Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Edison favored direct current (DC) while Tesla, the winner, favored alternating current (AC). 2] Staff, “ The War of the Currents: AC vs. DC Power ,” U.S. That’s a problem for the whole world ,” CNN, 30 June 2021. [4] That’s a problem for the whole world ,” CNN, 30 June 2021. [4]

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Lucas

JULY 11, 2018

The ecommerce transition will continue to drive net job growth in DCs, even as companies invest in automation. As robots find their place in the DC, warehouse operators will face new challenges in coordinating and optimizing the work of humans and their robotic coworkers. Robots Are Not Killing DC Jobs.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. The halt at a key regional trading point is the latest hit to expedited shipping operations that have been buffeted during the pandemic. Some 100 container ships are anchored off the Hong Kong and Shenzhen ports waiting for berth space. DC Velocity).

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 31, 2021

Almost a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, e-commerce continues to boom, according to the 2021 State of Supply Chain Execution Report. You did not plan to handle this amount of e-commerce volumes, you do not have experience in picking and small parcel shipping, and your consumers want same-day and next-day delivery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion. For example, when I used to ship ice cream by reefer container to China from the west coast, the time on the ship was 12-18 days. Registrations are pouring in for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 6th-8th in Washington, DC.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

Consumers continue to spend but not at the same rate as in 2021 and not on the items they couldn’t get enough of last year – furniture, appliances, exercise equipment, loungewear, etc. Retailers with store-front will push this option and curbside pickups to offset high shipping costs.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 13, 2021

13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc., Container shipping companies carrying essential commodities have experienced large-scale disruptions due to unforeseen yet predictable surges in Demand for Retail Goods. PALO ALTO, Calif., Instant Comparison of Multiple Review Period Volumes.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

For example, you have visibility into a container on the ship, see what orders are in there, and can reallocate if you need to – so that you can optimize services levels and costs. It’s very difficult to plan and execute without an integrated network where you don’t have visibility beyond the DC or warehouse. Full actionability.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

The proposed vehicle and engine performance standards would cover model years 2021-2027, and apply to semi-trucks, large pickup trucks and vans, and all types and sizes of buses and work trucks. Why aren’t more shippers engaged in collaborative shipping? billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program.

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Kanban Logistics

MARCH 11, 2021

The upward trend has continued into 2021 as January was the busiest January on record, with volumes up 19 percent compared to January 2020. The purchase of additional large ship-to-shore cranes at NIT terminals. These enhancements will support visits from larger Post-Panamax ships. These investments include the following.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In shipping management, there are massive opportunities for efficiency gains. The sale is expected to close near the end of the month with a tentative date of October 25, 2021. Billing issues can be corrected through auditing and automated chargebacks. for roughly $1.3 population, LaserShip Chief Commercial Officer Josh Dinneen said.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 11, 2021

Fortunately, they will be able to make it up in early 2021. Then comes the distribution – from the plant to the last DC in the supply chain. Pfizer has chosen to work with logistics provider to ship vaccines directly from their plants (in Kalamazoo and Belgium) to the various states and specified DCs.

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Cognira

MAY 19, 2021

2021 and beyond. 2021 and beyond. Most grocers did not have E-commerce (BOPIS, home delivery, or ship from DC); yet were making forays into the digital space via Mobile apps, social media, enhanced websites, and email. 2021 and beyond. Ancient History- The Last Decade. Promotion Planning. That’s so 2019.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Less than one in ten DCs handle only full pallets for outbound shipping. “According to the 2016 Warehouse Operations Survey, only 9% of DCs now handle only full pallets during outbound. Most DCs (46%) now handle a mixture of pallets, cases and split cases. billion by the end of 2021.” ” 18.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 26, 2018

“We may still be a long way away from a future where trucks and ships will be controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) alone,” he writes. In another article, Nahata predicts, “By 2021, 25% of large global companies will be piloting or using artificial intelligence automation in transactional procurement.”[5] Footnotes. [1]

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Ware2Go

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A distribution center (DC) or 3PL provides both storage and fulfillment and shipping services, but as the logistics industry evolves to meet merchants’ needs, the lines between a warehouse and a distribution center are much less distinct. Pick, Pack, and Ship Warehousing Services.

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Multichannel Merchant

JUNE 6, 2022

The company is reportedly patenting a five-step unload/receive/pick/pack/ship process leveraging Knapp technology, which took 12 steps under a manual fulfillment model. Walmart offers free two-day shipping on orders of $35 or more, or unlimited free shipping plus other perks for members of its $98-a-year Walmart+ program.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Finished lenses are shipped to Distribution Centers (DC), we have 14 major DCs worldwide. The semi finished lenses are shipped to one of our 490 Rx Labs (prescription labs) where they are finalized based on our consumer’s prescription and needs. We had to slow down the production pace.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 6, 2021

As reported by Business Insider , “as a share of the total cost of shipping, last mile delivery costs are substantial — comprising 53% overall. With the growing ubiquitousness of “free shipping,” customers are less willing to foot a delivery fee, forcing retailers and logistics partners to shoulder the cost.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

In 2021, for the tenth consecutive year, Saint-Gobain was named one of the world’s 100 most innovative companies, according to the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator ranking. It might be that distribution centers (DCs) are delivering goods to customers in a 50-mile radius. The company has a continuous innovation process.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 2, 2022

As highlighted by Transport Topics in a January 2022 article discussing freight shipping analytics, “ Data shows total truckload rates year-over-year are holding around 12% higher. That compares with a 29% rate increase in the spot market and a 14% rate increase for contracts in 2021.) They are forecast to grow 2.5%

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 31, 2021

COVID has also hit a number of key ports, like the port of Yantian , which is a major outbound port for shipping products to the US. Once a port shuts down, ships and containers back up, and this bottleneck is difficult to catch up with. There aren’t enough workers to unload the ships. Then there are the container issues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2021

An understanding of these dynamics was the goal of ARC’s survey-based research conducted with DC Velocity earlier this year (see DC Velocity Infographic in June 2021 issue). Less clear are the changes that will occur in 2021. Or will the processes be a mix of both, and how so? Final Word.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2022

Forrester’s study is based on interviews with nine customers who relied on Blue Yonder solutions to successfully master the challenges of 2020 and 2021. 2020 and 2021 saw retailers scrambling to meet increasing omni-channel demand via a range of new order-fulfillment and product-sourcing strategies such as curbside pickup and ship-to-store.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As warehouses are full, and DC’s are unable to process an unpredictable bunching of container arrivals, containers on chassis are becoming surrogate warehouses, and this has undermined the overall network and reduced its effective capacity. That ship has sailed. In other cases (e.g. E-commerce levels are subsiding.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

in 2021 and is projected to grow another 7.4% One of my career highlights I’ll share with you: a couple of years ago I had a chance to run the Government affairs organization, and that allowed me to participate in a lot of important meetings back in Washington, Dc. In May of 2021, we announced New Mexico. This is a $3.5B

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

in 2021 and is projected to grow another 7.4% One of my career highlights I’ll share with you: a couple of years ago I had a chance to run the Government affairs organization, and that allowed me to participate in a lot of important meetings back in Washington, Dc. In May of 2021, we announced New Mexico. This is a $3.5B

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Add to this the impact of external factors like the Amazon Effect , commoditization and customer expectations of next day and same-day shipping, and it’s clear that warehousing must find new ways to solve challenges more effectively. billion in market value by the close of 2021. Warehouse automation software could be the answer.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Add to this the impact of external factors like the Amazon Effect , commoditization and customer expectations of next day and same-day shipping, and it’s clear that warehousing must find new ways to solve challenges more effectively. billion in market value by the close of 2021. Warehouse automation software could be the answer.

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Unleashed

APRIL 27, 2022

Gartner’s survey of Chief Supply Chain Offices (CSCOs) in 2021 found that inflation and supply shortages will lead to further production challenges over the coming years , with the underlying trend that ‘demand for goods is rising, while supply is increasingly scarce’. In addition, the water that is used is recycled and recirculated.

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Lucas

MAY 30, 2019

government figures don’t account for the ways ecommerce is changing labor costs in the DC. There is every reason to expect that DC employment will to continue to grow in step with ecommerce. As ecommerce grows as a percent of total retail sales, each picking is increasing as a percent of DC activity. Here’s why. Since 2013, U.S.

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