Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2021

As we enter the second half of 2021, there are abundant signs of improvement and optimization. At the beginning of 2021, ARC Advisory Group, in partnership with DC Velocity magazine, anticipated factors such as a subsequent surge when we crafted our survey of warehouse practitioners. Warehouse Business Activity.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

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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AB&R

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Warehouse management and ensuring that it operates at its optimal level is no easy task. In fact, warehouses lose 3,000 hours per year due to their inefficiencies [1]. Picking is one of the most detail-oriented jobs in a warehouse and perhaps the job where most mistakes happen. 1] DC Solutions Brochure. [2]

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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. Leveraging Blue Yonder’s e-commerce capabilities , the 3PL can determine where the 1,000 units need to be placed across the distribution centers (DC) and network.?. 14, 2021, 4 p.m.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2021

This variability is wide-spread across the economy and especially acute in warehousing and fulfillment operations. Questions are structured to assess baseline (2019, pre-Covid), 2020 (Covid), and 2021 (progression to new normal).

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Ware2Go

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Use this guide to understand warehousing services, prioritize service level agreements, and choose the right warehouse partner for your business. Table of Contents: What is Warehousing? What Is Warehousing? Types of Warehousing Services. By this definition, a warehouse would only provide inventory storage.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion. In addition, the warehouses are full and containers are being used for overflow storage. Registrations are pouring in for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 6th-8th in Washington, DC. This was the biggest escalation since the 31.8% My reasoning?

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2019

What robots are available and should you use them in your DC? This is good news for distribution centre operators, because the Star Wars ‘droids’ have morphed into a new generation of reliable DC robots that are revolutionising the logistics world! billion by the end of 2021. SHOULD YOU USE THEM IN YOUR DC?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

This variability is wide-spread across the economy and especially acute in warehousing and fulfillment operations. Questions are structured to assess baseline (2019, pre-Covid), 2020 (Covid), and 2021 (progression to new normal).

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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. “The problem is, as we go into the holiday season, they’ve got the wrong stock in the warehouse,” Moore said.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

It’s very difficult to plan and execute without an integrated network where you don’t have visibility beyond the DC or warehouse. McKinsey is projecting a 75% reduction in lost sales, 30% reductions in transportation, warehousing, 80% reduction in supply chain administration. Keeping an Eye on the Big Picture.

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C3 Solutions

JULY 28, 2020

billion connected items, growing to 25 billion by 2021. billion by 2021. The online retailer is moving into bricks-and-mortar stores with its Amazon Go self-checkout concept, and has plans to open 3,000 of the small footprint outlets by 2021. First, it saves the costs associated with counting things – time and labour.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 13, 2021

13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc., A comprehensive view to assimilate all the Shipments from Supplier-to-DC, DC-to-DC, DC-to-Store, and Store-to-Customer, including Final Sales Easily analyze Flow and Material Movement by Route and Shipment Type of received, delivered and sold Aggregate Volumes.

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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. Located in Eastern North Carolina, less than two hours from the Port, Kanban has over 1 million square feet of prime DC space.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

The shifts in growth from 2019-2021 are dramatic. The problem is that warehouses are full. Registrations are pouring in for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 6th-8th in Washington, DC. Variability is today’s new normal. Growth requires cash. The decline in inventory turns uses cash.

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West Coast and California Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Weber Logistics has secured a 684,675-square-foot, omni-channel distribution center (DC) in Moreno Valley, CA. This brand-new multi-client facility, Weber’s largest, is the company’s seventh DC in Southern California’s Inland Empire region, and its fourteenth DC in California.

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RFgen

MARCH 20, 2018

Warehouse supply chain software is seeing a major shift in operating systems. Microsoft has announced it is ending its support of Windows CE and other mobile operating systems currently used in warehouses across the country. The company will break off its support in waves, beginning this year and ending by 2021.

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RFgen

MARCH 20, 2018

Warehouse supply chain software is seeing a major shift in operating systems. Microsoft has announced it is ending its support of Windows CE and other mobile operating systems currently used in warehouses across the country. The company will break off its support in waves, beginning this year and ending by 2021.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Key Takeaways: Warehousing and distribution face unprecedented pressures from COVID-19 disruption, commoditization, labor shortages and rising customer expectations. Warehouse automation is an effective way to gain efficiencies, cut costs and scale operations. Physical warehouse automation is costly. High warehouse turnover.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Key Takeaways: Warehousing and distribution face unprecedented pressures from COVID-19 disruption, commoditization, labor shortages and rising customer expectations. Warehouse automation is an effective way to gain efficiencies, cut costs and scale operations. Physical warehouse automation is costly. High warehouse turnover.

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SnapFulfil

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

With demand for their products and services soaring, Farmers Business Network (FBN) needed to quickly increase its warehouse capacity with the opening of 14 new DCs across the American Midwest in 2021, whilst retaining greater cost, labor and inventory efficiencies.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 26, 2018

Robotics is a big field covering everything from physical robots in a warehouse to back office robotic process automation. In another article, Nahata predicts, “By 2021, 25% of large global companies will be piloting or using artificial intelligence automation in transactional procurement.”[5] ”[4]. ”[7]. Footnotes. [1]

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Some warehouse managers prefer to operate according to the ‘par level’ system’. This less accurate system involves determining the least amount of stock you need in your warehouse at all times. Your truck drivers leave the DC on time and deliver on time to your customers. The last update was added in October of 2021.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

The path forward for European Grocery Retailers, McKinsey & Company, March 25, 2021. What is likely to happen? Learn how your business can benefit from the o9 Supply Chain Control Tower solution in our case studies at some of your peers. Download Use Cases.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

The path forward for European Grocery Retailers, McKinsey & Company, March 25, 2021. What is likely to happen? Learn how your business can benefit from the o9 Supply Chain Control Tower solution in our case studies at some of your peers. Download Use Cases.

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Accelogix

JANUARY 21, 2021

Today a workforce can no longer be considered only the people within the 4 walls of your DC. As we jump into 2021, what path do you take? The post Does The World of Warehouse Automation and Systems Feel Complex? As the industry continues to adapt to its changing demands, technology offerings continue to expand. Make a roadmap.

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Multichannel Merchant

JUNE 6, 2022

Walmart said the first facility, opening this summer in Joliet, IL, outside Chicago, will feature an automated, high-density storage system from Knapp, a provider of AI-driven warehouse and robotics and automation that will double both the storage capacity and number of orders processed.

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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. In a green field study, a company looks for an optimal placement a new factory or warehouse. The company has a continuous innovation process.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 24, 2021

By 2025, according to ABI Research 3 , over 4 million commercial robots will be installed in over 50,000 warehouses, up from just under 4,000 robotic warehouses in 2018. This may cause disparate views for operations managers to handle, leading to islands of automation within the same warehouse or distribution center (DC).

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This includes shortages of containers, chassis, vessels, as well as deficit in marine terminals, warehousing and rail capacity. Warehousing has been the fastest growing sector of the economy for employment; January 2022 showed employment was up 59.3% Inventory is piling up in warehouses. since January 2018 (4-year comp).

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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

AUGUST 31, 2021

Structural steel right now has prices that are through the roof (literally, as steel beams are typically used for framing new DC and warehouse structures). The growth in warehouse construction has led to massive demands for structural steel, and especially bar joists. What about steel?

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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. I expect this increase will decelerate markedly in 2021. Final Word.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 2, 2022

That compares with a 29% rate increase in the spot market and a 14% rate increase for contracts in 2021.) Increase DC or Warehouse Pickup and Delivery Efficiency. The operations at warehouses and distribution centers will improve with the support of freight analytics and freight audit data. They are forecast to grow 2.5%

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Lucas

MAY 30, 2019

government figures don’t account for the ways ecommerce is changing labor costs in the DC. Productivity in the warehousing and storage industry dropped by 7.6 The apparent decline in productivity is a function of the increasing share of ecommerce orders flowing out of warehouses and DCs. Here’s why. Department of Labor).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2021

ARC Advisory Group and DC Velocity magazine have closed our joint survey on the changes logistics operations have experienced in the upheaval of the Covid-19 operating environment in 2020; and the expectations these same executives have about their operating environment in 2021. And this was no different for warehouse operations.

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crisp

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Aura Bora’s fast-moving team tracks inventory daily in Crisp to keep every warehouse in full supply, helping sales skyrocket across DTC and retail. And when the episode aired in 2021, they were inundated with more DTC orders in a single day than the entire history of their website. Earthly ingredients, otherworldly flavors.

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