Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2017

Today, I’m adding to the list of resolutions, but instead of focusing on things you should do this year, I’m focusing on 4 things you should stop doing in 2017. It’s now 2017. The same resolutions still apply today, so I encourage you to re-read the post in case you forgot them or ignored the advice the first time around.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2021

Boot Barn is a retail chain devoted to western and work-related footwear, apparel, and accessories. In 2017 Boot Barn installed the Körber Warehouse Management System (WMS) in its Wichita facility that spanned almost 100,000 square feet at that time. The Wichita, Kansas facility supports the company’s expanding e-commerce business.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 21, 2019

According to statista.com the global apparel market is expected to be $1.5 The largest category is Women’s wear with a 2017 market value of $643 Billion US dollars. Edgexpo.com reports apparel and textile industry waste as follows: Nearly 20% of global waste water is produced by the fashion industry. All Rights Reserved.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

We cannot let this happen again,” is what the American Apparel & Footwear Association said in 2015. Last week, the head of the union’s Charleston, S.C., chapter in a statement claiming to represent “rank and file” called for a one-day shutdown of ports from Maine to Texas to allow members to rally in Washington, D.C.

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QAD

JULY 16, 2020

With its GDP of $9.474 trillion as of 2017, India is the third-largest economy in the world, behind China and the US. as of 2017. In 2017, India exported $304.1 Primary export commodities include petroleum products, precious gems, vehicles, machinery, iron, steel, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, cereals and apparel.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Services by Amazon Here are some of the key services offered by Amazon: General public: Amazon.com – an e-commerce platform offering a diverse selection of products such as books, electronics, apparel, and groceries. It describes a system for on-demand apparel manufacturing, allowing for custom-made clothes delivered quickly.

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QAD

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Turkey ranks number 38 th of the world’s countries for land area but 13 th in terms of its economy and GDP, which reached $2.286 trillion in 2017. In 2017, Turkey exported $155.2 The major export commodities were apparel, food, textiles, metal and manufactured metal parts and transportation equipment. Taxes equal 20.3%

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Apparel Performance and Improvement Comparison. I have not seen this done well in the apparel industry. You can hear Peter’s story directly by attending the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 5th-8th, 2017. In the period of 2009-2015, Carter’s drove significant improvement in operating margin.

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SCM Research

MARCH 15, 2017

To examine this assumption, we studied the stock market reaction to 39 global apparel retailers with significant sourcing in Bangladesh. Such risks and costs are often assumed to be sufficient to motivate firms to source production in developed, high-cost countries rather than developing, low-cost countries. Jacobs, B., & Singhal, V.

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QAD

JUNE 7, 2022

For the 10 years between 2007 and 2017, the promotional products businesses grew steadily. Product configuration including multiple decoration locations, apparel sizes and PMS color selections. The two major issues that hit the promo industry the hardest are lack of inventory and changing prices. . Online proof approval.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2017

The trajectory toward reshoring continues to accelerate under the Trump administration, with an all-time high of reported reshoring jobs per month in January 2017, followed up by companies such as Softbank, GM, Spring, Infosys, and Apple announcing reshoring initiatives.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 8, 2017

Bangladesh Launches Program to Map Apparel Suppliers, Best Interview Questions for Procurement Hires, Jail Sentences for Principals in UK Horsemeat Scandal

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QAD

AUGUST 8, 2019

Spain manufactures textiles and apparel, footwear, food and beverages, metals, chemicals, automobiles, machine tools, medical equipment, footwear, pharmaceuticals, clay and refractory products. Industrial production is growing at about 4% annually as of 2017. as of 2017, but that is down from a high of 26% in 2013. and the U.S.

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RELEX Solutions

JANUARY 5, 2017

Let me give you a couple of supply chain buzzwords for 2017; ‘Amazon’ and ‘Customer-Centricity’. That leads me to my next supply chain buzzword of 2017; customer-centricity. The post Supply Chain Buzzwords 2017 – See The Highlights At NRF appeared first on RELEX. Neither should be a huge surprise. Other blog posts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Starting with apparel, let’s compare the two top performers –Nike and VF Corporation. An example for this client would be to use 2017 and 2018 history to forecast 2019. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 13, 2019

Back in 2017, Bloomberg journalists Matt Townsend ( @matt_townsend ), Jenny Surane ( @jennysurane ), Emma Orr ( @emmajorr ), and Christopher Cannon ( @homiedonttweet ), predicted the retail apocalypse was just beginning.[3] 1] Robin Wigglesworth, “ Charting the US retail revolution ,” Financial Times , 17 August 2017. [2]

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

But what happens to the “Super Bowl Champion” apparel, or really from any major sporting event, for the losing team? While printing operations have been greatly improved, clearly there is no way that these items are printed on-demand. Instead, they are printed ahead of time, for both teams. Well, the avian flu looks like it is back.

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Resilinc

JUNE 29, 2021

over the last 20 years, with 2015, 2017 and 2020 seeing more than 10 million acres burned (see below chart). While cotton is only a $12 billion industry, it makes up 31% of raw materials used in the textile and apparel industries, which have a global economic impact of $600 billion according to the report.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

participation in global value chains over the last four decades in terms of partner countries, products and modes, with a focus on the last five years (2017-2022).” percent in 2017 and have since fallen to 16.5 The abstract notes that the research paper “ documents that shifts in the pattern of U.S. imports peaked at 21.6

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 7, 2022

It’s been newsworthy since at least the mid-’90s when reports of sweatshops in apparel became commonplace. Forced labor in industries such as agriculture and apparel have continued to be a problem over the years, with prevalence in commodities such as palm oil, cotton, cocoa, coffee, and sugarcane, to name but a few.

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Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Patent: Lane Assignments for Autonomous Vehicles Date Filed: January 2017 This patent describes a way for autonomous cars to navigate reversible lanes where traffic flow changes based on demand. Title: On-demand Apparel Manufacturing Date Filed: December 2015 2017 may well turn out to be a major tipping point in the history of apparel retail.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2018

Despite some struggles, retail as a whole had a solid 2017, as total sales reached $3.5 trillion, a 3.8 percent increase compared with $3.37 trillion in 2016, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Of that, though, e-commerce accounted for 13 percent of the total, up dramatically from 11.6 percent in 2016.

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QAD

JULY 16, 2020

With its GDP of $9.474 trillion as of 2017, India is the third-largest economy in the world, behind China and the US. as of 2017. In 2017, India exported $304.1 Primary export commodities include petroleum products, precious gems, vehicles, machinery, iron, steel, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, cereals and apparel.

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Pivot88

MARCH 30, 2017

This two days gathering in the heart of Asia’s World City will allow you to discover the technologies disrupting the fashion, apparel and footwear industry. PI Apparel is a World Series of events that examine the crucial role technology plays in the fast-moving World of fashion, apparel, and footwear.

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Vinculum

JULY 17, 2020

Acquired by Amazon in 2017, Souq now has an interface that completely aligns with the brand’s platform. Headquartered in Dubai, Awok is popular for fashion apparel, lifestyle, electronics, and a number of other categories. Founded in 2017, Noon has quickly scaled up to give competition to the likes of Souq in the Middle East.

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BlueYonder

MAY 5, 2017

Amid Brick-and-Mortar Travails, a Tipping Point for Amazon in Apparel. If future anthropologists want to study the rubble of early-21st-century retail, a good place to start will be what Amazon.com did to apparel shopping in the few years before and after 2017. Automation Jobs Will Put 10,000 Humans to Work, Study Says.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Deploying item-level RFID improves the efficiency, precision and reliability of the entire retail supply chain, helping brands and retailers exceed consumer expectations and build loyalty,” said Michelle Covey, vice president of retail apparel and general merchandise, GS1 US.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

MHS Global has grown rapidly over the last few years, partially due to a string of acquisitions including that of Atronix in 2017; VanRiet, A2i, and OCM in 2018; and eMotion Controls in 2020. From an industry perspective, the company is focused on fashion and apparel, grocery, and industrial and consumer goods. Lee Partners.

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EcoVadis

JANUARY 25, 2019

In 2017, Verité conducted 34 reassessments to measure improvement. The entire apparel sector will gain much from articulating and measuring impact in terms of concrete, verifiable gains made in workers’ SOV and engagement as the core building blocks of mutually beneficial worker/management cooperation. and President of Gap Foundation.

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BlueYonder

MAY 5, 2017

Amid Brick-and-Mortar Travails, a Tipping Point for Amazon in Apparel. If future anthropologists want to study the rubble of early-21st-century retail, a good place to start will be what Amazon.com did to apparel shopping in the few years before and after 2017. Automation Jobs Will Put 10,000 Humans to Work, Study Says.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 7, 2022

It’s been newsworthy since at least the mid-’90s when reports of sweatshops in apparel became commonplace. Forced labor in industries such as agriculture and apparel have continued to be a problem over the years, with prevalence in commodities such as palm oil, cotton, cocoa, coffee, and sugarcane, to name but a few.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Forced labor is found in many industries globally, including apparel, mining, palm oil, seafood, and others. primarily in the fashion apparel business?—?should Such crimes create “living and working conditions contrary to human dignity” ( ILO, 2012 ). should further amplify the issue for every company.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

which makes Internet-connected exercise bikes, but also for more traditional manufacturers such as the athletic footwear and apparel company Nike Inc.”[3]. ” Supply & Demand Chain Executive , 14 June 2017. [3] This is true not just for young Internet-based companies, such as the meal-kit provider Blue Apron Inc.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Think department stores and specialty retailers, especially those selling apparel.) By December, 2017 had seen 26 major retail bankruptcies (defined in this case as companies with more than $50 million in liabilities).”[1] Artificial intelligence (AI) has started to play a big part in the supply chain of retailers.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Date: 28-29 March 2017. Thoryn Stephens, CDO, AMERICAN APPAREL. Home Delivery World Europe. Venue: Business Design Centre, London, UK. Organisation: Terrapinn. URL: www.terrapinn.com/delivery. Innovation. Technology. Performance. The event for the home delivery value chain: from retail to logistics. Ryan Perera, CoFounder, HENCHMAN.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

Check out the highlights and photos from our 2016 , 2017 , and 2018 rides. is deploying robots to retrieve bins filled with apparel, electronics and other products from shelves and deliver them to workers who pick individual items. Here are some excerpts from the article: XPO Logistics Inc.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

” They note an MIT survey of apparel companies found vastly differing definitions of supply chain transparency across organizations. 4] Staff, “ Supply Chain Transparency; a manufacturing ‘must do’ Part 1 ,” Rootstock Software, 21 August 2017. Footnotes. [1]

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