Tompkins Blog

JULY 14, 2014

Shippers still bear the scars from the disastrous 2002 work stoppage and have countermeasures in-place to avoid major disruption. Even when factoring in an economy that is healthier than a year ago, these numbers suggest retailers are pre-loading Holiday inventory. Blog Post Asia Global Ports Shipping Transportation'

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

It was cheaper than producing products in the US, manufacturers could produce large inventories with little capital up front, and consumers did not really have a public voice. This may include research and development, product manufacturing, product packaging, and shipping processes. In contrast, there were 47 recall notices of U.S.-made

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Locus Robotics

JULY 5, 2019

e-Commerce operators cannot find enough workers to ship what they sell. As detailed in the chart, distribution center wages for warehouse workers were basically flat from 2002 through 2013 before starting to see a rapid increase. Overall, warehouse employment has risen 50% from 2014 to 2018 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Inventory Turns. Better performance in inventory turns than the peer group average for the period studied. Orbit Chart of VTech for the Period of 2006-2015 at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns . Initially, this led to operating losses and write-offs and was turned around in 2002. Operating Margin.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Supply and Demand 150

6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. Deutsche Post started acquiring shares of the company in 1998 and completed its acquisition of DHL by 2002, expanding the brand ‘DHL’ to its other services. Revenue: JP¥ 1,829 billion/ $16.5

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). Those same words were also said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. Guess what?

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