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MAY 17, 2022

A combo of pandemic-related increased demand, and the tragic destruction of a key chlorine manufacturer have led to 2022’s swimming pool chlorine shortage. In fact, pool construction jumped by approximately 20% from 2019 to 2020 – resulting in the need for a whole lot of chlorine tablets. The cause of this tragedy? The result?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

million vehicles cross the bridge annually, or about 30,000 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. The prescriptions are offered via Amazon’s online pharmacy service, which launched in 2020. Retail groups this week are applauding a U.S. An estimated 11.5

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bill is the Founder and CEO, of Fillogic a l ogistics-as-a-service platform for retail that converts underutilized space at retail centers into tech-enabled, micro distribution hubs. Bill has over 30 years of experience in retail logistics, ecommerce, technology, store operations, and consulting.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 26, 2017

When it comes to supply chain excellence, particularly in the retail sector, there is one behemoth dominating the landscape: Amazon. The online retailer’s most recent patent focuses on drone technology, and would involve drones delivering packages with parachutes. by Alexa Cheater How to overcome the Amazon effect.

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APRIL 15, 2021

“Two years of digital transformation in two months,” was the comment that one retailer made when discussing how COVID-19 had accelerated their digitalisation journey. The impact was across manufacturing plants, transport networks, warehouses, and retail outlets. Source: IDC 2021—Digital Analysis: Manufacturing.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 29, 2024

The day was first declared in 2020 during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when supply chains were thrust onto the world scene. Today is National Supply Chain Day when we celebrate all things supply chain! Those two words became what everyone was talking about for the next couple of years – and continues to be even today. Ask it here.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2023

Professor Sheffi is the author of a 1985 textbook on transportation networks and eight management books, dealing with supply chain resilience, sustainability, industrial clustering, and other business management issues. Following the journey of the t-shirt from factory to retailer.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The August S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI™ again fell to a two-year low of 51.5, The August 2022 J.P.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This is not the usual peak season, and it started much earlier than in 2020. Stronger freight volumes are expected as pent-up demand from consumers, retailers, and manufacturers reaches an apex. That changed in early-to-mid 2020 when peak surcharges went into effect to accommodate the e-commerce surge and higher freight volumes.

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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. This new behavior means that manufacturers and retailers need to anticipate consumer needs across channels with more accuracy than ever. The mega online retailer accounted for a staggering 41.4%

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. Every day, retailers and manufacturers are challenged to balance ambitious customer service promises with profit margin protection. Uberization: Exploring On-Demand Transportation, Labor and Warehousing.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). Today's post will cover the top 5 manufacturing blogs from 2016 so far. Top Manufacturing Blogs from the First Half of 2016 So Far. Our last post covered the Top 5 Logistics blogs of 2016.

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Zipline Logistics

JULY 13, 2021

What was once believed to be a temporary disruption is leaving a lasting impact on the retail industry. As we hit the back half of 2021, let’s explore what current retail trends are doing to the freight market and how CPG brands are affected. While last month’s retail sales declined by 1.3% percent and 13.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer. The transportation team supports 13 production facilities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The ad is trying to create a new image for a “ case of the Mondays ” as the retailers is moving Black Friday to Mondays. Canoo to build battery manufacturing facility in Oklahoma. Small businesses can now rent retail space in Walmart stores across the country. Save Mart begins grocery delivery with Amazon. The Save Mart Cos.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

The growth in pet ownership in 2020-2021 has seen unprecedented demand in the pet food sector – a true industry boom. Here we provide an overview of the latest pet food industry trends, and answer the question: how can pet food manufacturers respond to changes in consumer demands to take advantage of these new trends? manufactured?pet

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 billion for Bollore logistics unit Retailers Tackle Cardboard Overload With Made-to-Fit Boxes Robust.AI CMA CGM is offering 5 billion euros ($5.48 billion) for the logistics unit of Bollore.

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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 1940, the iron skillet was manufactured in Wisconsin from iron ore mined from Michigan and Minnesota. The manufacturing process will be highly automated.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, with September and full Q3 reporting available, global manufacturing activity has officially fallen below the 50.0 Global Wide Production Activity. represented a 0.5

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

According to the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2020-2021 a USD 2.4 In fact, today several leading halal production standards (like the Indonesian and Malaysian halal standards) are already requiring a segregation between halal and non-halal in transport and storage for halal certified manufacturers. Developments.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Retail supply chain management has always been a complicated and complex process. 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. Retail Value Chain.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2020

For shippers, 2020 was like riding a roller coaster with no way to get off. The volatility of 2020 and the uncertainties looming into 2021 make it difficult to forecast planning and budgets based on historical data. However, some market trends that became significant factors in 2020 will likely continue.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2022

Consumers expect to be connected to retailers. Retailers expect to be connected to manufacturers. Manufacturers expect to be connected to suppliers. And all of them expect to be connected to logistics providers transporting goods to and from various supply chain nodes. ” Footnotes. [1] ” Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2022

The motivations and explanation are common to what has transpired among other high profile online retail platform provider announcements of late. Similar discounting is underway among brick-and-mortar retailers. In the specific case of Wayfair , this online provider has struggled in achieving consistent profitability.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Greg is the Co-founder of Shipwell, a cloud-based transportation management software company. Greg Price co-founded Shipwell to apply his engineering and machine learning background to the transportation market and bring automation, visibility, and artificial intelligence to the supply chain space. Greg Price and the Shipwell Story.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , provided a banner headline of global manufacturing output showing signs of stabilizing at the conclusion of Q1. That stated, the reported 49.6

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PINC

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This year’s report focuses on the impact of digital yard management on enterprise transportation costs and capacity. The report brings clarity to key industry questions such as How important is having digital yard management capabilities in helping you achieve transportation objectives? About Adrian Gonzalez.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2021

2020 was a tumultuous year for supply chains, and 2021 has certainly followed suit. Export dwell time in Asia, where many goods being transported to the US begin their journey, saw huge fluctuations in the first half of 2021. Today’s article is from FourKites and examines ocean trends for 2021. To read the full article, click HERE.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

With more brick-and-mortar stores shutting their doors than ever before and demand for warehouse space on the rise, retail warehousing creates a profitable opportunity for many companies. In this post, we’ll discuss the trends contributing to the retail warehousing trend and three ways retail warehousing impacts profitability.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Without a doubt 2020 will be etched in our memories as the year of multiple disasters, with the Covid-19 pandemic, trade issues between the US and China, wildfires in Australia, social unrest in Hong Kong, drastic declines in oil prices, turbulent financial markets and other politically dominated issues in emerging markets.

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CHAINalytics

JANUARY 11, 2021

Atlanta, GA (January 12, 2021) – Chainalytics, a recognized global leader in data-driven supply chain consulting, announced today that it has received the 2020 Green Supply Chain Award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

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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. Including Bomi, UPS Healthcare has doubled its global footprint since 2020. By June 2020, it had ballooned to a $3.4 Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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MARCH 3, 2021

GlobalTranz, a logistics service provider, put out a press release on February 23rd where they mentioned that they had achieved 40% growth in revenue, fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. GlobalTranz’s main service lines are freight brokerage – less-than-truckload and truckload – and managed transportation services.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. We look at 6 core areas that manufacturing companies will take a long look at as they gear up for a successful 2016. E-Commerce for Manufacturing. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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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. The result? .

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

For instance, goods move from the customer to the distributor or to the manufacturer. When a manufacturer’s product normally moves through the supply chain network, it is to reach the distributor or customer. A recent article in Logistics Viewpoints noted that UPS estimated that post-holiday returns were up 23% in 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Earlier this week, I read a sobering report from the national Retail Federation (NRF) regarding shrink. The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. Retailers face security-related challenges on many fronts.

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