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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

IBP can support a company’s vision by positively influencing its values and behaviors, thus actively shaping the company’s culture (Van Hove, 2017). In my benchmark survey (Van Hove, 2017), only 25% of survey participants answered yes to the question ‘ We have a relentless focus on only what is important for long term business objectives ’.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 31 – January 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

“Customers will buy five items and return one, but when they package the one item, they use the same box the five items were originally shipped in,” explains Ryan Kelly, vice president of e-commerce and alliance marketing at FedEx. Then, you need to get your packages ready and attach a prepaid shipping label to them.

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Truck Driver Shortage: Getting Better, Worse, or No Problem at All?

Talking Logistics

This past October, the American Trucking Associations warned that the trucking industry could be short 50,000 drivers by the end of 2017. In the report, ATA projects the shortage to reach 50,000 by the end of 2017 and if current trends hold the shortage could grow to more than 174,000 by 2026. Confusing, isn’t it?

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The 19 Biggest Spirits Industry Trends in 2022

Unleashed

There has been a squeeze on transport and a shortage of glass bottles , in particular, meaning manufacturers have had to search for other options to package and deliver their products around the globe. The plant-based drinks market is now picked to hit nearly $34 billion by 2026.

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Guide to warehouse robots: types of warehouse robots, uses, navigation & more

6 River Systems

between 2017 and 2022, reaching $6 billion in value by 2022 , with the U.S. They’re typically used for receiving functions, such as moving items from pallets to racks, in production environments, for picking and packing and shipping. More warehouses are adopting robotics technology than ever before. market leading the way.

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eCommerce Business Explained: How To Sell Products Online

Unleashed

This modern business model functions as the online solution to making retail, manufacturing, wholesale, and service-based sales. And it’s making strides: experts estimate that global eCommerce sales will reach $8 trillion (USD) by 2026. Primarily used by retailers and manufacturers (D2C).

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5 Reasons Why You Should Go for Paperless Warehousing

Vinculum

Warehousing is critical in movement of goods from manufacturer to the end customer. Traditionally warehouse was mainly thought as a storage location where items were procured from manufacturer and supplied to retail stores (mainly bulk operation) as end customer buy from stores. during 2019-2024. billion in 2018.