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The Warehouse Execution System: A New Competitive Imperative

Logistics Viewpoints

In today’s fast-paced, hyper-competitive, omni-channel world, warehouses play a critical role in maximizing service and fulfilling the ambitious customer promises that are required today. Warehouses also represent an enormous cost center. Volatile demand means warehouses need to pivot quickly when order volumes change.

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Prepare for Anything: Supply Chain and Ecosystem Predictions for 2022 and beyond….

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As we look forward to 2022 and beyond, the overall guidance must be “prepare for anything.” IDC expects spending on Digital Transformation (DX) on the top 5 use cases – smart warehousing, freight management, optimized operations, supplier network management, and predictive network inventory orchestration – to hit USD $33Bn in 2022.

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Editor’s Choice: Big and Bulky Delivery Challenges in 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

This article is from FarEye and examines the challenges around big and bulky deliveries in 2022. Because of these additional resources required, providing fast, cheap, flexible and sustainable delivery of Big & Bulky items can be difficult but crucial, as over 35% of furniture sales worldwide are expected to be made online by 2025.

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Buying 2021 Holiday Gifts for the 2022 Holiday Season

Enterra Insights

”[1] Here’s the rub: “All those excess retail inventories are starting to weigh on warehousing markets. Retail journalist David Moin writes, “With steeper promotions and smaller gains anticipated, the 2022 holiday season will be a far cry from last year’s.”[3] Power agrees.

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10 Wholesale Distribution Industry Trends for 2022 and Beyond

Unleashed

Here we give you our top 10 wholesale distribution trends for 2022 and beyond. Industry economic trends and an outlook for the future The global wholesale industry took a downturn in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related trade and personnel restrictions – but it’s expected to grow from now to 2025. billion to $64,334.41

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Increasing Supply Chain Performance in the Digital Era

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Körber’s Supply Chain Benchmarking 2022 report reveals the global perspectives on supply chain complexity and performance. According to global market research company Euromonitor International, Asia Pacific’s e-commerce sales are expected to nearly double by 2025 – reaching USD 2 trillion. Navigating a fast-changing labour market.

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10 Trends in Supply Chain Management & Logistics for 2022

Unleashed

We’ve read the market reports, trawled the internet and identified key areas of change, and here we break these down for you with 10 of the major trends we expect to see in this industry in 2022 and beyond. Now they’re within the grasp of many organisations with a logistics or warehouse function. billion by 2028.