Unleashed

APRIL 11, 2024

Consider offering volume discounts and free shipping incentives to lift AOV. Get tactical with your sales strategy. Optimise your customer retention strategy. Use customer loyalty programs, cross-selling and upselling strategies, and special offers to encourage repeat purchases. Here’s what she had to say.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The interesting shift here, though, is that there’s a whole world of alternative shipping routes. The traditional China-Northern Europe route alternative banked on sea freight to Dubai, followed by air shipping to the final European destination. For a full shipping container, that results in a full $3,804 of savings, or a 17% savings.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 6, 2024

retailer Target’s recent reporting of Q4 and Fiscal 2024 financial and operational performance. based retailers would provide the best indicators of retail industry customer fulfillment trends including various changing strategies in inventory management and customer fulfilment efforts, along with restoring higher profitability levels.

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Proxima

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For example, whilst the price of many items has risen, shipping container rates have been hit with deflation and are now hovering below pre-covid levels. The world economy has been hammered by one shock to another, and 2024 is set to be the biggest election year in history. The post Is cost redundant as a measure for CPOs in 2024?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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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Freightos

JANUARY 10, 2024

More Resources Home January 10, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

More Resources Home February 22, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

As a New England Patriots fan, this season was certainly disappointing, as everything seemed to go wrong, except for landing a top-3 draft pick in 2024. In 2023, Amazon experimented with new logistics strategies and technologies to quickly fulfill and deliver orders, and these changes paid off big. percent versus in 2022, where 17.6

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EMERGE App

APRIL 5, 2024

The picture of wholesale distribution industry in 2024 The report from Research and Markets forecasts that the wholesale market size will reach $68,092.65 Understanding the right approach to survival in this industry in 2024 might be the best abundance now. 7 pointers that can help your business survive in 2024 and beyond 1.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2024

In March 2024, the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation released the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy , which aims to decarbonize and advance zero-emission freight along the United States main shipping corridors.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 17, 2023

Recently, Courtney worked for Clarion Events North America where she was Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer. Manifest will help you forge new relationships, new alliances, and foster new strategies that help move your business forward and avoid falling into the traditional mindset.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

Supply Chain Insights Training, 2024 The Opportunity Based on my research, I believe there is an opportunity to reduce the number of planning roles by 80-85%. Mapping Demand Streams The next step is to align supply strategies with demand streams. Outside-in Planning: Modeling based on channel and supply network signals.

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

More Resources Home Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Even with an international naval force in place, Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea continue.

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American Global Logistics

MARCH 5, 2024

Volatility and uncertainty in the logistics industry have dominated the news in 2024. Specifically, we covered the threats, impacts, and mitigation strategies disrupting supply chains. Persistent Red Sea Risks Continue to Disrupt Critical Trade Route The ongoing conflict in Yemen has created several shipping risks in the Red Sea.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Amazon’s Mission Its unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction is at the heart of Amazon’s logistics strategy. Prime Membership: Amazon Prime – Subscription service offering benefits such as free two-day shipping, access to Prime Video, Prime Music, and exclusive deals.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 6, 2024

Our perspective was that both of such niche market segment start-up players would be able to financially sustain themselves if industry demand for respective products were robust and that supporting supply chain and production strategies were well managed. Shipping new vehicles from Austria to the U.S. based dealer network.

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Synovos

JULY 24, 2023

This has been made possible through modal shifts from air to sea or air to road and optimizing its supply chain to source, store and ship more products locally. RS is also aspiring to grow this range to 100,000 products globally by 2024/25. For more information, please visit [link]. Interested in our services?

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 18, 2024

Developing robust risk management strategies is essential to mitigate these potential threats.” Businesses must weigh the costs of shipping, customs, tariffs, and taxes when expanding internationally. 3] Martin Wolf, “ World economy — the story remains one of integration ,” Financial Times, 18 January 2024. [4]

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Incorporating Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) into your overall business strategy is now more important than ever in 2024. It is incorporated into a business’s overall strategy, allowing for a more proactive approach to managing risk. In 2022, the U.S. market size for risk management was valued at $0.44 billion by 2032.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Ship with Walmart (SWW) was previously available only for cross-border orders. The feature is standard on other major marketplaces, offering sellers reduced shipping rates and integrating with their platforms.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 12, 2024

In a prior Supply Chain Matters posting we called attention to a published CNBC report in mid-December indicating that 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

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2024

In this industry specific Supply Chain Matters commentary , we provide perspectives on aerospace and commercial aircraft producer Boeing ’s added challenge in 2024, that being on the labor relations front. As noted in our prediction, the lens in 2024 further turns toward labor negotiations involving U.S. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Commenting on the outlook for 2024, Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence noted in part: “ Given current order book trends, the overall picture from the survey is one of supply exceeding demand for many goods, which points to downside risks to production, employment and prices as we head into 2024.”

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We believe that these inventory management, customer and last-mile fulfillment strategies will have industry wide implications in terms of competitive stakes and cost-to-serve. As the commentary indicates, during the 2023 holiday fulfillment quarter, 600 million more items were shipped from these revised regional fulfillment centers.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Subramaniam indicated in the earnings briefing that the carrier remains on-track with its corporate restructuring plans, with an initial phase planned to go into effect in 2024. CEO Raj Subramaniam specifically indicated: “ The inventory destocking phase has yet to begin in earnest.” There is obviously much at-stake.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Many companies still struggle to achieve segmentation strategies. A segmented strategy reflects the idea that companies should not just have one service level that applies to all customers and products. But even in 2024, these trucks will not be running across all lanes nationwide. SCP is becoming a Giant Data solution.

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Logility

MAY 26, 2022

Key Takeaways: • Supply chain volatility is expected to continue and plague some sectors until 2024. Retail and home goods industries are especially vulnerable to these trends because of seasonality, but: • 60% of excess inventory can be attributed to shipping delays. • Automate your planning strategy.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Navigate the top climate change issues set to impact the supply chain in 2024. Now, it is predicted that 2024 has a 99% chance of ranking in the top five warmest years. In fact, Resilinc’s CEO, Bindiya Vakil, named Climate Change as one of the top five supply chain megatrends for 2024. 2023 was the warmest year on record.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Two weeks ago, 160 ships were stuck waiting to pass through the canal, carrying everything from auto parts, Barbie dolls, and diabetes test kits, according to Reuters. Some ships were delayed by as much as 21 days. 55 to 125 million gallons per ship, depending on size—to move ships through the canal.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

A report also found that a fifth of the 2,000 largest publicly-listed companies in the world have pledged to pursue a net-zero strategy. To ensure that these commitments are met, companies from different industries around the world are pursuing strategies that promote sustainability.

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

Ninety percent of companies have an ESG strategy in place and chances are good yours does, too – or will very soon. It’s easy to forget about where materials come from when you’re holding a product in your hand or looking for a supplier that can offer a great deal and reliable shipping, but many of those items come with ESG implications.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

MSC Mediterranean Shipping. Closely held Geneva, Switzerland based global ocean container shipping firm MSC Mediterranean Shipping has reportedly agreed to acquire the African transport and logistics business of Bollore SA for a reported 5.7 The multibillion-dollar plant could begin operating as soon as 2024.

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QAD

APRIL 4, 2024

Updated: April 4, 2024 Published: July 17, 2021 In today’s competitive food and beverage marketplace, events occur and challenges arise that impact the normal course of business. To accomplish this transformation from process to philosophy requires organizations to add three ingredients to the strategy of managing the supply chain.

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ModusLink Corporation

MAY 23, 2023

Global fulfillment , shipping, and transportation companies focused on customer demands and order fulfillment rely on multiple channels to maximize the opportunities global import and export trade allows. Prohibition of production and use of chemicals under certain restrictions. Prohibition of unethical omnichannel supply chain practices.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Background For some time now, Supply Chain Matters has published viewpoints on the disruptive threat that online platform provider Amazon will and has had on both online and physical retail, but also package logistics, transport and last mile product fulfillment strategies surrounding many industry sectors.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

That strategy seems to have garnered success by the accounts of reported Black Friday weekend sales. Industry Buying Indicators The headline byline related to actual holiday spending was that shoppers were indeed seeking attractive promotions and deals in their holiday shopping activities. All rights reserved.

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