The e-commerce provider touted its ability to serve merchants with self-operating warehouses, saying its automation capabilities allow it to extend the order cut-off time by an additional hour.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Sarah Voorhees has spent the last 12 years of her career in supply chain leadership roles, where she’s reimagined demand and supply planning and inventory management practices at consumer goods and distribution companies. In 2020, RAJA experienced exceptional demand increases of up to 45%. Go to www.SDCExec.com.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 26, 2017

By the end of 2020, one-third of all manufacturing supply chains will be using analytics-driven cognitive capabilities, thus increasing cost efficiency by 10% and service performance by 5%. This is a lesson the consumer goods industry learned decades ago because of a highly competitive market and varied product portfolio.

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold earlier in 2020, supply chain has become a household word. That’s where a lot of the money had been deployed up until March 2020. There are also new security technologies for premium consumer goods brands like Arc’teryx and Canada Goose that can be built right into the product.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A variety of other technologies, such as robots and advanced warehouse management systems, leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for data-driven decision-making. Robotics enabled with AI and ML augment the work of humans in warehouses and distribution centers. Artificial Intelligence AND Machine Learning.

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ShipBob

MAY 21, 2020

8 recession-proof product types in 2020. Ecommerce consumer sales during COVID-19 are up by 52.20% across all markets, according to Common Thread Collective. . percent in April 2020, ecommerce is on the rise. Since March 2020, pet food brands have seen a sudden surge in sales. . Despite unemployment rate jumping to 14.7

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

For example, by 2020, Unilever expects to sustainably source 100% of its raw materials, even those used for packaging. Unilever’s pursuit of environmental responsibility even reaches out to consumers, by developing products such as washing powders which are effective with minimal quantities of water. The Sustainability Drive.

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