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Energy Transition in Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

A recent ARC survey looked at reasons to address sustainability. This survey included over 400 respondents across a number of industries. When looking at energy transition in the supply chain, there are two big opportunities to look at: warehousing and transportation.

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Warehouse Labor Woes Are Worse than Ever

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Warehouse Labor Woes are Worse than Ever. Contract logistics – companies that provide warehousing services – certainly falls into that category. The Warehouse Labor Shortage. The warehouse and transportation industry had a record 490,000 openings in July. Eight percent of warehouses have a surge of over 100%.

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Warehouse Performance Objectives Continue to Evolve

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Warehouse performance continues to evolve into a more complex, multi-faceted measure. Warehouse operations historically strived to deliver the perfect order – the right product, at the right price, at the right time. E-Commerce and direct-to-consumer shipping exerted several competitive pressures on warehouses.

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Listening to the Voice of the Warehouse Worker –5 Factors Impacting Employee Attraction and Retention

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As a pioneer in warehouse technology and the development of solutions that empower warehouse workers, Lucas Systems recently commissioned a research study and developed the first Voice of the Warehouse Worker Insights. The top ranked tech benefits by warehouse workers include solutions that: Help accuracy / minimize mistakes.

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Artificial Intelligence In The Warehouse Is Coming Sooner Than You Might Think

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Nevertheless, there are indications that AI in the warehouse is becoming a reality a lot sooner than most people might have expected. Furthermore, AI is a natural fit for many of the foundational warehouse management questions that most operators solve today using spreadsheets, inherited best practices, or rules-based decision making.

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2023 Supply Chain Priorities, Perceptions, and Initiatives – Preliminary Results

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Results from The Conference Board’s C-SUITE OUTLOOK survey showed supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and rising inflation to be 3 of the 5 high impact external factors on the minds of CEOs. Here are some preliminary survey results thus far. There are numerous indications that supply chain is more critical than ever.

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The U.S. Supply Chain Needs You!

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Supply chains around the country are in great need of warehouse and transportation workers. Just last month I noted that warehouse labor productivity was hindered extensively by COVID-19 and that 80 percent of ARC’s warehouse survey respondents anticipate an increase of order throughput volumes in 2021. Why is that?