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Inventory Everywhere, But Not the Right Product to Ship

Supply Chain Shaman

Bloated inventories. Despite investments in planning, today, industries hold 28 more days of inventory than in 2004. The larger the number of days of inventory, the greater the cash drag.) Changes in Inventory Year-end inventory values by industry from Y Charts. The story continues. Rising inflation. Next steps?

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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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Containerized shipping joins modern financial world with CME futures

Freightos

trillion dollars in 2021 , up 13% from 2019. The cost of importing a 40’ container from China to the United States West Coast grew 1,000% from $1,800 in 2019 to over $20,000 in September 2021 according to our Freightos Baltic Index (FBX). As a result, they went from paying $45 per mattress on shipping to $375 per mattress in 2021.

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Freight Data Trends for 2019 and How a TMS Will Grow in Value

GlobalTranz

The application of data can help shippers gain control of shipping costs and make informed decisions, and the top freight data trends for 2019 exemplify how the use of a transportation management system (TMS) can further this cause. The Move to LTL Digital Shipping. Download WhitePaper.

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Key Questions for a Successful Distribution Network

Speaker: Irina Rosca, Director of Supply Chain Operations, Helix

As we plan for the world of eCommerce and the customer expectation of quick, free shipping, our ability to forecast is turned on its head. If we're going to offer the speed of shipping and variety of inventory that today's customers have come to expect, there are a lot of different questions that need to be asked.

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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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Peak Shipping Season: A Review of Trends from the 2018 Holiday Peak Season

GlobalTranz

We will turn over each stone and consider how innovative technology will shape the future of shipping and logistics. So, let us reflect on the peak shipping season trends we saw at the close of 2018 and how those trends will affect the industry now and throughout 2019. Meanwhile, inventory levels rose 3.6 Download Here.

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