Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Accenture Acquires Global Logistics Consulting Firm Flo Group Global based consulting and other services firm Accenture has reportedly acquired European based global logistics consulting services firm Flo Group. The deal reportedly will further enhance Oracle’s logistics software deployment capabilities across Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This report cautions that the hedge fund is evaluating its next steps and that the sources are asking not to be identified because the matter is private. Deliberations are at an early stage and Elliot could still decide against pursuing a buyout.” None the less, the Bloomberg report is now public.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Amazon ’s aim in 2024 is to expand same-day delivery services globally to service more geographies with the goal of continuing to reduce the cost-to-serve metric. The added implications for more localized inventory management, service levels and needs for reduced overall logistics and transportation services will be impactful.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. This will be good news in stemming supply chain driven inflation trending. A container shipment from China to Europe is down 42 percent.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2023

National labor contract renewal talks among parcel transportation and logistics services provider UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters labor union have reportedly stalled after indications that a settlement was in reach several days ago. The existing contract between these two parties expires at midnight on July 31.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2014

Yesterday was the first day of Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Summit. The conference theme is “supply chain will lead in the next decade.” Because of supply chain’s far reaching effects, Gartner is challenging supply chain leaders to drive transformation throughout their organizations.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

Executives indicated that production this year would again be impacted by supply chain issues but in a more controlled fashion. Plans established for 2024 were to increase production capacity to 85,000 vehicles.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Industry vertical concentration includes Automotive, Manufacturing and Logistics industry sectors. The flexis acquisition follows the announced closing of the acquisition of Doodle in November 2023, a provider of first and last mile logistics support for customer returns processes. while securing a $5.4

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers. 66% of consumers are concerned that supply chain issues will never end ( Chain Store Age ). 82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items.

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JUNE 24, 2022

According to Gartner, supply chain organizations expect the level of machine automation in their supply chain processes to double in the next five years. Gaining Supply Chain Momentum with Artificial Intelligenc e(AI) in Supply Chains & Logistics.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

For all of this, you need a solution that provides your entire organization with a single source of truth, helping teams align on inventory positioning, financial decisions , and business planning. More than half of supply chain executives don’t expect supply chain to return to normal until at least 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The agreement reportedly includes a 24 percent wage increase to be spread over five years from 2020 to 2024, including 14.1 After a marathon 20-hour bargaining session that lasted into the overnight, The White House announced early this morning that a tentative agreement among railroads and three labor unions had been reached.

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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 percent increase effective immediately, and provisions for specific lump sum payments paid upon labor union ratification of a labor contract. With rail accounting for an estimated 28 percent of total U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Carriers have an agenda for needed revenue and profitability growth amid a growing glut of shipping capacity in 2024. Logistics teams assessing options and related costs in shipping from Asia to Europe or from Europe to U.S. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This restriction for Panama Canal transit had already motivated logistics and transportation management teams to begin to re-route Asia to U.S. With global shipping volumes expected to contract throughout 2024, this disruption provides ample motivation for keeping rates high and service levels low. Reportedly, forty percent of all U.S.

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