ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It is no secret that transport costs have been rising across all different modalities. Carriers must enforce measures such as peak surcharges, and records are being broken in terms of transport costs throughput. Inflation puts immense pressure on many businesses and forces them to reevaluate their current transport operations.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Intro to 2020 Supply Chain Management Trends. The new year is upon us, and with the end of 2019 we reach the end of the decade – and the beginning of 2020. 2020 supply chain management trends will further these shifts. 2020 supply chain management trends will further these shifts. Greening” the Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 9, 2021

of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. Rise in Inventories. Less Effective at Inventory Management. Inventories grew twenty days over the decade. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Despite spending 1.1%

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2020

ToolsGroup extends congratulations to SKF, which edged out tough competition from other finalists Shell Lubricants and Siemens to win the 2020 Gartner Supply Chainnovator Award in the Industrial category. How much inventory do we hold of that item in all our locations? Staying in the lead requires self-disruption.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. Other companies have lost intellectual property or customer information and have not found out until the damage was done. Capacity constraints and transportation delays.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Prior to 2020, they were paying around ten cents a mask. During 2020, Cooper was paying up to a $1.50 2020 it was just a scramble for PPE,” Dr. Runkle explained. “We If they were dependent, did they have East Coast distribution centers where they could preplace inventory before the strike occurred.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2021

Seventy-one percent of the surface of our “blue planet” is covered by oceans which is also reflected in the fact that 80% of goods are moved via sea transportation within the global supply chain [1]. as of January 1, 2020 [3]. Making Use of Real-Time Information. from originally 3.5% Looking Forward.

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Logility

JUNE 21, 2022

There are many places fulfillment can be delayed – from an antiquated order acceptance process to lack of inventory to logistical complexities. It’s an information gap that can cripple your entire business. The compound annual growth rate for same-day delivery from 2020 to 2025 is predicted to be 20.31%, or $9.82

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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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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Talent shortages, especially limited drivers, will exacerbate the capacity crunch and result in shortages across warehousing and transportation simultaneously.? . Pent-up demand of customers and the strong predictions for another above-average peak season has put a unique burden on truckload and parcel transportation. Focusing on the?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If 2020 and if 2021 proved anything, it’s that the omni-channel selling environment is here to stay. But, as we know, supply chain conditions were far from perfect in 2020 and 2021. As just one example, Nike’s online sales grew by 75% in 2020 — but its profit margins fell from 45.5%

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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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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. They are: • Accuracy : “Barcodes eliminate manual entry of product information at receiving, meaning there are far fewer opportunities for error. ” How Barcodes Work. ”[3].

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

The second goal was to work with a fourth party logistics (4PL) partner that had invested in cutting-edge transportation management and visibility solutions. A 4PL is a company that plans and executes transportation on behalf of their customers. The company chose 4Flow to do transportation planning and execution in Europe.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

Other companies have lost intellectual property or customer information and have not found out until the damage was done. million in 2020 , with compromised employee accounts the most common cause. Capacity constraints and transportation delays. The average cost of a data breach reached $3.86

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

Several good friends in consulting roles are sharing information on SAP HANA from SAP Insider; and this morning, LLamasoft announced the acquisition of the LogicTools assets from IBM. In parallel, I have been hard at work on a report on multi-tier inventory optimization for the last two weeks. This inbound news adds to the story.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 29, 2021

According to the 2020 Gartner Future of Supply Chain Survey of more than 1,300 supply chain professionals, “87% of respondents plan investments in supply chain resiliency within the next two years.”. Navisphere Vision is a carrier-neutral technology that is supported by the scale and information advantage of C.H.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

An update on how things are developing with IMO 2020/VLSFO. . The unknown was what the price of the new VLSFO would be-making it difficult for carriers to make an informed decision on the financial impacts of either path. What we have seen, however, is a “normalization” of costs associated with VLSFO. Chris Peckham.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

An update on how things are developing with IMO 2020/VLSFO. . The unknown was what the price of the new VLSFO would be-making it difficult for carriers to make an informed decision on the financial impacts of either path. What we have seen, however, is a “normalization” of costs associated with VLSFO. Chris Peckham.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It even took authorities some time to recognise the vital importance of warehouse logistics, supply chain continuity, truck drivers and other transport operators. Conventional 4 flows in linear supply chains: Information, Physical Goods & Services, Financial and People flows. Information. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. Eric Beckwitt, CEO, Freightera With the rise of competitive online freight marketplaces, more information will be exposed, including prices and customer satisfaction.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

In addition, retailers are struggling to move inventory initially ordered in the first quarter of 2022 to make way for back-to-school and holiday merchandise. The peak season definition is a continued evolution of the seasons in transportation. Bottlenecks from future COVID-19 variants are possible. Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

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Locus

APRIL 3, 2023

This refers to planning, coordinating, and executing the flow and storage of goods and services, including activities such as transportation, inventory management, order processing, warehousing, packaging, and security. All successful modern-day businesses rely on an efficient system of logistics management. from 2019 to 2025.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The need for more visibility and control in logistics, is needed to closely monitor the activities related to their inventory, sales, and transactions. The solution must be capable of handling the complete process of inventory planning, ordering, and real-time performance management through a user-friendly interface.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2021

The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. In 2020, the skillet was manufactured in China using Australian or Brazilian iron ore. The skillet was shipped by truck (rather than rail) directly to the retailer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I find in my Supply Chains to Admire research that 96% of companies (when compared to their peer groups) are unable to drive improvement while delivering higher performance year-over-year on a balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The term “AI” is overused.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Spot market rates might start easing in 2020 but will still be about 15%-20% higher than the previous peak in 2018. Still, the e-commerce boom pushes more freight into trucks as shippers re-think inventory levels to meet omnichannel demands. Consider a Managed Transportation Services Strategy.

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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. In most of the supply chain trends articles you’ll read this month, there’s a lot of excitement about technologies like AI, IoT, blockchain, and in some sectors, BIM (building information modelling). Digital twins.

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PINC

APRIL 27, 2020

Union City, CA – April 27, 2020 – PINC, the leader in digital yard solutions, has been recognized by Inbound Logistics magazine as Top Logistics IT Provider in 2020 because its solutions address critical logistics and transportation needs and help organizations to truly become demand-driven enterprises.

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Turvo

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The worldwide 3PL industry, estimated at roughly $1 trillion in 2020, is predicted to reach $1.75 E-commerce sales increased as a result of the epidemic post-2020. growth over February 2020. growth over February 2020. Information sharing with 3PL partners is done only a few days in the future.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Timely Industry Example- Online Retail and E-Commerce With increased importance of online retail, E-Commerce or services-centric business models, enhanced coordination of customer focused fulfillment and inventory management has taken on special emphasis. and specifically increased demand for many forms of pandemic related consumer goods.

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PINC

AUGUST 19, 2020

19, 2020 — PINC, the leader in digital yard™ solutions, has been named by its customers and industry peers as a Great Supply Chain Partner in 2020. PINC will appear in the 2020 August issue of SupplyChainBrain magazine and on SupplyChainBrain.com as an honored member of this year’s 100 Great Supply Chain Partners.”

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AFFLINK

JUNE 5, 2019

5G technology is a new, advanced wireless communication system, which is slowly rolling out through 2019 and should become more readily available in 2020. With better data capacity, 5G IoT devices and sensors will be able to present even more information to be collected and analyzed. By using less power, it can facilitate longer use.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

According to the Council of Logistics Management, it is “the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information from the point of consumption to the point of origin for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Nearly all global, regional, and local automotive supply chains in 2020 were impacted by Covid-19. These EDIs keep auto makers informed as to the required quantities of components that need to be manufactured in the coming five days, as well as giving them visibility on long term forecasting. An adaptive tool for a shifting demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A consolidation wave continued with 299 Mergers and Acquisitions in 2020. The high activity levels in the transportation and Retail/Ecommerce sectors mirror consumers’ movement into new channels. S&OP becomes a Ferris Wheel of activity, creating a Deadpool of information. Decisions are inside-out, not outside-in. (No

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

economy through the lens of the logistics and transportation sector in terms of costs and implications to the economy during 2021. Last year’s annual report reflecting on 2020 business logistics costs indicated a level of 7.4 retail sales, but below a 14 percent growth rate reported for 2020. percent of U.S. Specific Highlights.

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