Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017. million in FY 2017 (net income has grown from $12.0

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Shipping approximately 400 million selling units consisting of 700 million manufactured units per year, Carter’s employs about 4,000 employees at its peak. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As Performance on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

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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 Whether you are a retailer, carrier, cloud services provider, or eCommerce merchant, Amazon not only effected the landscape of e-tail but the landscape of shipping and logistics as a whole. trillion, a 3.8 percent increase compared with $3.37

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IQMS

JULY 22, 2019

between 2017 and 2025 with the global market reaching $4.6B Warehouse Inventory Management Software is seeing increased adoption as manufacturers expand globally through mergers, acquisitions, and regionally-focused manufacturing strategies. Streamlining Pick, Pack, and Ship Operations Across All Locations.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

General warehouse industry statistics Warehousing costs & revenue statistics Warehouse efficiency statistics Labor statistics in the warehousing industry Automation adoption in the warehousing industry Warehouse performance metrics Warehouse automation stats: General warehouse industry statistics 1. in Q1 2017, the lowest since 2008.”

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Resilinc

JANUARY 3, 2022

Known as Scope 3 GHGs, this includes raw materials extraction and processing to packaging and shipping. The nations and their supporters say most of the money should be used to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change, while some goes to R&D on low-carbon shipping fuels.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Dropping profit margins – Hanjin’s bankruptcy in late 2016 capped a difficult year for carriers and 2017 hasn’t been much better. With 22,000 TEU mega ships exacerbating surplus capacity, the situation is unlikely to improve any time soon. But as of late, two changes have been upsetting the status quo. So I set out to change it.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 8, 2016

Today, we wrap up our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). Maintaining the best possible fleet for your shipping needs requires vigilance and the tracking of specific measures across their performance. e-Book] 8 Big Factors to Consider for Efficient LTL Shipping.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Dropping profit margins – Hanjin’s bankruptcy in late 2016 capped a difficult year for carriers and 2017 hasn’t been much better. With 22,000 TEU mega ships exacerbating surplus capacity, the situation is unlikely to improve any time soon. But as of late, two changes have been upsetting the status quo. So I set out to change it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The company created Project Gigaton in 2017 to engage suppliers and other stakeholders up and down the supply chain to reduce carbon emissions. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. The nationwide vacancy rate for industrial real estate was 3.2

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The organization is not clear on accepting special requests and expedited shipping policies, often resulting in a lower margin. Many of my clients talk about a customer-centric supply chain but rely on useless metrics from an annual survey or a net promoter score. The response is a long sigh. Six Weeks Without a Washer.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. Manufacturing in Belgium. Manufacturing accounts for about 22 percent of the GDP. billion in imports.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Per IDC Manufacturing Insights , the use of robotics will become more platform based through robot-as-a-service, reducing costs of deployment and maintenance. Furthermore, the speed of operation of robots will increase more than 30 percent by the end of 2017. Technology Will Reshape Procurement Practices. The Big Picture.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2019

Gary began our discussion by pointing out that the Amazon Effect, which he says had a critical turning point during the 2017 holiday season, has sped up supply chains for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers, causing a greater emphasis on sourcing. There is much more involved now than the perfect order metric.”.

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Unleashed

MARCH 14, 2021

The food supply chain refers to the process of preparing a food product from start to finish: sourcing the raw materials and taking the food through a manufacturing process, through to the final packaging of the product, the sale to the customer and the final delivery. What is the food supply chain? How does the food supply chain work?

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2019

2] She wrote: “There’s no doubt about it: manufacturers who fail to meet a retailer’s vendor standards can get into financial trouble. After all, shave off $20 here for a short lot, $5 there for a cracked pallet and $10 over here for a mangled shipping label, and before long, it can run into real money. Footnotes. [1]

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ShipBob

JULY 2, 2023

You begin drawing up sketches, doing manufacturer research, and brainstorming catchy names for your brand new product. If you don’t have a reliable manufacturer or shipping provider you could end up with delayed orders, product shortages, or, in the worst case, no product at all.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

From May 2016 through the end of August 2017, “17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailers had departed, or announced their intention to,” according to an article published last September in Fortune. There are seismic shifts in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and outsourced manufacturing world.”.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

15th, 2017 (PDF., The machine learning algorithms in IBM’s Watson platform were able to determine if a shipping container and.or The manufacturing industry leads all others in the volume of data it produces on a yearly basis. no opt-in).

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2020

plant-based and cell-based meat companies in the past 10 years — $13 billion of it in 2017 and 2018.” Those cutting-edge technologies are enabling companies to create personalized nutrition plans for users based on biological metrics. NEED TO SHIP YOUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRODUCT? COVID-19 Purchasing Patterns Here to Stay .

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QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Supply chain analytics allows leadership to target these challenges and mitigate the risks – that include poor forecasting, increasing trade regulations, material shortages, rising shipping costs and more – and craft data-based solutions. AI helps manufacturers and business leaders automate the tedious tasks required by staff.

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Unleashed

JUNE 23, 2021

Cloud technology is nothing new anymore, but as the technology continues to grow and becomes increasingly easy to set up and use, its adoption rates keep climbing – global spending on cloud services grew from US$145 billion (2017) to $332 billion (2021), and is expected to reach $397 billion in 2022 ( Statista ).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Whatever your Industry you should be able to make comparisons to competitors, do benchmarking, and even compare yourself on key metrics across industries. Lean for instance is equally applicable in Supply Chain as it is in Manufacturing or anywhere else. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2017. Promoting Supply Chain Value.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

By using an advanced AI-enabled data ingestion engine, retailers and manufacturers can quickly build the foundation necessary for successful analytics efforts and/or the intelligent application of AI. Compain co-founded ClearMetal after working in Hong Kong at one of the world’s largest container-shipping companies.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

In a 2017 survey by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), 65 percent of respondents had experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the last year, with 44 percent of the disruptions occurring at Tier 1. Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan. Case Studies.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

Here are some excerpts from the article: The retailer wants suppliers that ship full trucks of products to deliver orders within a specified two-day window 87% of the time, up from an 85% rate it targeted previously. But a partial shipment that arrived two days late would incur a 3% fine on all the cases, not just the missing ones.

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QAD

JULY 14, 2020

By 2017, the average new home was 2,631 square feet in size—about 1,035 square feet per person—with each person having more than the entire size of a typical new home in the 1950s. Sustainable Manufacturing. metric tons per capita. 007 metric tons per capita, but Nepal has little manufacturing, and much of that is agrarian. .

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Elementum

AUGUST 17, 2017

Ideally, implementing the tariff would result in the accomplishment of three main objectives: bolstering the economy via an influx of funding into local production, lowering the price of steel by avoiding fines imposed by foreign manufacturers, and moving jobs “back” to the U.S. by creating on-shore job openings. in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

In my work with manufacturing companies recently, I am thinking a lot about the need for diagnostic testing. Most companies cannot get to data by customer on orders shipped incomplete to understand root cause analysis. Only when the tests are complete, can I have a meaningful conversation with the physician about my health.

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Cognira

DECEMBER 20, 2022

However, consumers have been making bold efforts to protect the environment since 2017, and many retailers have made little to no changes. It has the potential to impact all areas of the retail business including manufacturing, supply chain management, promotional and marketing strategies, and even consumer experience.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Spire provides real-time information and analytics based on global maritime automatic identification system (AIS) technology—Spire’s constellation of small satellites captures the courses and current status of container ships across the globe. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86 billion metric tons as of 2017.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

In a 2017 survey by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), 65 percent of respondents had experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the last year, with 44 percent of the disruptions occurring at Tier 1. Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan. Case Studies.

Pharmaceutical 60

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

The company has strategically invested in automated distribution centers, streamlining the flow of products from manufacturers to stores. By procuring directly from manufacturers, Walmart can negotiate and understand their cost structure, enabling them to make informed purchasing decisions and obtain the best prices for their products.

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QAD

JULY 14, 2020

By 2017, the average new home was 2,631 square feet in size—about 1,035 square feet per person—with each person having more than the entire size of a typical new home in the 1950s. Sustainable Manufacturing. metric tons per capita. 007 metric tons per capita, but Nepal has little manufacturing, and much of that is agrarian. .

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

My first Management job was on the Manufacturing floor on 3rd shift. It was company policy … anyone’s first Management job was in Manufacturing. The principle was sound: to really understand how the business operated you needed to be at the very core of what it did, which in this case was Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

He knew what his cost point had to be on the product which meant that he had to have the product manufactured overseas. They are better off considering dealing with partners and outsourcing agencies to provide the on-the-ground sourcing support necessary to have their products manufactured, distributed and shipped.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 3, 2020

This was 46% more than in 2017. Companies have to make sure that the manufacturer they’re buying from is reliable, that the product is worth the price, that they will have enough demand, and enough capital. Some brands have a structural advantage to how they manufacture or an innovative way to how they distribute (e.g.,

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