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How Good is Your Logistics Service Provider?

Logistics Viewpoints

Amplifying the shippers voice and giving some power back to the companies actually paying for logistics services that is the core reason why the Shippers Council was formed in in 2020. Knowledge Sharing Since its launch in 2020, the Shippers Council has grown its membership to 93 represented companies.

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The 2020 Thanksgiving Logistics Shake-Up

Logistics Viewpoints

Even though this year will be very different than other years, the Thanksgiving logistics headaches will continue. But then again, everything has been different in 2020. The post The 2020 Thanksgiving Logistics Shake-Up appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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What Is Reverse Logistics’ Role in 2020 Supply Chain Trends

GlobalTranz

As customers continue to shop online through the remainder of the year, the demand on reverse logistics—particularly the process of managing returns—will skyrocket. The global reverse logistics market is forecast to hit US$603.90 It’s the same story; customers want more and more. billion by 2025,read More.

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Performance During the Pandemic: A Warehouse and Logistics Update

Logistics Viewpoints

In April I discussed the widespread impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on supply chain and fulfillment, and provided a WMS market update in which I predicted a market downturn in 2020 to be followed by a rebound in 2021. During the process of developing my WMS market forecast, I made assumptions for each quarter of 2020.

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Racing With the Machine: Is your Supply Chain role in peril?

Join RPA expert, Serene Keng and globally renowned logistics expert, Professor Richard Wilding, OBE who will discuss the recent whitepaper released by Automation Anywhere on Robotic Process Automation and how jobs in the Supply Chain workforce will be affected. The media briefing was held on 27 August 2020.

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Reimagining Transportation Procurement: Leveraging Data and Technology for Smarter Freight Decisions

Talking Logistics

In a survey we conducted in October 2020, 91% of our Indago supply chain research community members, who are all supply chain executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies, either Agreed or Strongly Agreed that the time had come to transform the traditional transportation procurement process.

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Supply Chain and Logistics News May 12th- 15th 2025

Logistics Viewpoints

companies accelerated shipments to avoid tariff increases, leading to short-term logistical bottlenecks. While lower than previous maximums, the 10% rate remains above pre-2020 levels and applies broadly, unless specified by sectoral exemptions. In the U.S., In China, a decline in exports to the U.S. including those from the UK.