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Navigating Uncharted Waters: SMB Importers, 2024 and Red Sea Crisis Lessons

Freightos

Just when it seemed that 2024 would be a very welcome year of “normal” supply chains, the Red Sea crisis proved that for global supply chains, there is no such thing. With this fresh in mind, how are small and medium-sized importers preparing for 2024? This is a significant shift from late 2021, when 93% faced serious disruptions.

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2024 Supply Chain Predictions – Relative Stability and a Migration to the Mean

Logistics Viewpoints

Most notably, item shortages (purple) and stockpiling (red) were large contributors to 2021-2022 volatility. However, if one pans out and takes a longer-term look at container shipping rates, it becomes evident that rates are really more “normal” now than they were over 2021 and 2022. Today these factors appear insignificant.

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5 Supply Chain Best Practices Predictions for 2024

MercuryGate

Order and shipment volumes slowed significantly since the record levels of 2020 and 2021, and excess carrier capacity abounds as we close out 2023. Heading into 2024, adopting forward-looking supply chain best practices prepares your organization for the next turn in a volatile environment. Inflation continues to worry consumers.

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Bringing Together Supply Chain and Logistics Collaboration with Business Networks

Talking Logistics

As we head into 2024, it’s important to remember (and apply!) As the authors of a July 2021 Boston Consulting Group article state, Read more The post Bringing Together Supply Chain and Logistics Collaboration with Business Networks appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Self-Checkout Turns Customers into Employees and Employees into Security Guards

Enterra Insights

To prove her point, D’Innocenzio notes, “In 2021, self-checkout usage represented 30% of transactions, almost double from 2018, according to a survey of retailers by FMI, an industry group. 8] Sommer Stockton, “ Survey: More Shoppers Turning To Self-Checkout ,” The Shelby Report, 15 January 2024. [9]

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2021 Supply Chain Technology Trends to Watch

Logistics Viewpoints

The best guess on when we might see autonomous trucks delivering loads without drivers in the truck to take over in case something goes wrong in 2024. But even in 2024, these trucks will not be running across all lanes nationwide. The post 2021 Supply Chain Technology Trends to Watch appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 30 – April 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

A total solar eclipse will take place at the Moon’s ascending node on Monday, April 8, 2024. Blue Yonder was acquired by Panasonic in 2021. Investment in Mexico has surged in the first three months of 2024 as more companies are looking south of the border to establish supply chain and manufacturing hubs, officials said.