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Freight Cost Volatility Impacts on Inflation – An Analysis

Freightos

After fairly stable pricing in the early months of COVID’s supply chain journey , the indicative spot rate to ship a forty foot container from China and East Asia to the US West Coast increased 14X from less than $1,500 per container pre-COVID to more than $20,000 in September 2021. Between May and September of 2021 alone rates tripled.

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5 Critical Capabilities for Supply Chain Managers in 2021

GlobalTranz

Several challenges loom large for supply chain managers as 2021 approaches for the transportation industry. To be prepared for what 2021 has.read More. To be prepared for what 2021 has.read More. The post 5 Critical Capabilities for Supply Chain Managers in 2021 appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

The state of the trucking market in 2021 is uncertain, filled with risk, and continues to evolve, making logistics management challenging.? through 2021, but total retail sales will grow 7.9%. Access to real-time data and the ability to perform real-time analysis ?enables Capacity Constraints Continue to Arise. Learn More.

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Using ABC Analysis to Determine Off Balance Inventory

Arkieva

In this blog are some analyses based on the Pareto principle (or as is very commonly referred to as ABC analysis) that one can do in order to determine the alignment of the inventory with the overall needs of the supply chain. Using ABC Analysis to Determine Off Balance Inventory was first posted on February 10, 2021 at 8:01 am.

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2021 Dresner Advisory Services Business Intelligence Market Study

For 12 years Dresner Advisory Services has run analysis on the importance of business intelligence, and the different providers of embedded BI solutions. You’ll learn: Analysis and Trends on Business Intelligence Users. You’ll learn: Analysis and Trends on Business Intelligence Users. Industry and Vendor Analysis.

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Reduce Excess Inventory While Protecting Margins with a Pricing and Promotion Analysis  Solution

Logility

That’s up from 11% at the end of November 2021. An optimal pricing and promotion analysis solution uses machine learning algorithms and price elasticity models to create promotion-influenced forecasts. Are you interested in learning about more ways a pricing and promotion analysis solution can help with supply chain planning?

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How Holiday Shopping Changed in 2021

Enterra Insights

Before starting such planning, however, they would do well to reflect on how things changed during the 2021 holiday shopping season. 2021 Holiday Retail Trends. Justin Swanson ( @ejsnyt ) reports, “E-commerce sales (during the 2021 holiday shopping season) were up 11 percent. There was good news. Worker Shortages Grew.