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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

The retailer plans to double the number of sites in the coming years and currently operates more than 55 dedicated same-day sites across the U.S. Multiple members of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) were the recipients of the funds. Retailers estimate 13.7 Retailers estimate 13.7 percent, or $24.5

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Two Automakers Make Senior Supply Chain and Procurement Executive Leadership Changes

Supply Chain Matters

Last week both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal reported the departure of yet another senior manufacturing executive at Rivian Automotive as well as an overall reorganization. The Wall Street Journal reported that Tim Fallon, the existing Vice President of Manufacturing will remain in that role. . Rivian Automotive.

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Logistyx Technologies Talks Parcel Shipping, Holidays, and Returns

Logistics Viewpoints

And finally, what can retailers do to get ahead of the looming returns season? The news is reporting that supply chains are going to be disrupted this holiday season, so more and more consumers are starting early. In response to that, the smart retailers are assessing what they have in stock and what they will be marketing.

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Digital Path to Purchase: An Outside-in Opportunity

Supply Chain Shaman

At least this is the story for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in North America. Today, 63% of consumer manufacturing organizations have a digital path to purchase initiative. 2) Use New Forms of Analytics to Uncover Unlikely Inferences. Growth has slowed. Complexity has increased. What to do? 3) Test and Learn.

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The State of Home Delivery: Plenty of Room for Improvement

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier in 2022, we conducted a survey of 8,000 consumers across North America and Europe to get a better sense of their ecommerce experience and how they were reacting to retailer performance. On one hand, consumers expect to increase their online purchases post-pandemic. Source: Descartes & SAPIO Research.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

PepsiCo generated $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, with 23 food and beverage brands that generate more than $1 billion each in retail sales. 294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. But in North America, distribution is predominately through their company-owned fleet.

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Keeping Up with Consumers

Enterra Insights

. … Most of those trading down [actions] either adjusted the quantity or pack size of their purchases (60 percent), which is the primary method of trading down for necessities, or decided to postpone a purchase (44 percent), typically for nonessential items. ” Consumers are still spending. YoY in January in the U.S.,