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6 River Systems
JULY 29, 2020
Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
billion inventory write-off in the third quarter, essentially admitting that it too was caught up in the Internet hype that, at its peak, gave the company the highest market capitalization in Wall Street history. In 2010, there was a veiled promise that innovation from Silicon Valley would transform supply chain processes.
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6 River Systems
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Technology is transforming warehouses, too, supporting leaner, more agile operations and enabling warehouses to offer rapid delivery and error-free orders – elements that are essential to the success of a fulfillment operation. the number of operating warehouses grows at an increasing rate each year, reaching 18,182 in 2018.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 2, 2023
Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. A famous 2010 HBR article, “Roaring Out of Recession,” studied how 4,700 public companies fared during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000. 17% went bankrupt, went private, or were acquired. Faster order-to-cash.
Talking Logistics
JULY 8, 2016
It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Heavy-Duty Truck Orders Fall to Lowest Since 2010 (WSJ – sub. Honeywell To Acquire Intelligrated, A Leader In Supply Chain And Warehouse Automation Technologies. percent from 3 percent.
ToolsGroup
MARCH 17, 2020
Gartner research shows that companies that continued to increase earnings while others declined in 2009 and 2010 were those that were able to keep their foot on the gas through the downturn because they had planned responses in advance. The real world rarely follows the rules–the Coronavirus is more evidence of this reality.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2022
The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. We can no longer assume that government policy is rational, variability is low or logistics are available. increase in 2010, eleven years ago. This reset is not an evolution.
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