Enterra Insights

MARCH 28, 2024

Late last year, the staff at Digitate released the results of a survey entitled “AI and Automation: Laying the Foundation for the Autonomous Enterprise.” The survey found, “90% of IT decision-makers plan to deploy more automation, including AI, in the next 12 months.”[1] first appeared on Enterra Solutions.

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Locus Robotics

MARCH 14, 2024

March 14, 2024 5 Top Takeaways from MODEX 2024 Mary Hart , Senior Content Marketing Manager The booths are down, the Georgia World Congress Center floors are quiet (until the next tradeshow), and the LocusBots are on their way home along with their human colleagues, but the energy and memories of MODEX 2024 remain high.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 2, 2024

To prove her point, D’Innocenzio notes, “In 2021, self-checkout usage represented 30% of transactions, almost double from 2018, according to a survey of retailers by FMI, an industry group. And 96% of retailers surveyed offer self-checkout.”

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Freightos

MAY 23, 2024

More Resources Home Innovative Synergies: Logistics Tech Lessons from Other Industries Judah Levine May 23, 2024 Though the logistics and supply chain industry has made and continues to make a lot of progress in its digital transformation, it has a reputation for being part of the late majority or even a laggard in terms of digitalization.

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Freightos

JUNE 4, 2024

More Resources Home June 4, 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

APRIL 15, 2024

More Resources Home The Red Pill: The (Slow Yet Steady) Revolution in Global Freight Digitization Eytan Buchman April 15, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More The March 26th Francis Scott Key Bridge allision feels shocking. Surely all the technology and guardrails should prevent this type of disaster.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2024

Doing this can give you an edge over your competitors when looking at the 2024 supply chain landscape. NLT February 28, 2024. Data is as of January 25, 2024.) Data is as of January 11, 2024.) Based on a survey of economists, the WSJ reported expectations of recession had dropped markedly. from August’s data and 6.9%

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares samples of individual prediction snapshots that will be included in our Annual 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory publishing later this month. percent in 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 25, 2024

The 2024 forecast compares to the sales growth of $5.1 That stated, executives pointed to recent survey data reinforcing that upwards of 50 percent of U.S. are now sourced to domestic providers. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. The post NRF Forecasts 2024 U.S.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 29, 2024

Home January 29, 2024 7 Top Reasons to Automate Your Warehouse in 2024 Mary Hart , Senior Content Marketing Manager Warehouse managers face immense pressure every day to fulfill ever-growing order volumes with shrinking labor budgets and supply chain disruptions. What’s a warehouse to do?

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 29, 2024

Home January 29, 2024 7 Top Reasons to Automate Your Warehouse in 2024 Mary Hart , Senior Content Marketing Manager Warehouse managers face immense pressure every day to fulfill ever-growing order volumes with shrinking labor budgets and supply chain disruptions. What’s a warehouse to do?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported March 2024, and Q1-2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. This index closed Q1-2024 at 1.8 Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended March on an optimistic footing.

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OptiProERP

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

With 2024 on the horizon, more manufacturers are adopting smart manufacturing technology. Through these technologies and process enhancements, manufacturers can anticipate a new scale of innovation in 2024. Predictive maintenance is expected to grow even more in 2024 and in future years.

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Unleashed

MARCH 19, 2024

Soda made safe – Meet Ben Vear We chatted with Ben Vear, former General Manager of Minor Figures turned Co-Founder & CEO of Living Things Soda , to see what life’s like for UK beverage brands in 2024. Here’s what he had to say. What’s been happening in the world of Ben Vear?

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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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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Future is Automated Research from ProGlove found that only a little more than one-third (36.1%) of the warehouse directors and managers surveyed are currently deploying warehouse automation technology. The post 7 Top Reasons to Automate Your Warehouse in 2024 appeared first on Locus Robotics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2024

The bank said Friday that it is launching new “Supply Availability Indexes” via a blog posting on Monday that going forward will feature as part of its regular monthly surveys of regional business activity. The indexes will feature in future Empire State Manufacturing and Business Leaders surveys, the bank said.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2024

In this Supply Chain Matters commercial aircraft industry focused commentary, we highlight findings from a rather timely published Accenture research survey report. A recent research survey report from Accenture provides a rather optimistic longer term view of this industry’s supply networks. This survey indicated: “.the

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Taulia

JANUARY 30, 2024

This report takes a look back at how 2023 shaped up against our surveyed CFO predictions and looks forward to their priorities for 2024. One year ago, CFOs were grappling with inflation, supply chain disruption, and the need to maintain a positive cash position.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Those interviewed said they expect a rebound during the second half of 2024 with half of the participants saying they believe freight volumes will increase by 5% during that period.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 4, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers and clients with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported May 2024 global PMI activity levels. Further indicated was that improved PMI data was seen across the majority of countries covered by this survey. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. This survey-based research gathers quantitative data as well as information on practices or performance drivers. We look forward to seeing what the top logistics stories will be for 2024 and beyond.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 10, 2024

Of those surveyed, 39% said that extreme weather events have been their chief concern in 2024, the most of any category.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 25, 2022

49% believe that global supply chains won’t fully recover to pre-Covid operational norms until 2024 or beyond. As external systemic shocks continue to impact value chains, nearly half of respondents (49%) believe that global supply chains won’t fully recover to pre-Covid operational norms until 2024 or beyond. About the study.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 21, 2024

New Supply Availability Index Effective in June, the New York Fed will be introducing Supply Availability Indexes (SAI’s) as part of monthly regional business surveys. In a separate Liberty Street blog post , the authors indicate in a graphical figure that corelates how the new SAIs together with the GSCPI for the period surveys overlap.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Journalist Nora Colomer reports, “Credit card balances grew the fastest among Gen Z cardholders in the second quarter of 2023, according to a recent TransUnion survey. This uptick in card balances is expected to drive an increase in refinances, especially among Gen Z consumers, the survey said. Gen Z’s balances increased 51.9%

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group highlights a 2024 prediction of added labor activism continuing across industry supply chains in 2024. Reportedly 32 percent of sample survey respondents indicated salary increase averaging from 8 to 15 percent. automakers Ford Motor , General Motors and Stellantis.

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Freightos

JUNE 4, 2024

America West Coast spot rates , for example, have spiked more than 70%, passing the $5,000/FEU mark and their previous 2024 high hit in February when prices first soared on the start of Red Sea diversions.

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Resilinc

JUNE 5, 2024

Released on April 6, 2024, Resilinc’s ESG risk assessment is the latest addition to our Supplier Assessment Library. Ensure Responses from Suppliers It can be difficult to get suppliers to answer lengthy surveys and assessments. What is Resilinc’s ESG Risk Assessment?

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 29, 2024

Overall, the report found most executives are feeling optimistic about business. Less than 10% of respondents expected sales to decrease year-over-year.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 16, 2024

A full 99% of companies Talend surveyed recognize that data are crucial for success, but 97% face challenges in using data effectively, and a third aren’t even using data to make decisions. They report, “Only 9% of supply chain organizations expect to achieve revenue gains due to uncertainty, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc.

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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

APRIL 3, 2024

Geological Survey , the earthquake was centered about 11 miles south of the city of Hualien and occurred just before 8 a.m. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. According to the U.S. local time with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4. have been reported.

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Stord

JANUARY 21, 2020

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 AI Investment Reported to Reduce Supply Chain Costs A survey conducted by McKinsey and Company reported that 61% of survey respondents saw a reduction in supply chain planning costs as a result of using artificial intelligence. billion between 2020 and 2024, driven by companies’ cost-cutting initiatives.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The output index from the PMI survey dipped 0.9 The downturn in new orders also extended to 16 months, a survey-record sequence of decline.” Commentary from Anthony Fiore, Chair for ISM’s Business Survey Committee noted in-part: “ The U.S. percent in 2024. it’s lowest level for three months. reflecting a 2.3 Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its Supply Chain Matters outreach blog highlights a recently published survey sponsored by Accenture that provides findings indicating that companies are indeed investing in supply chain resiliency capabilities to mitigate business disruption. In 2022, more U.S. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2024

According to the announcement, Thomas Saueressig, the existing head of SAP Product Engineering, will take on this new role on April 1, 2024, based on his success in transforming the company’s engineering organization. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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