ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025. Two years later, stores have reopened, but digital commerce is projected to maintain its upward trend.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

Most of us understand that barcodes contain information that help retailers track inventory; however, few of us know much more about them. This gives a business constant access to up-to-date data, allowing it to quickly calculate meaningful metrics like inventory turn, value of inventory on-hand or sales per week by item.”

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Gartner estimates that by the end of 2022, 85% of enterprises will have some form of RPA implemented in their business and Forrester calculates the RPA market will exceed a 50% CAGR by 2023, going from roughly $500 million to $2.8 Inventory Management. Regardless of how efficient and effective, all supply chains carry inventory.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

The July 2022 J.P. Also highlighted was that purchasing activity, stocks of purchases and finished goods inventories collectively rose in July. The report authors noted the first drop in manufacturing output since June 2020. The July 2022 Manufacturing ISM© Report on Business reported the lowest PMI value since June 2020.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 5, 2022

He explains, “In 2022, it’s going to be important that supply chain technology companies can really provide solutions that enhance connectivity and visibility.”[1] billion in 2017 plummeted to $5,200 billion in 2020. In the year 2022, the logistics industry is predicted a bright outlook.” billion by 2027.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog shares a mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 predictions for industry supply chains published at the beginning of 2022. economy in 2022 have been ratcheted down to just over 2 percent. Economic Outlook Significantly Changed.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

In our summary and perspectives focused on July 2022 reporting , we opined that July data reinforced a trending toward declining global supply chain production momentum. The August 2022 J.P. South Korea has now become a concern as well as that regions manufacturing activity is now at a contraction level not seen since 2020. . .

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we highlight published September 2022 indices of global supply chain volatility ( GSPI ) and US Logistics Index ( LMI ) activity trends along with our view of the implications. In a prior Supply Chain Matters posting, we highlighted both September and Q3-2022 global and regional PMI indices.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

contraction threshold which is noted as the first time this has occurred since the depths of the global pandemic in 2020. The September 2022 J.P. The orders-to-inventory ratio fell to another multi-year low last month as excess capacity continued to build at factories. Global Wide Production Activity. percentage points higher.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives on reported November 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. There are additional signs of a global glut in overall inventory levels, yet selective component shortages remain for certain industries. manufacturing performance since June 2020.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’ve worked in the supply chain for 30+ years, working for major retailers including Kmart, Michaels and Five Below, as well as on the 3PL and logistics side with companies including FedEx, where I was Vice President of Global Transportation, and UPS, where I worked as Vice President of Supply Chain Design.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Specifically for retail and consumer goods focused supply chain management teams, a short-term tactical concern is the ongoing management of excess product inventories, which in many cases, need to be trimmed before the end of the year. Profitability objectives are paramount, but inventory overhang remains a significant challenge.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Three commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains made available at the beginning of 2022, and specifically addressing supply chain cost inflation implications. Mid-Year Global Transportation Assessment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

I read earlier this week that pressure on the supply of critical materials will continue to mount as road transport electrification expands to meet net-zero ambitions. Japan farm exports in 2022 1st half hit record high as more dine out. Including Bomi, UPS Healthcare has doubled its global footprint since 2020.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. The average global PMI value for Q2-2022 was 52.3, The June 2022 Manufacturing ISM© Report on Business reported a value of 53.0

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. The February 2022 Manufacturing ISM© Report on Business reported a value of 58.6, This index’s February value of 53.6

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

They collectively provide evidence that the prior disruptions still occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the latest manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China, will have a longer economic and service level effect in the coming months. in March, and the lowest level recorded since August 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

billion in inventory that “if we could just wave a magic wand, we’d make it go away today,” said chief financial officer John David Rainey. Walmart estimates that inventory is still 15 percent above optimal levels. Clearing the inventory will still take a couple of quarters. percent higher than in 2020), and driver wages (10.8

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20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2022

However markets recovered themselves in 2021 to greater extent and the economists are forecasting an expansion of that steady growth in the year 2022 as well. Despite the economic disruptions that raged post 2020 and the volatile state of price pressure, Asia has experienced less of a fluctuating consumer price inflation.

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6 River Systems

MARCH 23, 2022

As we near the end of Q1 2022, here are the top eight trends that continue to dominate the warehousing industry. One of the biggest trends that remains for the warehousing industry in 2022 is labor shortages. over 2020, with more total retail sales shifting to e-commerce. B in 2022 , a CAGR of 47.6%.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

Only time will tell, but factors seem to point to similar conditions for shippers in 2022, at least to start the year. According to a Heavy Duty Trucking article , analysts from FTR expect spot market rates to remain elevated in 2022 despite decreasing from the estimated 2021 level. And what could come into play in 2022?

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

“In 2022,” she explains, “I frequently ask companies to draw their river of demand. The stark truth is that planning and optimizations are done in many departments within a business, such as supply, manufacturing, distribution, warehouse, transportation, budget, labor, and so on. ” • Manage inventory.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2022

And all of them expect to be connected to logistics providers transporting goods to and from various supply chain nodes. … Traditionally, inventory counts [have been] a complex exercise done manually about once a year but RFID technology enables retailers to monitor stock monthly bringing accuracy from 60% to over 90%.”

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight quantitative data related to global and regional supply chain production activity levels in May 2022, as depicted by the reported PMI indices. April’s value equated to that of February 2020, at the start of the global wide Covid-19 spread that originated from China. in May from 51.7

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 26, 2022

”[5] He reports, UPS claimed to have handled 60 million returns after Christmas last year, which is 10 percent higher than in 2020. These organizations address transportation and storage issues by taking the items directly back to a warehouse or restocking sites, or even to locations for responsible recycling. Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

lawmakers had expressed concerns that with supply chains already highly constrained, the CP Rail stoppage would create an added transportation crisis for import as well as export flows. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . Canadian and U.S. East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published October 2022 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. The October 2022 J.P. Once more, the Covid recovery increases that began in March/April of 2020 are now no longer. Global Wide Production Activity. reported for August.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Driver shortage eases slightly in 2022 but relief likely temporary. The truck driver shortage eased slightly in 2022, after more than 90% of TL carriers raised pay last year, but the industry still faces its second-largest number of vacancies on record, American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said Tuesday.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making. the need to do more with less has dominated transportation services for the last two years.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

High freight volumes across all industries in the trucking market are expected to continue into 2022.? Talent shortages, especially limited drivers, will exacerbate the capacity crunch and result in shortages across warehousing and transportation simultaneously.? . transportation management optimization ?to According to the?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

This article was originally written and published for DHL in January 2020 and focused on the trade wars and how to leverage opportunities for tariff reductions. Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – August 2022. Operational strategies. Buying forward.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Transportation utilization reportedly dipped a hefty 9.5 Consequently, transportation prices reportedly declined 8.9 Noted was a late May decline, largely driven by a more pronounced shift in inventories in the second half of May, reflecting a higher rate of expansion in the first half. That summation reinforces that the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2023

The sub-index index Transportation Utilization of 50 was noted as indicating no upward movement for the first time in 2023. With the Inventory Level index continuing to grow, the sense of the March report is that there was no inventory replenishment cycle in the first quarter, and there may not be one in the second quarter as well.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In summarizing the challenges and performance of industry supply chains over the last three years, we start with the year 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic initially impacted global economies and businesses. One of the most valuable learnings of 2020 was the value and dedication of people in supporting supply chain customer fulfillment needs.

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

In this age of globalization, using ocean freight to transport goods is increasingly important to emerging brands. However, in 2020 the COVID-19 epidemic propelled eCommerce from a growing trend into an all-out boom. In consideration with low manufacturing costs, emerging brands are still looking abroad for inventory fulfillment.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In our Supply Chain Matters news capsule of September 27, we pointed out that business, supply chain and transportation media had reported this that the cost of shipping a container of goods from China to the U.S. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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