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Most Popular Logistics Stories from 2021

Logistics Viewpoints

So, I want to take this opportunity to reflect on the top 15 most popular logistics stories from 2021 and see what our readers found to be the most interesting. Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa ). year-on-year in 2020 with a 39% increase in Q1 2021.

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Shipper Prep Tips for the CVSA Roadcheck, 72-Hour Capacity Reduction

GlobalTranz

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CSVA) International Roadcheck is set for May 4-6, 2021. With the added pressure for speed, service and timeliness, paired with a tight economy and produce season coming at full speed, it’s a problematic situation that will continue the 2020 capacity crunch through early summer 2021.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

This DC supplies that hospital and Cooper’s other facilities. The health care system’s primary distributors deliver supplies every morning to this DC. While getting personal protection equipment was difficult, 2021 was an even more challenging time for the supply chain team. We knew exactly what we couldn’t get.”

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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

Above-average holiday shipping seasons in 2020 and 2021 led to an above-average returns rate in the usual Quiet Season. Continued lockdowns over the emergence of new COVID variants left the Produce Shipping Season of 2021 in a panic. for the same period in 2021. over the 2021 cost, such as in the New England region.

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2022 Ivalua NOW Paris Recap!

ivalua

2021: The Year of many Milestones for Ivalua. Leader Forrester CLM for Buy-Side Contract Suites, Q4 2021. Leader Gartner 2021 P2P Magic Quadrant (3 years in a row). Ivalua remains the only vendor recognized as a leader in every current Procurement report spanning S2P by Gartner and Forrester. David Khuat-Duy.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

The supply chain investments of the last decade focused on improving black & white processes–order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. Spring 2020-February 2021. March 2021-August 2021. September 2021-March 2022. We will hold the event at the Westin, Dulles in Washington, DC. Lockdowns and Disbelief.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion. Today, we have an additional factor with inflation to add to the mix of issues, that changes the requirements for the “buy plan in procurement.” Registrations are pouring in for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 6th-8th in Washington, DC.