Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2023

According to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, consumers plan to spend a collective $24 billion on Easter this year, up from $20.8 The survey indicates that 81 percent of Americans will celebrate the holiday and spend an average of $192.01, the highest figure on record.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 18, 2015

Fortunately, selecting a 3PL for 2015 and beyond can be broken down into six specific questions. Trucking companies expanded into providing wholesome solutions for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), and shipping intermediaries were trying to make shippers collaborate to move existing shipments towards capacity per haul.

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Arkieva

JULY 25, 2016

While demand seems to be on an uptick for manufacturers especially in the consumer goods industry, an increase in online shopping could also lead to a scarcity in the availability of distribution centers in the near future. in 2015, of which 50% to 75% comprised warehouses. Source: Multichannel Merchant. Read Full Article.

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EcoVadis

MAY 30, 2018

The Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) recently released the results of its new, independent comparative tool for sustainable procurement ratings and EcoVadis is excited to share we’ve secured the highest ranking in the framework. Watch the webinar here: .

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Logility

APRIL 10, 2017

Look at the process enabling tools. Survey after survey points to spreadsheets as one of the primary tools used along with ERP systems and homegrown solutions. Poor planning solutions lead to work-arounds, fat fingering, inefficient management and ineffective collaboration with partners.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. As I sit on the back row, I hear platitudes (A number of concepts positioned at a high level without clarity on how to execute). ” Currently working on a series of surveys to help clients answer these two questions, I struggle with the current state. My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015.

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ivalua

APRIL 26, 2019

And the challenges of today won’t be solved by yesterdays solutions – we have to be inventive, find new ways, be creative”. That offering has built in best practices but is also a solution that “grows with you”. Industry-focused solutions are coming soon too – manufacturing in May, financial services and healthcare Q3.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Think about your most recent purchase. The logistics industry is made up of a highly interconnected supply chain network that manufactures raw materials into finished products and connects producers and consumers through various channels. More agile on fulfilling requests and custom solutions. Pros: Fast-paced atmosphere.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2016

who specializes in innovative metrology & styling solutions. In this blog, Andy discusses the health of the manufacturing industry, manufacturing technology orders, and setting benchmarks for company performance. The State of the Health of The US Manufacturing Sector & Manufacturing Technology Orders.

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AFFLINK

AUGUST 8, 2017

As of 2015, the federal Research & Development Credit has been permanent – and substantial. For example, a tool and die manufacturer received nearly $400,000 in tax credits for important projects undertaken in a three-year period. Electronically downloaded software is often not subject to sales tax.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software. Although third wave supply chain-software could cover all these elements, Niels believes that human centricity is critical so that decision augmentation should be the more desirable form for business planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” This is in preparation for the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire Report. The Market Leaders in Inventory Management Technology Have the Best Solutions.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Procurement costs. Ethical Procurement and Corporate Responsibility.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. coli outbreak at Chipotle in 2015 or the E. coli outbreaks of romaine lettuce in 2017 and 2018. In the case of the second E.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. coli outbreak at Chipotle in 2015 or the E. coli outbreaks of romaine lettuce in 2017 and 2018. In the case of the second E.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. coli outbreak at Chipotle in 2015 or the E. coli outbreaks of romaine lettuce in 2017 and 2018. In the case of the second E.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. coli outbreak at Chipotle in 2015 or the E. coli outbreaks of romaine lettuce in 2017 and 2018. In the case of the second E.

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FLEXE

APRIL 12, 2017

Can you remember your first online purchase? Today, for many of us, shopping online happens more frequently than in-store purchases. Between 2015 and 2016, total eCommerce sales grew 15%, while total spend in retail only grew 2.9%. eCommerce is fast-paced and competitive. Seems like forever ago. But eCommerce is tricky.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 5, 2016

However, the economy is on the mend, and the need for immediate cost savings and lean solutions is starting to take the backburner to how 3PL Logistics Companies could benefit shippers through long-term relationships. Client Needs of 3PL Logistics Companies. The needs of yesteryear-clients were quite simple: get costs under control quickly.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

CMO’s are now responsible for guiding company culture, influencing talent recruitment, creating new ways of collaborating, and making technology purchases that might have once been exclusively the responsibility of the IT department. In turn, we see the role of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) radically changing.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

CMO’s are now responsible for guiding company culture, influencing talent recruitment, creating new ways of collaborating, and making technology purchases that might have once been exclusively the responsibility of the IT department. In turn, we see the role of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) radically changing.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 19, 2015

China’s logistics industry is gaining in importance and developing rapidly to support the nation’s manufacturing sector. While China has gained a reputation as a cost effective place for manufacturing, logistical costs (about 18% of the cost of sales) in the country are still very high compared to other developed countries.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 28, 2016

in 2015 to 4.6% Most companies are startups, so there isn’t a ton of cash to invest in fixed cost fulfillment solutions. Many companies choose to drop-ship directly from the manufacturer, which dramatically lowers the percent of on-time, correct orders—a key driver in customer satisfaction and repeat orders.

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Vinculum

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This is one of the fast profit-generating sources skyrocketing to $20 billion by the end of 2020 in the Gulf Cooperative Council counties. If we look at the past, e-commerce hardly generated a profit of $5billion in 2015, less than the present scenario. Around 59% use Instagram to find new buyers or retailers to expand their business.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to this Inbound Logistics article , The Jel Sert Company, a manufacturer of fun foods such as Otter Pops, used half pallets to ship mixed products for display in retail stores. This is more than double the 11% who said so in 2015. With their business model, customers make all purchases online.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

She writes, “Millennials are expected to be the biggest spenders this holiday shopping season, according to Accenture’s annual holiday shopping survey. … Specific to grocery, 86% of those surveyed said quality is ‘important’ or ‘very important’ when making holiday food shopping decisions.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Multichannel selling allows customers to shop and purchase through whichever channel they prefer. For example, a manufacturer who is selling to a few wholesalers would have sent out a catalogue to them. The wholesalers would then have to call the manufacturer and order over the phone, or via email. What is B2B eCommerce?

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 28, 2016

in 2015 to 4.6% It takes half the time to set-up (three weeks vs. three months) and costs a fraction of the traditional solutions because there are no long-term commitments or service fees.</p> </p> <p>In just one year, the market share for online mattress sales has jumped 255%, from 1.8%

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GTG Technology Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Almost a million truck drivers have yet to purchase an e-log device – and the deadline is just six weeks away. Sixty percent of firms surveyed were still using paper logs as of the beginning of October. million truck drivers in the United States, and one survey found 60 percent of drivers were still using paper logs.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

For multiple reasons, spot market freight volumes and rates have been trending down for most of 2015 -- van rates since March, and flatbed and reefer rates since June. I did a survey of hot markets in the U.S., Then again, while the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was down to 50.1 Dozens of Hot Markets. Others Not So Hot.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A shift to manufacturing critical goods like pharmaceuticals in the United States would lead to higher production costs, for instance. Matt Scott Matt Scott is the owner of Termite Survey. As logistics costs were already on the rise in 2018 and 2019, companies are now faced with supply shortages, stress on the U.S.

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Unleashed

MARCH 12, 2020

They are consistently and repetitively heard on the lips of consumers, seen in advertising and actively guiding and emboldening the purchasing power of your customers. It is where every purchase made or service enlisted is considered carefully. The Conscious Consumer. This describes the ever-increasing profile of today’s consumers.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 4, 2022

An infographic prepared by Retail Aware reports that a survey found, “70% of CG executives [taking the survey] selected the inability to integrate data from multiple sources as the top analytics challenge.”[3] There are new sources of information about things like shipping and weather, and troves of public data.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes. 68% think behaviours are not addressed enough in S&OP implementations.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 28, 2020

At time of writing, our data sources are unable to provide an accurate picture of the size of the NZ coffee market in a post-Covid-19 world. At time of writing, our data sources are unable to provide an accurate picture of the size of the Chinese coffee market in a post-Covid-19 world. Source: Statista. through to 2025. *At

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Manufacturing is core to the middle class and a healthy economy. At the end of 2014, many leaders that I work with are preparing their 2015 strategies. The word digital is everywhere in their presentations– digital path to purchase, digital agriculture, and digital manufacturing. As they talked, I winced.

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Logility

JULY 8, 2022

On that same day, the FDA learns of an infant sickened by bacteria after drinking formula manufactured at the Sturgis plant. Abbott announces a voluntary recall of several powdered formulas manufactured at the Sturgis facility. retailers implement purchase limits on infant formula. 10 May: Major U.S. 10 May: Major U.S.

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