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Supply Chain Matters
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
After reports last week indicating that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy was preparing for a possible sale or winding down of business operations there are indications that freight logistics platform provider Flexport will be the acquirer of Convoy’s underlying technology. All rights reserved.
Kinaxis
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
The switch they helped flip in consumer purchasing trends caused companies worldwide to scramble, desperate to play in these emerging and evolving new spaces. The result was a lot of stress on the supply chain, and the emergence of omni-channel strategies. Here’s where you supply chain managers really need to take note.
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Proxima
AUGUST 3, 2020
Global supply chain management has always been at the forefront of the battle. Whether warehousing, automation, freight, retail or e-commerce, business leaders needed to evaluate and address many or all in order to maintain their supply chains and keep up with the demand, which in turn, was drastically altered by the pandemic.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 9, 2021
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections. New aircraft purchases are focused around twinjets such as the Boeing 767 and 777. As a result, the Olympics will take place without spectators.
Freightos
JULY 26, 2018
According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border. Amazon’s trucking fleet is expanding rapidly; it launched in 2005 with the purchase of thousands of trailers used to shift goods between fulfillment centers. Source: Amazon.com.
Unleashed
MARCH 2, 2022
Kanban in lean manufacturing Kanban is an important part of the lean manufacturing system, since it manages production through a pull system, rather than responding to predicted demand. Here, you may consider using a hybrid system of Kanban’s pull alongside analytics-based push methodologies (i.e.
Ware2Go
OCTOBER 21, 2021
65% of merchants in a recent survey reported an increase in ecommerce cart conversions of up to 25% when they offered a 1-2-day delivery promise. For example, a package sent 2,000 miles through USPS from Seattle to Tulsa would be Zone 8. Further, 75% believe that offering 2-day shipping makes them more competitive. The Bottom Line.
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