Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

According to UPS CEO Carol Tome, the 2024 U.S. “Winning back and winning new volume is part of a program we call Project Brown, which will continue into 2024,” Tome said. They’re a dual sourcer, and they have diverted some volume, and I suspect they’ll stay dual sourcing.”

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

production worker hourly wages starting in January 2024. Moeller Maersk in conjunction with the reporting of Q3 quarterly financial performance announcing that the company will cut more than 10,000 jobs amid a current surplus of shipping vessels, sharply lower freight rates and contracting levels of shipping demand.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Department of Commerce International Trade Commission , the percentage of retail sales sourced from ecommerce is predicted to increase into 2024–well beyond the lockdowns that caused the initial rise in ecommerce spend. Another NRF report showed that online sales comprised 23% of all retail sales in 2021.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Source Amazon Product Range One of the key drivers of Amazon’s success in logistics is the sheer breadth of its product range. 2021: 1,608,000 Amazon Employees New hires: However, in 2022, they employed over 1.5 billion (net profit) Profit by Region/Country: North America is a major market, followed by Europe and Asia.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Despite carrier hopes of volume normalization as the market contracts in 2023, FreightWaves warns, “ 2023 is likely to be another year of sub-replacement level builds due to parts and components shortages as well as Europe’s struggles with sourcing energy to power vendor manufacturing site. ”. consumers a whopping 23% more than in 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

Founded in 2000, German based Transporeon provides a digital freight platform the supports more than 1,200 shippers, 100 large retailers, and over 120,000 logistics services providers and carriers. The EV parcel truck maker subsequently went public in March 2021, combining with CIIG Merger Corp. while securing a $5.4

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Carrier rates are declining across the board, and Seatrade Maritime News reported an “expected trough of freight rates to mid-2023 from 2024 with a lower demand forecast and a higher than expected effective capacity increase due to the unwinding of congestion. Carriers Will Lower Rates But Keep Many Others.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Our Multi-Tier Mapping solution deploys breakthrough proactive mitigation strategies that enable companies to recover swiftly, reducing freight expedites, preventing lines from going down, and optimizing working capital. If any of the five major waterways are disrupted, it could significantly impact the global supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

The software and managed services of this provider were augmented with the acquisition of New South Wales based Pegasus in 2021. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Founded in 2003, Utah based Avetta has reportedly deployed by 500 clients located in more than 130 countries.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

In 2021, 87% of Americans were negatively impacted by the supply chain. In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Source: Consultancy.UK.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2023

The roadmap includes five key areas: Sourcing ingredients: which involves using regenerative agricultural methods such as working with farmers to reduce their dependency on conventional agrichemicals and transitioning toward 100% deforestation-free ingredients. Utilizing the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure package, the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 13, 2023

billion in 2021. Included in the results were noted inventory charges and losses on firm purchase commitments of $920 million as of December 31, 2022 compared to $95 million as of December 31, 2021. billion in 2023, and reaching positive gross profit by 2024. Reported net operating loss for the fiscal year was $6.8

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Unleashed

JUNE 23, 2021

2021 has been a tumultuous year, marking a transition period from the chaos of 2020 through to the beginning of the post-Covid-19 recovery. Best practice inventory management – and the wider world of supply chain management – has played a big part in business survival through 2021. 10 inventory management for 2022: 1.

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Stord

MAY 2, 2022

Q1 2021 saw 39% year-over-year growth in US e-commerce sales. This growth is continuing with e-commerce sales expected to reach $6 trillion by 2024. Even in January of 2022, 1,850 dockworkers on the West Coast tested positive for COVID –more than all 2021 cases combined. E-commerce is here to stay.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

In its reporting TechCrunch observed that in its first year as a public company, Qualtrics stock value mostly traded above its $30 IPO price but over the last twelve months, the tech provider’s market value has plummeted from $28 billion in 2021 to around $5 billion towards the end of 2022. Dr. Plattner’s term expires in May 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

That board reportedly made recommendations that included 24 percent wage increases during the period from 2020 thru 2024 with a 14.1 freight movements, the implications are large for many businesses. With rail accounting for an estimated 28 percent of total U.S. economy upwards of $2 billion per day.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Supply Chain Matters alerts clients and readers to a potential replay of the 2021 disruption in global shipping and cascading supply chain disruption as a result of recent events. The somewhat good news is that global freight volumes have contracted considerably from what they were in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2024

On February 4 at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift announced that she would be releasing a new album, which had secretly been in the works for two years. But Amazon is on track to purchase by next year as much electricity produced by solar, wind and other carbon-free sources as it uses to power its operations.

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