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3PL Logistics Companies Up Services to Continue to Meet the Needs of Shippers

GlobalTranz

When the housing market collapsed in 2008 , the US and global economies went into a tailspin. However, the economy is on the mend, and the need for immediate cost savings and lean solutions is starting to take the backburner to how 3PL Logistics Companies could benefit shippers through long-term relationships.

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Will 2017 Drive a Higher TMS Adoption for Small to Mid-Sized Shippers?

GlobalTranz

As explained by Talking Logistics With Adrian Gonzalez , industrywide statistics indicate adoption rates have remained fixed near 33 percent for nearly two decades. In 2008, statistics involving TMS adoption rates ranged from 20 to 30 percent. However, the adoption rates remain perplexing. Seeing a 33-adoption rate seems problematic.

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Leveraging Big Data in Logistics Into Meaningful Business Analytics

Intelligent Audit

In 2008, Dr. Raymond Panko published a paper detailing examples of human error in data entry. Shippers can get a handle on their expenses by tracking freight invoices and improving their logistics strategy. . What is Big Data in Logistics & Supply Chain Management? Examples of Big Data in Logistics Uses. His findings?

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Digital Supply Chains and the New Normal

Enterra Insights

Many of these adjustments were implemented using new signals and data sources not normally used before the pandemic such as seasonal influenza statistics, international data, macroeconomic data for the major crises of 2000 and 2008, and so on. 4] Omnichannel operations. At Enterra Solutions ®, we certainly found this to be true.

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How Consumer Behavior is Changing

Enterra Insights

Now, all that manufacturing, logistics, pricing, customer engagement and general commerce data is obsolete.” Despite the disruption of major global events in the 21st century — 9/11, the Iraq invasion, the financial crisis of 2008 and the Arab spring afterwards — the difference is that those all had regional epicenters.”[4]

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The Evolution Continues: RILA Supply Chain Becomes the RILA LINK Conference

Supply Chain Network

Our evolutionary story today, about the Logistics and Supply Chain conference, begins in 1984 when NMRI held their first Physical Distribution & Transportation Conference. The next evolutionary step for this event is when RILA Logistics became RILA Supply Chain in 2014.

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From Malls to Click-And-Collect: How Today’s Pace of Change Is Impacting Real Estate

Tompkins Blog

As rapid change takes place in online ordering and fulfillment for retail, consumer goods, distribution, and third-party logistics (3PLs), the needs for real estate space change too. Sales growth in B2C has been primarily in online and discount sales since 2008 and going into the future. 2008-2013 Overall Growth. You bet it can.