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How Carrier Technology Affects Your Supply Chain

CH Robinson Transportfolio

From a shipper’s perspective, new supply chain technology means things like visibility to shipments, proactive notifications before disruptions occur, and better forecasting for future improvements. Robinson in 2007. But there’s another side of that story to tell—the carrier’s perspective. I started with C.H.

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Ocean Carrier Alliances: What You Need to Know

Talking Logistics

During the Great Recession of 2007-2009, demand decreased rapidly for container shipping, causing a chain reaction for carriers. Greater alignment of future vessel orders with demand forecasts. Stay up-to-date on shipping industry headlines and ask your 3PL provider for the latest shipping news and industry trends.

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Ecommerce Venture Capital Trends: Which VCs & Seed Investors are Investing in Ecommerce?

ShipBob

It has been forecasted that by 2040, approximately 95% of all purchases will be facilitated by ecommerce. It was the world’s largest VC firm in 2007 with over $20 million in assets during the year. Tools that help with demand forecasting can help ensure you stay a step ahead with reordering inventory.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. Several poor outsourcing decisions had led to excessive 3PL expenses. Sunsweet was using a manual forecasting approach, with spreadsheets being the only technology involved.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling & Logistics

Further, if one does a Google search on data science groups in private industry, numerous large industry groups formed just since 2007 appear. This problem starts with sales forecasting, which in e-commerce is even more difficult than at the store-level.