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How IoT Improves Consumer Packaged Goods Value Chain

Savi

Agile supply chain operations, especially in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, are using IoT and end-to-end shipment visibility software to outperform competitors with better service while keeping lower inventory levels. Driver Shortages: It is estimated that by 2026, the industry will be short 175,000 drivers.

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Where Have The Drivers Gone?

AFFLINK

Flash forward just a few years to 2014 and that number had skyrocketed to 38,000. The most immediate impact of the truck driver shortage (beyond the shortage itself) has to do with its effect on supply chains everywhere. In 2005, however, the shortage amounted to roughly 20,000 drivers across the country. What Can Be Done.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

the supply chain. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' annual State of Logistics report attempts to offer just such a map -- accompanied by some timely warnings. But some Class 1 railroads, CSX in particular, are cutting back on intermodal service to favor more profitable freight.