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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. In my own defense, things kind of took off after 2014. I will soon be publishing the 2021 base-year study with a five-year forecast through 2026. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 billion in 2019.

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The Intelligent IBP Manifesto – key principles for a new planning paradigm

Supply Chain Trend

In the end, IBP is a philosophy, or belief system that strives for transparency, near perfect integration and alignment, both horizontal (between functions, BUs, even companies) and vertical (between strategy, planning and execution). A lack of strategy integration or strategic guidance, is also one of the main gaps in IBP.

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Looking Back at Previous Capacity Crunches & How Shippers Responded

GlobalTranz

The same held true after Superstorm Sandy and the unyielding winter of 2014, reports Lawrence J. Also, the driver short has continually grown worse for the last eight years, and it is expected to continue through 2026, asserts Iris Kuo of Trucks.com. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, capacity hit a breaking point.