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This Week in Logistics News (January 23-27, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Here are some other details from the article: Amazon has helped ship at least 150 containers of goods from China since October, according to shipping documents collected at ports of entry that were compiled by Ocean Audit, a company specializing in ocean-freight refund recovery for shippers. You decide.

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2017 Outlook: The Freight Recession is Over

DAT Solutions

An 18-month malaise was triggered by the worldwide collapse of oil prices at the end of 2014. Freight volume and rates finally began to revive in May 2016, and year-over-year volume comparisons turned positive in August. The freight recession is over. Energy exploration and fracking petered out, and the accompanying freight dried up.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

Too few companies have the discipline to measure Forecast Value Add–comparison to the naive forecast–and drive improvement. As a result, for companies that calculate MAPE and are diligent about tracking forecast data, they are seeing a steady increase in demand error. Organizational DNA is defined by supply.

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Scheduling 'Order Release Process' Intelligently - Infosys Blogs

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. They are order sourcing, order scheduling, order release and finally order shipping & delivery. As part of the scheduling process Retailer can source from Its own fulfillment point only if it is profitable.

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Supply Chain Management:The Learning from the 2012 Holiday.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. They embraced the conveniences of in-home and mobile buying and cyber-based price and feature comparisons. It reported that it last one-day shipping order was placed on 11:52 p.m. January 2014. April 2013.

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Introducing the Freightos Marketplace

Freightos

By 2014, it reached $77 trillion dollars. This tremendous growth was driven by freight shipping, which scaled in size but didn’t significantly improve underlying technology, getting bigger, not getting smarter. For example, 26% of the 730 million TEUs shipped annually and approximately 30% of trucks on the road are empty.

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Supply Chain Management:Bricks and Clicks - The New Business.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Nordstrom was one of the first broad line department store chains to offer no-cost shipping and returns for online orders and is currently testing same-day delivery at a flat rate. Business Process Outsourcing.