Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. Walmart in the news: Walmart, suppliers continue sustainability collaboration. Small businesses getting squeezed out in push for warehouse space. Walmart to buy Alert Innovation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

Amazon Aims to Sublet, End Warehouse Leases as Online Sales Cool. in March 2022 from March 2021. The excess capacity includes warehouses in New York, New Jersey, Southern California and Atlanta, according to an article in Bloomberg.com that referenced anonymous sources. compared to March 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

inflation first began to heat up in 2021, it was written off by many economists as largely a temporary thing. Or, as Federal Reserve policymakers put it when they left rates on hold near zero in November 2021, “Inflation is elevated, largely reflecting factors that are expected to be transitory.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Gopuff arrives in New York. This includes trucking capacity concerns, port congestion , and warehouse staff. With its new team of robots and the advanced facility, both operated by GXO Logistics, Saks is aiming to keep up with surging online sales. The new service launched this week and is named Carrefour Sprint.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart in the news: Walmart launches pilot program for customers to recycle reusable shopping bags Walmart Canada says robots are coming to 2 Ontario warehouses, but jobs not at risk Amazon has become the largest private EV charging operator Biden calls for steep hike to tariff on Chinese steel S.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Nowhere are these changes more evident than in warehousing. The warehouse, a mainstay of supply chains, is getting a makeover as retailers move closer to customers so they can fulfill buyers’ unquenchable thirst for instant gratification. Adapting existing stores to function as warehouses is another example.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

In 2021, 87% of Americans were negatively impacted by the supply chain. In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. in the second quarter of 2021 due to a lack of raw materials. ( Plastic resins were in short supply all of 2021, with prices skyrocketing by up to 50%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon launches same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar retail brands. Port of New York and New Jersey sets container fee. Walmart launches new restored goods program. Apparently, warehouses are full. FedEx agrees to buy 10% stake in Berkshire Grey.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 24, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights that companies that sublease excess warehouse or office space is a normal occurrence in business settings, but when Amazon moves in that direction, it can send a shock wave to the industrial real estate ecosystem. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island voted late last week to join a union, which is a painful defeat for the e-commerce giant that has aggressively fought unionization efforts in recent years. Chipotle had planned to sell all third-party certified humane chicken by the end of 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Starting next week, Amazon will start actively recruiting existing small businesses in 23 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. percent in 2021 and 2.8

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

According to a published report by The New York Times , ( Paid subscription or metered view ) GlobalFoundries will dedicate a portion of its production capacity specifically to produce semiconductor devices for General Motors needs. Chips Act, to construct an additional chip fabrication plant in Malta, New York.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Grocery industry journalist Sam Silverstein ( @SilversteinSam ) reports, “Shoppers expect to spend an average of $611 per month on groceries [in 2022], an increase of about $79, or nearly 15%, over their projected food budgets for 2021, according to a consumer survey conducted by accounting firm KPMG.”[3] Grocery Sector Trends. Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Brazen Warehouse Heist in Texas, Under Pursuing Direct to Consumer, US Manufacturing Output Slowly Recovering, New York State Sues Amazon over Lack of Virus Protection

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 26, 2022

But the pattern has become costly for retailers, with the National Retail Federation estimating about 17% of all merchandise bought in 2021 was returned, totaling $761 billion.” in 2021 was returned — “a jump from an average return rate of 10.6% According to the National Retail Federation Online 16.6% Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

JULY 14, 2022

” As climate change makes once-arable land infertile, containers and buildings may rise where crops once grew. ” Bayer Global, 1 January 2021. [2] 4] Samantha Oller, “ Vertical farming firms get global ambitions ,” Food Dive, 12 August 2021. [5] ” The New York Times, 6 July 2021. [6]

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

According to the latest Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSPI) , compiled and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , overall pressures increased in April. Regarding perspective, between December 2021 and March of this year, the index reflected an easing of global supply chain pressures. warehouses. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

and raided the Beijing offices of Mintz Group, a due-diligence firm based in New York. Amazon has launched a new fulfillment center in Riyadh doubling its total storage capacity in Saudi Arabia and increasing selling opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2022

In the grocery sector, for example, correspondents from the New York Times observe, “[Grocery shoppers] doing their weekly runs to grocery stores [are finding] some items that used to be plentiful have been missing for months.”[2] ” Of course, good news for consumers is bad news for retailers.

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Vanguard Software

JULY 2, 2021

The Latest Supply Chain News. The New York Times – The Specter of Inflation: Is it haunting the U.S. June 17, 2021 – Here’s a simple way to understand the recent rise in inflation: As the pandemic is receding in the U.S., Supply Chain 24/7 – US 2021 Retail Sales Growing At Unprecedented Rates.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

This index stood at $9,304 at the end of 2021. For the specific routing of Shanghai to New York , the index was $11, 531, reflecting a six percent decline. . The report authors noted that continued inventory congestion has driven inventory costs, warehousing prices and overall aggregate logistics costs to all-time high levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

.” This week, Walmart announced that it would charge some of its suppliers a new fee to transport goods to its warehouses and stores. Companies that use Walmart to transport goods to the retailer’s warehouses and stores will be charged a fuel surcharge and a “collect pickup charge” starting Aug. 1, said the memo.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 4, 2021

Welcome to 2021! Using data from the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, we identified what the public refrigerated warehouse map actually looks like. But then you have this huge gap in the center of the country – the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, parts of West Texas – where there isn’t a lot of cold storage capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Initiatives planned to reduce lost containers include the MARIN Top Tier project, which was founded in 2021 by several member lines and a range of maritime stakeholders to perform research on concrete data about the causes of containers overboard and how to prevent further incidents.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

According to the estimated May 2022 Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSPI) , compiled and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , overall pressures reportedly declined in May 2022. owned and leased warehouses. . percent, is hovering at the highest levels since December 1981. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2018

I’m on borrowed time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week, which was dominated by M&A, new startups, and investments news. Trump Reaches Revised Trade Deal With Mexico, Threatening to Leave Out Canada (New York Times).

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

ToolsGroup analysts suggest activities like “cross-dock techniques in warehouses and ‘door-to-floor’ methods in stores, where the merchandise gets where it is needed without ever sitting in storage.” ” The New York Times, 31 January 2023. [2] ” • Optimizing customer order fulfillment.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 17, 2022

We were originally going to have the event in June of 2021, but we all know what happened. It’s interesting that fulfillment and warehousing are more important with eCommerce. They are consolidating these warehouses with technology. Are they using this over the road or in warehouses, or is that both?

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Long Beach shipping expanded 29% during the same period, such that the two ports now account for 37% of the US market since the pandemic, more than double the share of the Port of New York and New Jersey, the closest competitor. in February 2021 relative to January 2021. over the first 8 months of 2019.

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Kanban Logistics

MAY 12, 2022

If your company is looking for a North Carolina warehouse to rent, you may be surprised to find ultra-low vacancy rates and stiff competition for availability. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at warehousing availability within the state and how a 3PL can help. NC warehousing vacancies are at historic lows.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

According to the Long Beach Post News , the Port of Long Beach implemented a 24/7 operations pilot program to go to 24/7 operations on September 21, 2021. Even if the containers could be offloaded around the clock as the news release implies, there’s still a driver and talent shortage driving the capacity crunch.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights today’s breaking news reports indicating that Amazon will initiate staff level layoffs as early as this week. Noted was that the tech provider has lost $3 billion this year after posting profitability levels of $33 billion in 2021 and $21 billion in 2020.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 30, 2022

She has received many accolades including the 2021, 2020 & 2019 Supply & Demand Chain Executive “Pro to Know,” and the “People’s Choice 2020 Global Woman in Supply Chain Leader,” to name a few. . Scott Luton. Twitter: @ScottWLuton. Twitter: @The_LOL_. Eric Martin. Twitter: @EMPosts.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 19, 2023

This is the smallest-to-month in that category since August 2021. Key Supply Chain Indicator #6: Global Supply Pressure Chain Index (GSCPI) The Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI) is a new measurement. Created by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, GSCPI seeks to measure global supply chain conditions.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In response, merchants all over the ecommerce space began rethinking their retail supply chains to focus on efficiency and resilience — and as the pandemic continues into the holiday season of 2021, ecommerce operations will need all the advantages that a lean supply chain provides. Optimize your warehousing. Outsource to the experts.

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Ware2Go

MAY 26, 2022

In 2021, the New York City Department of Education was in search of a safer way to resume in-person learning. However, they knew that their in-house warehousing and fulfillment operations would not have the space to house the units once they were stateside. Reopening NYC Schools. A Flexible Partnership at Scale.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Port of Los Angeles, which is vying with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to be the nation’s busiest facility, saw a 25.8% Global trade has eased as warehouse inventories of retailers and manufacturers remain elevated,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said.

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