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Trends 2019: Manufacturing

Enterra Insights

Look for this trend to accelerate in 2019 as the fastest-growing manufacturers who have succeeded in winning new customers turn to robotics to fulfill the high volume orders of their new, and often foreign-based customers.”[4]. Accordingly, manufacturing supply chains will become more intelligent in 2019, as well.”[6].

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Top 6 Wholesale Distribution Trends for 2019

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But I’m sure many of you in the wholesale and distribution business are thinking: “ What does 2019 hold for the wholesale and distribution industry? Unfortunately, much of the changes are factors caused by the escalating trade wars between the two largest nations in the world: the United States and China.

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Lot Traceability in the Fashion Industry

Logility

Let’s journey back to late 2019 and early 2020. In addition, COVID revealed the need for increased downstream fortification as sources — from growers to spinners to mills — became less reliable. The other shoe dropped in September 2020 when, by a vote of 406-3, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 1-5, 2019)

Talking Logistics

This week, as reported by Reuters, a different type of storm disrupted supply chains: “trucks delivering goods from Mexico to the United States are facing up to 12 hours of gridlock, drivers said, after a transfer of [750] U.S. border agents to immigration duties slowed the flow of commercial traffic at several border crossings.”.

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5 Ways to Optimize Your Supply Chain for 2019 Trade Tensions

Stord

With the threat of more trade tensions on the horizon in 2019, shippers should optimize their supply chains now to minimize disruption. Read on for a brief overview of how trade tensions affected supply chains last year and a list of ways that you can use to prepare for potential disruption in 2019.

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COVID’s Supply Chain Ripples: the SME Business Perspective

Freightos

Between September 2019 and September 2021, the cost of shipping a 40’ container from China to the US West Coast had increased from $1,500 to $20,586. While two-thirds of importers said that sales volumes were equal or higher to those in 2019, a full 46% reported spending over 10% of their operating budget on logistics.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

billion yen, supported by robust shipments to the United States as well as a weaker yen, according to the data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Both marine products were supported by growing demand from Japanese restaurants in the United States. percent to 38.7 percent to 20.9 billion yen.