Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Companies across North America laid out more than $2 billion for almost 40,000 robots in 2021 to help them contend with record demand and a pandemic-fueled labor shortage. The previous annual record for robot orders was set in 2017 – when North American companies ordered 34,904 robots valued at $1.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Like many consumer goods companies, Colgate-Palmolive is taking steps to democratize analytics across the enterprise, including through investments within supply chain analytics engineers. The pilot serves as an important milestone in electric freight transportation and establishes Uber Freight’s first EV deployment.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Specific Example- A Multinational Foods Manufacturer A specific example involves a multinational consumer goods food manufacturer. This particular company’s product production and distribution network material flows involve 38 facilities across North America. AutoSchedler.ai

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This growth was primarily attributed to the long-term project business, and regionally to North America and western Europe. From an industry perspective, the company is focused on fashion and apparel, grocery, and industrial and consumer goods. In 2021, the SCS segment revenues grew an impressive 44.5

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 15, 2021

Benefits of Logistics Partnerships Add Up for Sporting Goods Shippers . Successful consumer goods organizations of all varieties now have a common attribute—a retail optimized supply chain. As specialists in the industry, logistics providers can offer much more than transactional transportation.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Lead times continue to lengthen for manufacturers as ports in China and elsewhere remain clogged up, demand continues to be high, and transportation companies struggle to find drivers. Consumer goods manufacturer Boise didn’t have to imagine this scenario. Address Long Lead Times in the Demand Planning and Forecasting Process.

Inventory Reduction 156

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 24, 2015

AWS revenues grew 49 percent in Q1 2015 compared to Q1 2014, while the rest of its North America business grew 22 percent. Though Amazon made its name selling consumer goods, its retail operation is covered in red ink. For related commentary, see Drones – The Birth of a New Transportation Mode.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

Everything from food and beverage products to home improvement items saw a significant consumption bump as buyers, sidelined by pandemic restrictions, diverted their purchasing habits from experiences to consumer goods. This performance decrease also came as shippers were forced to pay more in transportation costs across the board.

Procurement Analytics 69

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Companies have shifted manufacturing outside of North America , and shipping has been consolidated to large, central import locations. Consumers are also getting pickier, and domestic manufacturing offers stronger quality control, and quicker turnaround from manufacturing to sale. What does this mean for freight?

Freight 120

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Logistics Managers, Manufacturing Directors and other Supply Chain leaders often rose from the shop floor, from front-line warehousing and transportation positions. Other industries that don’t ship physical goods (for example Financial Services or Insurance) have adopted sophisticated Strategic Sourcing methodology for their Procurement.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

Andrew Lynch is President and Co-Founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. For CPG brands, the road map to category leadership isn’t shaving pennies off transactional transportation costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, Executive Editor Bob Ferrari pens highlights of the 2022 Crossroads Event recently conducted by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. This Editor had the opportunity to attend the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics ( CTL ) 2022 Crossroads Event. Background.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

I encountered situations when cost was overemphasized and reducing transportation costs by filling trucks led to late promotional deliveries, which had a much more negative impact on our company and our customers. Another example is in Consumer Goods industry with coffee. Absolutely, it can be done.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

In contrast, performance levels related to North America , Europe and South America were noted as remaining weak, on average, compared to Asia. The trending likely involves industry-specific dimensions, a good example being high tech and consumer electronics supply network resiliency needs.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

But even if containment has the desired effect, what are the wider consequences of shutting down schools, shopping centers, factories, transportation and supply networks? Technology companies in North America and Europe are especially dependent on contract manufacturing in China and just-in-time shipments.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The boom in eCommerce and consumer spending have garnered much media attention and these increases are driving demand for imported goods, requiring ships for transportation. After the containers arrive in port, the goods on these ships will need over-the-road transportation services to get them to their destinations.

Freight 52

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Each claims they can do any job in China because they have connections with brokers and transportation providers. Managing expectations from North America to China. Many end buyers in China expect to be able to import goods with “One Click.” Many of them say they can provide personalized job service, if you require it.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 15, 2011

Authored by transportation consultant Rosalyn Wilson of Delcan, Inc., the report has tracked and measured all costs associated with moving goods through the U.S. Transportation costs were up 10.3 Manufacturing and business spending were the bright spots during much of 2010, while consumer goods production was almost flat.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

For example, Unilever, a consumer goods company, has a responsible sourcing policy that includes human rights due diligence and requires suppliers to adhere to its human rights principles. Sourcing from local suppliers to support the local communities and save costs on transportation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

As shown in Table 1, companies that rate themselves as more effective meeting their inventory goals are more likely to be located in North America than Europe. They are also more distribution centric i.e. retail and consumer packaged goods. User Satisfaction with the Performance of Inventory Optimization Software.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Interviews with executives at 10 companies across the food, consumer goods and commodities sectors reveal that many are grappling with how to defend their profit margins as transportation costs climb at nearly double the inflation rate. A third said it was discussing prospective price increases with retailers.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2016

The primary consumer and investor of robots in North America, the automotive industry, decreased robot ordering from 41 percent in 2005 to 21 percent in 2014. The trend for better, smarter robotics is spreading to new industries as well.

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Elementum

AUGUST 2, 2017

North America shows promising growth in trade activities thanks to deals between the US and China, South America, and Europe. Hunt Transport Services, C.H. China’s piggyback transportation route, unlike the US, is operating without a unified system, making rail, road and water transportation difficult.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

There are currently mines in Europe, Australia, Africa and North America at the feasibility study stage (the final stage of pre-production, that determines whether to develop a mine), with some –– such as the Nolans Bore mine in Australia –– set to be operational within the next three years.

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