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The Give and Take of Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

e-commerce sales increased again in 2021, up 14% year-over-year (YoY), and by more than 50% compared to 2019. Multi-carrier parcel shipping technology empowers fulfillment teams. Multi-carrier parcel shipping technology gives merchants the functionality they need to roll out these offerings and better serve customers.

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A Long Road Ahead for Procurement Professionals Managing Their Supply Chains

ModusLink Corporation

Procurement experts face transportation costs, customer demands, and high pressure on global container and air freight rates. Consider global container shipping rates. Container rates in late July 2023 reached $1323 per TEU, significantly surpassing the late-2019 rates of $1236.87 before the COVID lockdown ( Freightos ).

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5 Immediate Impacts of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

5 Immediate Impacts of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 By Nat Josef Just when it seemed like bipartisanship was going the way of the dinosaurs, Congress recently came together to pass the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, which President Biden signed into law on June 16th. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and John Thune (R-S.D.)

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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes (Q1 2019)

Talking Logistics

Even our most popular post, which dealt with excess inventory and yard management, had a transportation bent to it. Overall, the first quarter of 2019 proves yet again that there’s never a dull moment in this industry. Excess Inventory? No Problem. You Have Trailers In the Yard.­

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. Both companies outperformed their peer groups.

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No Time Like the Present

Supply Chain Shaman

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. Inventories increased by 44% due to supply chain volatility. See the pattern?

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

To understand the phenomenon , the 2019 GDP was 2.16%. Source E2open Shipping Index). The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. In addition, Lucas used inventory as a slush fund to make quarterly earnings. The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7%