Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2022

e-commerce sales increased again in 2021, up 14% year-over-year (YoY), and by more than 50% compared to 2019. Multi-carrier parcel shipping technology empowers fulfillment teams. Multi-carrier parcel shipping technology gives merchants the functionality they need to roll out these offerings and better serve customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Volatility The concept of supply chain volatility is difficult to measure and even more difficult to forecast, as disruptions are typically surprises. Most notably, item shortages (purple) and stockpiling (red) were large contributors to 2021-2022 volatility. Here are some data that support my view.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. Hunt’s third-quarter earnings signal a strong market for freight operators, but increasingly restrained economic forecasts suggest clouds on the horizon. Some 100 container ships are anchored off the Hong Kong and Shenzhen ports waiting for berth space.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 11, 2022

It had been an average of around $17 since May of 2021. Meanwhile, their CFO reports that inflationary pressures – increased fuel costs, increased costs of international shipping, etc. The new reality, Reuters reported, began to emerge halfway through 2021. In some locations, the company was giving signing bonuses of $3,000.

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

With e-commerce on the rise, supply shortages, and COVID-19 restrictions causing shipping delays, this will prove to be a challenging year for order fulfillment. After the shipping delays and supply shortages that were caused by COVID-19, many businesses have opted to keep more inventory on-hand in distribution centers. Labor Shortage.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 21, 2023

About Flock Freight Founded in 2015, Flock Freight is a technology company reinventing the supply chain through smarter, more sustainable shipping solutions. Flock Freight uses proprietary algorithms and machine learning to optimize the shipping process and identify opportunities for consolidation.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 29, 2021

As the delta variant provides an added layer of uncertainty throughout the world, experts frantically search for solutions as peak season shipping 2021 approaches. The second half of 2020 featured new growth and unprecedented demand in the world’s economy that has yet to slow and will continue to grow as peak season approaches in 2021.

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Resilinc

MARCH 22, 2022

Our 2021 Annual Report is here! Covered topics included the supply chain tumult of 2021, trends affecting key commodities like aluminum, silicon, and cobalt, and the evolving risk landscape for reshoring, cybersecurity, ESG issues, and more. Download our 2021 Annual Report. The post Resilinc’s 2021 Annual Report is live!

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

However, I’ve been hearing more and more stories about how the rapid over-expansion of many brands and retailers in 2021 has proven to result in all kinds of problems, specifically around additional inventory, excess capacity, and over-expansion of the workforce. If they did not agree, their business relationship would be terminated.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Amazon shipped last-minute Christmas gifts faster in 2023 than in 2022, according to data from analyst firm Momentum Commerce. products on the platform warned it would ship after Christmas. products on the platform warned it would ship after Christmas. DHL Group does not operate ships but it uses them to transport containers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

billion globally, and I forecast it to grow to $9.9 Can Improving Forecast Accuracy Address Our Demand Planning Woes? If “the forecast is always wrong,” is improving forecast accuracy even the solution to our demand planning woes? Warehouse Management Systems (WMS): Growth Accelerated in 2021 ; Clint Reiser.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In nine out of ten supply chain planning systems that I test, I find that companies have a negative Forecast Value Added level. To put this in perspective, if they had no planning system and no planners and just assumed that they would ship based on prior shipments, the forecast would be better, and the inventory levels more accurate.

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o9 Solutions

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The 2021 Christmas and New Year holiday season is facing a global supply shortage of Champagne. Moët Hennessy—which includes Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon, Ruinart, and Veuve Clicquot within its Champagne portfolio—reported a 22% rise in Champagne sales for the first three months of 2021 compared with the first quarter of 2020.”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. The massive global shipping squeeze. In their story about the shipping shortage, the CBC quoted shipping analyst Alan Murphy, who detailed how this changing demand has massively disrupted the global shipping market.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 27, 2021

2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends for the US. Here we are, one year later, trying to determine the 2021 supply chain and inventory management trends to adopt. With that in mind, here are a few trends for 2021 that could help your business outlast the pandemic: Supplier Diversification. Automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Forecasts call for freight rate slumps in 2023. The FedEx program will accept unboxed, unlabeled returns, then consolidate returned items and ship them back to merchants. Freight rates on sea, air, and highway routes are on track to drop from their pandemic highpoints during 2023, according to a trio of forecasts released this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 Amazon achieved its fastest-ever global shipping times last year but isn’t resting on its laurels. Congress established the program in 2021 through the BIL and dedicated $5 billion to the program over a five-year period. The shares fell as much as 7.6

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 5, 2021

Billions of pixels of digital news have been used to describe how supply chains need to understand the macro picture, like shipping delays and supply impacts. In an earlier blog , I wrote about volatile customer demand and how a modern machine learning forecasting algorithm needs to account for uncertainty. Uncertain Supply.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

IDC also forecasts that by 2023, 30 percent of Asian enterprises will ship freight using a SaaS-enabled platform, resulting in improved efficiencies in load matching and reduced shipping costs. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – September 2021. Synopsis: GeTS Webinar 9th Sept 2021. Load More.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As 2021’s holiday shopping statistics proved, pandemic or not, consumers are willing to spend. (My When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025. in 2021, compared to 42,000 sq. Data source: eMarketer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Consumers have gotten used to ordering more than what they are planning to keep for trying on different sizes of clothing or shoes or for trying a new brand and shipping the returns for free. Shipping items back and forth creates needless greenhouse gas emissions, and only 54% of all packaging gets recycled. Asena holds B.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. Spring 2020-February 2021.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The 2021 holiday season’s supply chain disruptions have made headlines and attracted attention from merchants and consumers alike. What’s Causing the 2021 Warehouse Labor Shor tage. At first glance 2021’s supply chain problems may seem contradictory. Prioritize demand forecasting.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of the realities of higher number of vessels among global ocean container shipping lines meeting contracting shipping demand levels that are now leading to headcount and schedule reductions. Background Ocean container shipping and logistics are the lifeblood of global supply chain movements.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In today’s volatile transportation and shipping industry, parcel carriers maintain a significant advantage over other transportation service providers — a peak season e-commerce strategy. The State of E-Commerce Peak Season in 2021. Peak season e-commerce for 2021 may well offer more significant increases than ever.

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EazyStock

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The shipping industry in particular has been hit due to the displacement of containers blocking ports and causing global shortages. Consequently, there’s also been an effect on shipping costs as container prices surged in 2021 due to limited availability and increased demand. Making the most of every shipping container.

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Logility

AUGUST 4, 2022

Your ship’s come in! Much of the merchandise languishing aboard cargo ships stuck in ports around the world during the pandemic-fueled supply chain crisis has made it to store shelves. That’s up from 11% at the end of November 2021. That’s a good thing, right?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Comparing the pre-pandemic 2018 Production Statistics to the 2021 Production Statistics published by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), although car production has reduced over recent years, China remained the highest car producing country, followed by the United States, Japan and India. million cars.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

The company ships directly to customers and also to distributors. Mr. Herrin came out of retirement in October of 2021 to join GEON. For example, while GEON has over 2000 customers, initially they are manually building forecasts for 600 customers and 1200 ship-to locations.

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Supply Chain Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Average Container Shipping Rates Forecast to be Up 126 percent in 2021

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 2, 2021

We expect to see four trends in 2021 as manufacturing supply chains respond to demand and adjust to the new realities of this uncertain time. Ongoing threats of trade wars, punitive tariffs, competition for raw materials, and increasing shipping costs add further appeal to regional options. MicroVention Case Study. Download Case Study.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

From the continuing impact of the global pandemic to the ever-increasing importance of ‘transparency technology’ and sustainable practices, the food industry has its work cut out for it in 2021. So if you have a thirst for knowledge, here’s all you need to know about food industry trends for 2021. Consumer trends in food industry.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

But decisions about how many barrels to produce or how many ships to sail have to be made in advance. As ocean carriers were just signing checks to build massive ships, the global financial crises hit and shipment volumes sunk like a Led Zeppelin. It’s hard to predict what demand will be like for products like these ahead of time.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Understanding the state of holiday shipping and learnings for the next peak season means realizing that rates are always going to jump-start near Halloween. Air freight rates have been a major story throughout 2021. as of December 29, 2021. Air freight Is Rising. Following last year’s peak, rates hit an apex of $4.57/kg,

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2022

Here are the challenges we’re seeing across the industry, and what they mean for your supply chain and your shipping processes. There have been fluctuations in demand that have made forecasting feel impossible. Investing in a third-party logistics partner can help you reduce your excess shipping costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

Forecasting beauty products, which are susceptible to a broader sense of what is in or out of fashion, is difficult. But forecasting new product demand is even more difficult. Additionally, traditionally beauty consultants sold products and the company shipped products to the consultants. Logistics can be a challenge.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has issued its annual forecast, anticipating that retail sales will grow between 4 percent and 6 percent in 2023, meaning sales will reach between $5.13 In 2022, the retailer was aiming to hire 40,000 associates, down from 150,000 in 2021. trillion and $5.23 trillion this year. trillion to $1.43

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