Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack.

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Resilinc

JUNE 15, 2021

Container ships are the backbone of world trade. According to Statista, the world’s merchant container ship fleet grew from 11 million metric tons (mt) of deadweight tonnage (a measure of a vessel’s weight-carrying capacity) to 275 million mt in 2020—a 2500% increase.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

General warehouse industry statistics Warehousing costs & revenue statistics Warehouse efficiency statistics Labor statistics in the warehousing industry Automation adoption in the warehousing industry Warehouse performance metrics Warehouse automation stats: General warehouse industry statistics 1. in Q1 2017, the lowest since 2008.”

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Lucas

JULY 3, 2018

WERC’s Annual DC Measures Survey is a great tool for benchmarking your distribution center and warehouse operations, but it’s also a valuable resource for identifying trends across the industry. This year’s survey showed the growing importance of labor-related metrics in assessing DC performance. Annual workforce turnover.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

” Currently working on a series of surveys to help clients answer these two questions, I struggle with the current state. The supply chain is vertically integrated and global shipping almost 2 million units daily. I find that most of the time, companies cannot answer the first question of “ Who is your customer?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

In the fall of 2008 I attended a major consumer packaged goods company’s global customer team meeting. Shipping Standards. If interested in doing this type of survey, check out our capabilities on the Supply Chain Insights website.). Reflections. My insights on the topic are now a decade old.

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