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 Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. We can no longer assume that government policy is rational, variability is low or logistics are available. These core assumptions are no longer true. This reset is not an evolution.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. These core assumptions are no longer true.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

In that interview we mentioned that he would visit Made In USA Zipper manufacturer, UCan Zippers to film a video documenting the company's commitment to American Manufacturing for nearly 30 years. Why are we having an interview with an American Manufacturer on a logistics blog, you ask? It's simple.

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Logility

JUNE 21, 2022

Increasing numbers of consumers will abandon their shopping cart if they can’t get things when they want them, and this goes across verticals that include apparel, food, and beverages. There are many places fulfillment can be delayed – from an antiquated order acceptance process to lack of inventory to logistical complexities.

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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. Top manufacturers of sporting goods by revenue include Nike, lululemon, Anta Sports, and adidas. That shelf space can be yours.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Recessionary environments cause disruptions in the manufacturing industry around the globe, leading to long lead times, shortages, rising prices, and complications in transportation lines. Shipping items back and forth creates needless greenhouse gas emissions, and only 54% of all packaging gets recycled.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Contract logistics – companies that provide warehousing services – certainly falls into that category. That is because it is not just the contract logistics sector that hires labor for their warehouses. Retailers, manufacturers, and distributors all have warehouses. The Warehouse Labor Shortage. The numbers back her up.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Singapore is one of the largest fuelling stations of the world (over 20% of ship fuelling happens here), so capacity for sustainable fuels is critical for global sustainability efforts. 2022 also saw the major ship lines come out with their decarbonisation strategies to get to zero emissions by 2050. Buses and Heavy Trucks.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. During 2022, as consumers shifted their physical goods buying patterns away from products and into travel and services, global shipping volumes steadily declined and so did spot rates. percent decline in global trade.

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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. But at its heart continues to be fast and often free shipping, which has become expected by shoppers of not only Amazon but anywhere on or offline.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retailers can no longer have their heads in the sand, but neither can consumer products manufacturers. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Traditional supply chains ship cases, pallets and trucks; but not the EACH.

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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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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Under the auspices of UN Climate Change, leading fashion brands, retailers, supplier organizations, and others, including a major shipping company, have agreed to collectively address the climate impact of the fashion sector across its entire value chain. The fashion industry took a large step on Dec. Puma SE, PVH Corp.,Target;

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. American Eagle, Walmart invest in direct shipping to avoid congestion. US ports see shipping logjams extending through mid-2022. Now, however, Amazon is shipping cargo for outside customers in its latest move to compete with FedEx and UPS. Costco has reintroduced purchase limits.

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Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

I've dug into Amazon's patent filings over the last five years and mined the patent titles for keywords related to inventory and logistics. When a package is ready to be shipped a sound will be emitted to propel the package to the surface where it may be picked up by an employee, robot, or drone. So, why does Amazon want to do this?

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Mike Beckham, CEO of bottle and travel mug manufacturer Simple Modern, told the Wall Street Journal that a major Chinese supplier in Quzhou City had been forced to cut its workweek to four days and trim its electricity usage by a third. The world’s largest exporter since 2009, Chinese producers shipped $2.5 year-on-year in August.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As a result, a wide range of businesses, from restaurants, and retail chains, to manufacturers, have been redesigning their business services and operations and re-engineering their supply chains. Any supplier with access to a browser can now participate in the viewing and confirming Purchase Orders and issuing advance shipping notices.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

It would be tempting to think of reverse logistics as forward logistics done backwards. Reverse logistic isn’t simply a reverse gear. Reverse logistics can also have a dramatic effect on steering a company’s fortunes. Reverse logistics is therefore worth doing, and worth doing properly.

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Vinculum

JANUARY 20, 2022

The e-commerce platform in the apparel industry is skyrocketing. Apparel sales have reached the pinnacle with n-number of patterns, colors, and designs. Here, the consumers directly deal with the manufacturer or retailer to get their desired stuff to add to the collection. How efficient the Reverse logistics is.

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20Cube Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

To avert those disruptions and the capacity crunches that have been induced by ocean freight, manufacturing industries of various kinds seem to be leaning towards air freight. Thus in order to comply with the factor revolving around promptness, the supply chain industry relies on airfreight as it is the fastest way to ship goods.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

Like the multi-billion dollar chemical manufacturer that had been paying market rates for ocean transportation for eight years because nobody realized that their contract, filed away in a drawer by a transportation manager who had left the company, had expired. The Benefits of Linking the Physical and Financial Supply Chains ).

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

By now our Supply Chain Matters readers have already viewed headlines of yet another COVID-19 variant induced lockdown of certain manufacturing and port facilities in China. Impacted are manufacturing clusters located in Shenzhen and Changchun city areas which have been placed on minimum one-week lockdowns as of this past weekend.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Everything from a lack of capacity, manufacturing shortages, cost control difficulties, regional supply delays and disruptions, length and complexity of supply shipping routes, driver and worker shortages, rising costs and expenses, and COVID-related disruptions have contributed to the retail supply chain process today. .

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Freightos

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Production Freight Receiving Purchasing Retail Logistics Production: Santa’s little helpers. With over 1,000 factories already producing hoverboards, Shenzhen is already the ‘hoverboard manufacturing capital of the world’. Production Freight Logistics Retail Purchasing Receiving Freight: Dasher, Carrier, Forwarder (and Rudolph).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Apparel fulfillment article and permission to publish here provided by AWL India. The process of completing clothes orders is known as apparel fulfillment. The process begins with the creation of the product by the designer or garment manufacturer. This is where logistics play a role. Apparel Return Management.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The technology is ideal for retail warehouses that deal with apparel, sporting goods, personal care items, convenience foods, groceries and general merchandise. This is a hands-free technology that uses spoken commands for picking, putting, receiving, replenishing and warehouse shipping functions. Lower cost operation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Biden administration is refining rules aimed at keeping advanced chips and manufacturing gear out of China, seeking to close loopholes that might help its geopolitical rival gain cutting-edge technologies. What is abnormal is that we now spend our lives inside and briefly pop outside.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. XPO Logistics launched a Ship Net-Zero program, giving shippers the option to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from shipments.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 8, 2023

By anticipating these factors, businesses can optimize logistics, mitigate disruptions, and ensure smoother operations. Logistics Management A major prescriptive analytics use case in supply chain management would be that of logistics management. ” 6 Uses Cases Of Prescriptive Analytics In Supply Chain Optimization 1.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 3, 2021

Revelations about forced labor and poor working conditions have also harmed the reputations of several leading apparel brands including H&M and Boohoo. Yet the largest brand manufacturers appear to be serious about improving their supply chains’ ESG, CSR, and sustainability performance, especially reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Hurricane Harvey has struck a significant blow to the Houston, Texas metro area, home to the sixth largest import terminal in the world, as well as all of the shipping lanes in the Gulf Coast area. For manufacturing, those metrics are new orders, production, employment, supplier deliveries, and inventories of input materials.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. 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% meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2

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ShipBob

AUGUST 9, 2021

Packages are then shipped to their destination via ground, air, or sea. A sustainable supply chain refers to the effort(s) made in planning and executing policies, processes, materials, and technologies across all logistics operations that are geared towards making a more positive impact environmentally, socially, and economically. .

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Elementum

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Americans send back more than $260B in goods each year according to data provided by Optoro, a logistics company helping retailers handle the reverse supply chain of returned goods. Last year UPS alone predicted that it would ship 5 million packages back to retailers in the first week of January. Conclusion.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This price reduction was to be applied not only to future shipments, but indeed to all shipments that had been committed to, whether in transit, or even in the buyer’s warehouse which had already been shipped. If they did not agree, their business relationship would be terminated.

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