Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Oracle Warehouse Management Cloud Update Helps Businesses Scale Logistics to Meet Multi-Channel Demand. Logistics Platform Haven Sets Sights on SAP with Launch of Haven TMS.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For some online apparel retailers, returns now average 40% of sales. Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. The field is large and growing.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

An initial estimate of this year’s retail holiday spending indicates a mixed bag, depending on either retail industry, consumer goods producer or logistics and transportation industry perspectives. Mastercard SpendingPulse Data Payments processing firm Mastercard Spending Pulse indicated this week that U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The current state of logistics is our malady. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. jump in apparel costs and 5.5% Freight Rates 2019-2021. As a result, companies plug along planning based on historic lead times and freight rates which as you can imagine is doomed for failure.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 14, 2023

The most recent valuation of the sports equipment & apparel market totaled to $340.6 This industry includes sports equipment, apparel, and shoes. Stop Playing Small and Choose Zipline The post Sporting Goods Brands: Choosing the Right 3PL For Retail Deliveries appeared first on Zipline Logistics. Did you know…?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The compliance function might roll up to quality, logistics, supply chain, or even to the chief sustainability officer. A large multinational corporation is dealing with subcontractors, logistics service providers, contract manufacturer, and all kinds of trading partners across the globe.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

million and a land area of nearly 4,500 square miles — about half the size of New Jersey — Qatar is about to become an epicenter of global logistics. If this sounds nearly impossible, consider that it’s only part of the supply chain, logistics and commerce challenge associated with the World Cup. With a population of just 2.9

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

With corrected vision, here is the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Longshoreman Union Leader Stalls Planned Work Shutdown (WSJ – sub. Freightos unveils beta launch of international freight price index (American Shipper). DHL trials city hub trailer for bike delivery (Logistics Manager).

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

Venti Raises $29 Million in Series A Round Autonomous logistics technology and industrial hubs provider Venti Technologies announced that it has secured $28.8 The tech provider has added a deeper set oof meteorology and climate science data to provide customers with weather and climate focused risk factors. million in Series A financing.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the apparel sector, U.S. Onshoring and nearshoring [apparel supply chains] is essential,” agreed Kim Glas, spokesperson for the National Council of Textile Organizations. apparel and textiles firms to strengthen economic opportunities in the Northern Triangle. and Canadian firms in Mexican supply chains and logistics.

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Locus

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the top apparel and accessory brands agree that product quality should get better with time, inventory priorities are always fluctuating. Fashion retail’s logistics deadlock. Sharing the burden of enabling timely deliveries with a third-party logistics provider can help take some of the edge off. million by 2025.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The current state of logistics is our malady. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. jump in apparel costs and 5.5% Freight Rates 2019-2021. As a result, companies plug along planning based on historic lead times and freight rates which as you can imagine is doomed for failure.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. XPO Logistics Announces Third Quarter Earnings 2013. XPO Logistics Announces Third Quarter Earnings 2013. As the saying goes, old habits die hard.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 30, 2021

Overtime offers up to 75% off apparel, footwear, and equipment from Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, and other brands. Warehouse locations feature up to 90% off of "customer-favorite footwear and apparel brands. So, in closing, just in case you haven’t caught on yet, the goal for many retailers’ multichannel strategies is fast.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2013

I’m thinking of sending my representatives in Congress a copy of the book Getting to We , written by my friends Kate Vitasek and Jeanette Nyden — and also inviting them and all members of Congress to participate in my upcoming conversation with Kate and Jeanette on Talking Logistics. Robinson and Ryder are Talking Logistics sponsors.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2015

One of the emails I did keep and read with interest was the first item in this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Infor to Acquire GT Nexus. GEODIS acquires OHL (Ozburn-Hessey Logistics) and enhances its Freight Forwarding and Contract Logistics offering in the US. And with that, have a happy weekend!

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 5, 2019

These, combined with holiday deadlines, present unique challenges for the logistics industry. Robinson) and I sat down with Talking Logistics host Adrian Gonzalez to discuss consumer shopping trends and expectations as we approach the holidays and how that impacts temperature controlled shipping and logistics.

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20Cube Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Additionally, when the ports are facing capacity crunch or the tariffs of ocean freight and container skyrockets, it iis airfreight that comes as the savior. With the current business scenario changing at a rapid pace, the freight forwarding industry is shifting its focus towards airfreight. Capacity Crunch of Ocean Freight.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Production Freight Receiving Purchasing Retail Logistics Production: Santa’s little helpers. Production Freight Logistics Retail Purchasing Receiving Freight: Dasher, Carrier, Forwarder (and Rudolph). There is certainly demand for better freight. Source: Soar Boards, via Flickr. importers brought in 1.86

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2018

Whether you are a retailer, carrier, cloud services provider, or eCommerce merchant, Amazon not only effected the landscape of e-tail but the landscape of shipping and logistics as a whole. The impact is being felt globally as China’s parcel spend increased by 45 percent year-over-year. The State of Retailing Online (SORO) survey of U.S.

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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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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Exclusive: Wal-Mart seeks to test drones for home delivery, pickup ( Reuters ). August 2015 North American Freight Numbers. I know of at least one third-party logistics provider (3PL) working with a large customer that is experimenting with drones for this purpose.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. US homes 8 retailers keeping Earth Day alive through a commitment to sustainability Ground parcel delivery costs reached a record high in Q1, although pricing discounts from carriers softened the blow, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index. percent for Q4. That’s all for this week.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

2022 saw logistics and transport news full of investment, expansion and even supply chain angst associated with EV vehicle and battery production. Post Offices, FedEx, DHL, Kerry Logistics, UPS, DB Schenker, and many more either introduced or expanded their EV fleets. All the large manufacturers were in on it. Courier Fleets.

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Resilinc

JUNE 29, 2021

Patterson, CEO of 3PL Pacific Mountain Logistics, adding that freight railroads using these corridors have also been shut down due to fires. In addition to doing physical damage and disrupting logistics, wildfires can also impact agricultural production in fire-prone regions.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022.

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20Cube Logistics

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Though fashion and apparel is an indispensable part of the human lifestyle and one of the basic necessities, we can also say that it has gone beyond the scope of being one and has become a yardstick to judge an individual’s personality. Additionally, as we have mentioned, the demand for clothes and apparel also fell down drastically.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 21, 2019

According to statista.com the global apparel market is expected to be $1.5 Edgexpo.com reports apparel and textile industry waste as follows: Nearly 20% of global waste water is produced by the fashion industry. So are the environmental impacts associated with the production and logistics in the Clothing Supply Chain.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As a report sponsor, we were honored to participate in an in-person event hosted by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and CSCMP, the report authors. And thanks to their work with Blue Yonder , they have been able to digitize their logistics processes, removing hard copy paper from the process.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2015

To compete effectively, both shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) need a transportation management system (TMS) that can deftly handle international, multi-leg shipments across a variety of modes (i.e., For example, many industries now depend on ocean and air freight as natural and vital links in their supply chains.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Its freight spend? This family-owned company — a leading brand in durable workwear and outdoor apparel — was founded in 1889 but its business continues to change rapidly. Freight Bill Audit & Pay. He will be my guest on Talking Logistics in an upcoming episode, so I don’t want to steal his thunder today.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Zara has become Europe’s most profitable apparel brands by building agility end to end in their supply chains. Implement Risk assessment upstream in Value Chain : Proactively engage with supply chain ecosystem partners, like suppliers and logistics service providers to conduct a risk assessment regularly. Case Study Agility: ZARA.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

A demand surge in the US-led to shortages in cargo space, shipping containers, and other equipment, leading to skyrocketing ocean freight prices.” Retail supply chain management and continued growth and recovery depend on freight analytics and applying data to the modern supply chain network. .

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. Coyote Logistics @CoyoteLogistics Coyote Logistics prides itself on its innovative logistics and supply chain philosophy.

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American Global Logistics

MAY 21, 2019

These duties would cover $325 billion in goods, hitting the price-sensitive apparel sector particularly hard and taking a significant bite out of business’ bottom […]. The post Improving Supply Chain ROI in a Tough Tariff Environment appeared first on AGL.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

As an example, the authors point to Vietnam gaining ground in electronics, apparel and textiles, while Mexico has been increasing U.S. Of particular interest for us, the paper indicates that reallocation has been occurring among specific industry supply network dimensions. import share in auto parts, glass, iron and steel products.

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PLS Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2021

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) released the final updates of the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) on December 19, 2020. This update includes changes mainly regarding such commodities as electronics, building materials, automotive, and apparel.

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