Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

High risk will be the new normal for 2021 and following years. Your supply chain software should help you forecast over a wide array of items (fast movers, intermittent, slow movers), across the entire network (even 2 or 3 tier), and provide target inventory levels (safety stock, reorder point, cycle stock).

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It is no secret that transport costs have been rising across all different modalities. Carriers must enforce measures such as peak surcharges, and records are being broken in terms of transport costs throughput. Inflation puts immense pressure on many businesses and forces them to reevaluate their current transport operations.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2021

BOSTON, March 17, 2021 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, is proud to announce that ToolsGroup Director of Professional Services for Europe, Michael Haiber, and Vice President of Professional Services, Stefano Novati, were both named 2021 “Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 14, 2023

Seth is Managing Editor of features at Transport Topics. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com. About Seth Clevenger Seth Clevenger is Managing Editor of features at Transport Topics. Clevenger, currently based in Alexandria, Va.,

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A 2021 Peak Shipping Season survey conducted by Edelman Intelligence found hiring to be a strong concern among supply chain decision makers with 90% having a strong need to increase hiring to account for peak season and beyond. Download the Report: 2021 Peak Shipping Season Survey. Download the Report: 2021 Peak Shipping Season Report.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FourKites CEO, Matt Elenjickal One of the two leaders in the real-time transportation visibility market is FourKites. In that study, FourKites 2021 revenues were estimated to be $65 million. Calling the FourKites platform a real-time transportation visibility solution is a misnomer; This is a real-time supply chain visibility solution.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 24, 2022

December 2021 - Transportation Market Report. Customers Inventories remain in the ‘too low’ category. All of these are positive indicators for continued growth, but also indicate further capacity issues in the transportation markets. Click the Button above to receive the full transportation market for December 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. Our specific prediction was that manufacturers and retailers will exercise considerable pressure on carriers for re-negotiating existing transportation and logistics contracts. percent decline in global trade.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

German logistics giant DHL Group is advising customers to take a close look at how they manage inventories as shippers switch away from the Red Sea, though trade associations said they did not expect any notable disruptions for Europe’s top economy. DHL Group does not operate ships but it uses them to transport containers.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 10, 2022

In our Supply Chain Matters commentaries focused on online customer fulfillment and especially the 2021 holiday fulfilment period, we cautioned retail and consumer goods supply chain management teams to be watchful for the bullwhip effect in inventory planning and replenishment needs to support expected customer demand.

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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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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 29, 2021

That means that there will be fewer available trucks to transport the products flooding the freight market in an already tight market. Retail Inventory Restocks Buoying Freight Market. Despite a dip in May, retail sales were growing in year-over-year comparisons throughout the back half of 2020 and even into the spring of 2021.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 23, 2022

“Demand was greater than available inventory” was a common theme in many retailers’ earnings announcements in early Q1 of 2022. After a strong start to the quarter in inventory receipts and product sell-through, we experienced unexpected inventory receipt slides in key categories due to extended port and transportation delays.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues with our annual listing of our most read blog commentaries that were published and of keen interest to our readers during the year 2021. The years of 2020 and 2021 presented unprecedented pandemic and other related challenges to industry and global supply chains. October 8, 2021.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Featuring Our 10 Best Inventory Management Articles! Inventory management is a holistic and logical methodology for handling both raw materials and finished products. Raw material inventory management represents a vital stage in the successful supervision of any manufacturing company’s supply chain. Subscribe Here!

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 29, 2021

To emphasize the importance and growth of transportation visibility solutions, Gartner recently published its first Magic Quadrant for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms (RTTVP). Real-time transportation visibility platforms can no longer be considered an emerging technology.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2022

The manufacturing industry faces many challenges, such as a skilled labor shortage, supply chain instability, and inventory management issues. And when it comes to transportation, find a partner who can help you traverse the evolving pandemic. Supply Chain Management and Maintaining Inventory.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Through utilising a transport management system (TMS), logistics supply chain providers can offer real-time data and visibility across the supply chain. When it comes to transport, organisations will have visibility of shipments in the network, type of vehicles required for delivery, ensuring optimised loading capacity. Load More.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We feel good about the composition of our inventory. It's been difficult to plan inventory flow with much precision.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Top Five Transportation Trends ; Chris Cunnane. From a transportation standpoint, this has included major technological advancements. In my presentation, I highlighted five key transportation trends that are changing supply chains from a technology standpoint. Inventory Management in a High Inflation Environment ; Clint Reiser.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

in March 2022 from March 2021. The US Department of Transportation reported that transborder freight between the U.S. compared to March 2021. compared to March 2021. compared to March 2021. Walmart and DroneUp Partner to Bring Drone Delivery to US Households. North American Transborder Freight up 23.8%

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

In addition, retailers are struggling to move inventory initially ordered in the first quarter of 2022 to make way for back-to-school and holiday merchandise. The peak season definition is a continued evolution of the seasons in transportation. for the same period in 2021. over the 2021 cost, such as in the New England region.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2021

Any discussion on supply chain risk management and applying managed transportation to help prevent risks from coming to fruition is incomplete without touching on the pandemic to overcome supply chain disruption. Traditional Inventory Replenishment Strategies No Longer Work.

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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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PLS Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2021

The challenging economic situation has shed light on the key gaps in many companies’ transportation systems. While every supply chain executive is looking for ways to build resilience, inventory, and warehouse management become another top priority for businesses in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2022

With our supply chains clogged and retail inventories piling up, we have a situation wherein the huge imbalances between demand and supply at the product mix level can have an adverse impact on product availability for B2B and B2C companies alike, especially as we start heading to the holiday season. in October 2021. A ratio of 1.5

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Locus

MAY 4, 2023

The logistics industry relies on the efficient transportation of goods between locations and line haul transportation plays a significant role in this. In 2021, in the United States alone, the total transportation logistics costs came to around 1.2 What is line haul transportation? trillion U.S. from 2019 to 2027.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. January and February 2021 were characterized by repeated winter weather events nationwide. Capacity constraints and transportation delays.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 21, 2022

turn to the technology for a wider range of operations, from inventory management to more personalized online search and shopping.”[4] Inventory Optimization. Keeping track of inventory in the modern omnichannel era can be a challenge. It can be used to track and locate inventory. and Wayfair Inc. AI can help.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

Then as we slowly started going out and getting used to the new normal, people realized that public transportation was not the best option because of virus transmissions, which increased the demand for cars. Leading to long lead times, shortages, rising prices, and complications in transportation lines.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

billion in inventory that “if we could just wave a magic wand, we’d make it go away today,” said chief financial officer John David Rainey. Walmart estimates that inventory is still 15 percent above optimal levels. Clearing the inventory will still take a couple of quarters. Walmart has about $1.5 percent higher than in 2020).

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Some examples may be rules restricting availability of transport stock and routes, laws limiting workforce liberties or effectiveness, short-term working capital guidelines, etc. You also need to assess quickly where the marketplace will be after any run on inventory” according to Pat Bower, Director of Demand Planning at Combe.

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

US holiday retail sales in 2021 will rise 2.7% – US Holiday 2020 review and Holiday 2021 Preview, Emarketer Insider Intelligence, Feb 2021. Many businesses are still struggling from inflationary pressures on goods and inventory not meeting peak season demand. Ecommerce will account for a record 18.9%

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 10, 2021

Then is stockpiling regional inventories the answer to serving consumer demand and mitigating delays? Supply chains need to have the right infrastructure to safely store, transport and track shipments. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – April 2021. The changing trends dictate consumer preference.

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