Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

So the shortage will continue, but for some sellers, the problem will be too much inventory.”. In 2014, the Postal Service worked with about 4,000 highway contractors. Now we’re back to saying $180 oil and not $6 or $7 or $8 fuel in California but $10 fuel across the country.” Despite High-Profile Retail Cancellations, U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2024

So, the parking spots are getting more and more occupied with drop trailers, meaning lot capacity shrinks while finding the trailer with the highest-priority inventory becomes even harder. He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2018

That hasn't happened since 2014, probably because of lower crop yields during the multi-year drought in California, but before then, it was a typical pattern. In past years, spot market rates exceeded contract rates only in June, and then only for refrigerated ("reefer") trucks.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Due to a possible strike over the USWC, most retailers took precautions and have been moving a high level of inventory replenishment in preparation for a robust year-end shopping season. Below is a quick visual representation of the terminal congestion in Southern California. Incremental Volumes. Labor Discussion.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Supply chain planners (I’m lumping in all the silos, including demand, supply, inventory and capacity planning) today are dealing with challenges that were unimaginable when Lotus notes were the next big thing. 2014 – California wildfires (150 homes destroyed, massive power outages. See 2014 side note).

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Credit ratings for states like California and Illinois are at A, and muni rates have gone down in many states. Metals such as copper and tin could go up significantly, but nickel is the shale gas of the metals market – and inventories just keep going up, which means more downside risk. in the Eurozone.

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Elementum

AUGUST 25, 2015

percent decline in container volumes from 2014 , while Long Beach reported its best month ever during the same time. percent increase in total volumes for the two Southern California ports combined—not the surge in profits expected from the peak shipping season. They’re showing mixed recovery: In July, Los Angeles posted a 3.5

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

Well, I am an All-African—and in every sense of the term even if I was born in California. All with the goal of maximizing the company’s bottom line by minimizing the incidence of stock outs and materially reducing or eliminating excess inventory. A little bit about myself. In what quantities to buy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2021

Pure Storage, a public company headquartered in Mountain View California in the US, manufactures flash-based storage for data centers. In 2014, the company’s revenues were $43 million. To support this level of responsiveness Pure Storage has more than 200 depots around the world that carry field service inventory.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Current inventory for the Le Fancy t-shirts at the warehouses are 31,000 in Tampa, 10,000 in Chicago, and 15,000 in Atlanta. Silver Tap, a large retailer that has had tremendous success selling the Le Fancy clothing line at its east coast stores will be opening its largest store in San Diego, California. I believe so.

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

Well, I’m an All-African – and in every sense of the term – even if I was born in California. The ultimate goal is to maximise a company’s bottom line by minimising the incidence of stock outs and reducing or eliminating excess inventory. A little bit about myself. When to buy. In what quantities to buy.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

Historical events like Pompeii (2014) are omitted, assuming supply chains were relatively less connected way back then. The destruction or disruption of these systems, as depicted in the movie, would make it challenging to communicate and coordinate shipments, track inventory, and manage logistics.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In higher-traffic markets, Advance Auto Parts has “hub” stores that keep more inventory in-stock to give customers what they need when they need it. Bed Bath & Beyond is also implementing inventory reduction strategies and is on track for a 5% reduction year-over-year by the end of the current fiscal year.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

The ability to in real time identify the location and status of the sourced goods gives the importer the ability to fine tune its distribution channels, its inventory management and its ability to fulfill commitments to its end users. ► 2014. (13). “With perishables, we can’t really do it from farm to shelf.”

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

AI will be able to survey an area or room and create an accurate inventory in seconds, including weights and volumes, and determine damage on items. Companies can accurately forecast demand, timely order raw materials and manage inventory more efficiently. Marc Tuinier. Abbas Dhilawala. Abbas Dhilawala is the CTO of Galen Data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2023

A California bill that would require human drivers inside robotic trucks will force Democratic lawmakers to choose between their labor allies and Silicon Valley over how to regulate the emerging autonomous vehicle industry. Zipline put its first fleet to work in Rwanda, delivering blood and other health supplies to clinics and hospitals.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

At the end of 2014, many leaders that I work with are preparing their 2015 strategies. Only 57% of retailers have a perpetual inventory signal, and too few companies (22%) have invested in mining channel data through the use of a Demand Signal Repository (DSR). One of my clients uses the analogy of “hotel California.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The California-based company, which has expertise in plant science, robotics, and artificial intelligence, recently announced the launch of its mobile support robot named Grover. Next week, I will be releasing my annual holiday logistics guide , as I have done for 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , and 2014.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

In any of these scenarios, fixed capacity is a mismatch for that variant over in inventory. So if you have 5,000 pallets of overflow for a big national beverage company that’s building up inventory for the summer. And back in 2014, it was probably the market was having a professional peak. And so a business has a choice.

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Elementum

JULY 20, 2015

The collapse of a major bridge on I-10 connecting California to Arizona served as a striking reminder that US infrastructure is failing and little is being done about it. The bridge, built in 1967, had been labeled “functionally obsolete” by the National Bridge Inventory in 2014. Bridge in Troubled Water.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

A recent California Supreme Court decision holding that independent contractors cannot be in the same business as those who use them is expected to wipe out the use of independent contractor drivers in the courier and trucking industries. Previously, taking inventory in that facility took two weeks; using drones, that shrunk to two hours.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

If they actually follow through on their promise and oil prices continue to rise next year, how will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in response? Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory. Alexa, How Much Inventory Remains at Store X?”

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