Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels. Mind you, some retailers may indeed be pleased with their inventory levels, but others may be trying to figure out where to store the excess inventory since so many warehouses are beyond full.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2021

as of January 1, 2020 [3]. Cargo transfer requirements. By retrieving live information such as vessel position, weather forecasts and tidal flows combined with indicators such as vessel size, inventory or traffic, algorithms help to determine the expected arrival time. from originally 3.5% Other planned vessel movements.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In past years, USPS has hiked its fees from roughly October to January during the annual surge, including increases in 2022, 2021, and 2020. Cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles rose 3 percent year-over-year to 828,016 TEUs in August, marking the first increase in 13 months, port officials said.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 24, 2022

(photo credit: depositphotos.com) According to consulting firm McKinsey, funding for logistics startups almost doubled in 2021 compared to 2020. While reverse logistics was not specifically called out, funding for warehousing and automation, e-commerce fulfillment, contract logistics services, and inventory/order management represented 13.5%

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2024

Coast Guard authorities are assured that the bridge debris and/or underwater obstacles are sufficiently cleared for cargo ship navigation. refineries and warehouses. There are two other harbor crossings but the prospects for high levels of traffic congestion loom large, especially for just-in-time inventory replenishment movements.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

The latest report is refreshingly more candid in depicting the challenges and ills of the logistics and transportation services sector and the need for new thinking and added emphasis on shipper and cargo holder value and service’s needs. Last year’s annual report reflecting on 2020 business logistics costs indicated a level of 7.4

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Without it, your inventory stays on the shelf, and your customers look elsewhere to get what they need. Inventory management techniques. It involves: Inventory management. Warehousing. If they have many items, these will need to be selected from different zones of the warehouse and placed together in a shipping box.

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AFFLINK

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

As we enter the last half of 2019 (and cast our eyes on 2020), there are a number of developments that need to be watched. With unique identifiers, shipments and cargo can be tracked on a transactional level. The entire history of a shipment or cargo can be tracked, with clear hand-off points and accountability.

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QAD

DECEMBER 17, 2020

If at any point during the lifespan of that product and at any inventory level, the item’s temperature varies from the required set-point or beyond the defined time constraint, quality suffers and the product no longer functions as it was meant to, or in the worst case puts patients at risk. The Battle for Air Cargo Capacity.

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Requis

JANUARY 9, 2020

Here are the supply chain trends that we see shaping the conversation, and the actual evolution, of B to B in 2020. Another example from fulfillment might involve things like faster alternate transportation route planning in case of the unexpected, or monitoring cargo temperature for shipments of perishable food or medicines.

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Elementum

JULY 11, 2017

According to research analysts, the global mobile augmented reality (AR) market to grow at a CAGR of 89% during the period 2016-2020. Supply chain management involves the flow, storage, and delivery of goods, services and inventory for consumers. The AR market is shaping to become more lucrative. Revenues will also reach US $46.7B

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

Consumers couldn’t get enough of buying goods since the pandemic occurred in 2020, and shippers struggled to keep enough inventory on hand once pre-pandemic inventories were depleted. As a result, many retailers are sitting on excess inventory. This year, everything seems to have changed again.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. Marketing expert Robby Pedraza explains, “During World War II, standard sized shipping containers were developed to ship military cargo to the front lines. Conex containers evolved into modular units that could stack efficiently to store more cargo in one location.”[4].

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 5, 2022

While focusing on revenue quality and minimizing operational costs, an article by Supply Chain Dive noted that the parcel giant may even allow further collaboration between FedEx Express and FedEx Ground which have been historically separate until 2020. Massive Inventory Levels Are Crashing Against Signs of an Economic Recession.

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Cathy Roberson

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Let’s not forget Costco Wholesale, which in 2020 acquired Innovel [renamed Costco Logistics] for big and bulky last-mile deliveries. This is not an alarming percentage, but it’s considerably lower than the 88% of shippers that said similar in 2020. Retailers are fulfilling e-commerce orders in different ways.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Restaurants, bars find suppliers’ inventories are running dry. This was part of the reason the company missed its 2008 goal to reduce aircraft emissions by 20 percent by the end of 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

The manufacturer’s private fleet has deployed a fleet of Einride EVs to haul freight between GE Appliances’ inbound warehouses and manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee. In some locations, it’s both technologies on the same truck. Employment at U.S. Companies from e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 21, 2021

This is all happening while the Transportation Security Administration is reporting a 1000%+ increase in passenger travel in April 2021, compared to April 2020, with the vaccine fueling hopes of getting back to a sense of “normalcy.”. Right now, cargo is king and leading routing decisions for most airlines.

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Elementum

MARCH 1, 2018

According to research analysts, the global mobile augmented reality market is expected to grow by 89% between 2016 and 2020. Supply chain management (SCM) involves the flow, storage, and delivery of goods, services and inventory for consumers. Worldwide shipments of headsets will reach at least 27.3 Revenues will also reach US $46.7B

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Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

– DP World, Trade in Transition, Global Report, Oct-Nov 2020. Presently, their major focus lies on local production, warehousing and strategic sourcing. For example: high or low product demand, excess inventory holding, product distribution. Determine the ideal number of nodes and warehouse service level.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 3, 2018

warehouses) being built across the U.S. … E-commerce users typically need two to three times the amount of warehouse and distribution space that traditional users do.” ” Burnson goes to note that e-commerce is having an impact on air freight hubs, maritime cargo, middlemen, and intermodal operations.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Despite falling short of last year’s holiday shipping traffic expectations, CEO Carol Tomé predicts a strong peak season in 2023, saying in a late July Earnings Conference Call , “ Inventory levels are good. Air Cargo Volumes Normalizing YoY, but Concerns Remain. Retailers are brought in to sell. Where last year, they didn’t.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

Washington farm exports crimped by cargo-container shortage. A coalition of countries is pitching a plan to the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) to require global shipping companies to raise funds for an effort to deploy widescale fleets of zero-carbon emission cargo ships within a decade.

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Vinculum

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

What do you think happens when there is no proper management of the inventory in the entire process? To maintain e-commerce logistics, one must follow the inventory management, order placement process, storage or warehouse, backend, and front-end management of the e-commerce platform. Enhancing the value chain insight.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The year 2020 was a big year of disruption for people around the world. Supply chains were pushed to their breaking points in 2020 for all manufacturing vertical segments, resulting in: Halted or slowed production by manufacturers in the auto industry. grew by 10 years in 90 days in 2020. Transportation and Distribution.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in dramatic shifts in volume characteristics for many transportation providers - first in supplying retailers in inventory restocking and direct to consumer and then, along with retail restocking and direct to consumer, supporting manufacturers as facilities reopened during the second half of the year.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

Despite a global pandemic, many in the consumer goods industry posted a strong 2020 driven by increased demand for their products as consumers redirected spending away from experiences to CPG. The Consumer Brands Association (CBA) released a study citing that they expect CPG purchases to decelerate between 1-2% in 2021 compared to 2020.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

And here’s to hoping that 2018 results in even more significant advancements in the state of warehousing and transportation technology. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more. Content Summary: Exoskeletons Help Take a Load Off for Warehouse Workers.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

2020 was a critical year for small importers. Among the over 10,000 small businesses on Freightos.com , the world’s largest digital freight marketplace, many are small eCommerce businesses who use Freightos.com to ship directly to Amazon FBA warehouses and other fulfillment solutions. How does this help importers?

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

. – US Holiday 2020 review and Holiday 2021 Preview, Emarketer Insider Intelligence, Feb 2021. Like the 2020 holiday sales, this year’s peak season sales are also expected to be longer. Like the 2020 holiday sales, this year’s peak season sales are also expected to be longer. The Rise of D2C Business Model. billion U.S.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 29, 2021

The second half of 2020 featured new growth and unprecedented demand in the world’s economy that has yet to slow and will continue to grow as peak season approaches in 2021. Inventory Strains WIll Be Inevitable as Global COVID-19 Issues Continue to Affect Ocean Transport.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. higher than 2020. FastMarkets ).

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

Ports in the United States, The Netherlands, Britain, France, and elsewhere have reported a drop in cargo volumes ranging from around 5 percent in January to an estimated 25 percent in February. in vehicle sales worldwide in 2020 due to Coronavirus. in vehicle sales worldwide in 2020 due to Coronavirus. Other Industries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

Amazon announces new changes to inventory limits. Amazon is making more changes to its inventory limits, including a new extra-large category and an increased price threshold for its small and light program. The BrightDrop Zevo 600 has a payload of up to an estimated 2,200 pounds and over 600 cubic feet of cargo area.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In fact, 23 percent of its GDP in 2017 went to investments in fixed capital and inventories. Belgium has 41 airports, 26 of which have paved runways and six of which can handle large cargo aircraft. In 2017, the Belgian government voted to reduce the corporate tax rate from 33 percent to 25 percent by 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2021

All around, 2020 lessons learned are fueling improvements in this new year. Fulfillment professionals also made great strides in 2020, driven by necessity, and many lessons can be applied in the year ahead to keep customers happy and operations on track. They studied the value of getting inventory closer to customers.

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