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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

She also said the company planned to ask workers to return to the office five days a week in 2024. percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 Higher labor costs and lower package demand resulted in fourth-quarter sales and 2024 guidance that missed analysts expectations. percent in early U.S.

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Supply Chain Movement

Analyst firm Gartner makes the latter trend more concrete by predicting that half of all companies will adopt generative AI for the supply chain in 2024, in particular for generating additional software code, creating KPI dashboards and utilizing internal chatbots.

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How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

So far, the discussion on limiting global carbon emissions has focused on the energy sector and, of course, air travel. Quicker transports have, in turn, helped the expansion of international trade and globalization. Today about 90% of non-bulk cargo worldwide is transported by a container. A Dirty Business.

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For CPG Companies, Risk Mitigation Is a Key Success Factor

BlueYonder

Manufacturing and Supply Chain; Dinesh Vyas, Director of Supply Chain Solutions at Dole; and Felice Miller, Business Strategy Leader of Retail and Consumer Goods at Microsoft. But, as demonstrated in the IDC infographic, CPG companies often feel the effects of disruption to a greater extent than other manufacturers.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Network Optimization: The Key to Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Although inflation has eased in many countries over the past summer, CPG prices are still rising faster than real wages and showing no signs of leveling off in 2024. In addition, a considerable portion of freight transportation expenses continues to soar as diesel fuel costs surge by 20% year over year. Get Access!

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When Life Gives You Lemons: Facing New Challenges, Transportation Industry Leaders Refocus On Resiliency

Intelligent Audit

Faced with economic uncertainties, transportation industry leaders are focused on building supply chain resiliency. No matter which way you look at it, 2023 is off to a challenging start for much of the transportation industry. In the industry that’s always moving, here are the 11 headlines you need to know. 19 and Dec.

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Tesla Hikes Wages for Nevada Gigafactory Workers

Supply Chain Matters

Tesla Initiates Further Wage Hikes for Hourly Workers In mid-December global-based electric vehicle designer and producer Tesla informed production workers at the company’s gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada that certain set-rate hourly workers will be granted upwards of 10 percent wage increases in early January 2024. up to $34.50 up to $34.50

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