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Importance of Digitalisation to Improve Supply Chains: Helping Businesses Navigate Through Supply Chain Disruptions

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Automation, cargo tracking, robotics, and remote fleet management are all examples of how IoT can be used to harness organizational data and gain insights into key processes. DB Schenker is leveraging sensor data from cargo in transit to monitor and control high-value shipments or sensitive shipments, such as with cold chain logistics.

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Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Covid-19’s Ripple Effect Continues + 5 Changes Needed for 2022

ToolsGroup

I’ve worked in the supply chain for 30+ years, working for major retailers including Kmart, Michaels and Five Below, as well as on the 3PL and logistics side with companies including FedEx, where I was Vice President of Global Transportation, and UPS, where I worked as Vice President of Supply Chain Design.

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Trucking Market Q1 Update and 2022 Freight Outlook

Zipline Logistics

Only time will tell, but factors seem to point to similar conditions for shippers in 2022, at least to start the year. According to a Heavy Duty Trucking article , analysts from FTR expect spot market rates to remain elevated in 2022 despite decreasing from the estimated 2021 level. And what could come into play in 2022?

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The State of the Retail Supply Chain in 2022 and How Shippers Can Mitigate Risks Through Data

Intelligent Audit

But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making. Between 1990 and 2020, the volume of cargo transported by ships more than doubled, from four to nearly 10.7

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. The post Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022 appeared first on Locus Blog. A slow-moving crisis. Green packaging. Schedule Demo.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

High freight volumes across all industries in the trucking market are expected to continue into 2022.? Port backlogs, cargo limitations on container ships, and a lack of available equipment and port facility staffing.? Rapid Scalability and Leveraging the Collective Buying Power of a Large 3PL. That’s an astonishing $933.30

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The Annual State of U.S.Logistics Report- Even More Candidness and Reality

Supply Chain Matters

economy through the lens of the logistics and transportation sector in terms of costs and implications to the economy during the past year, in this case 2022. percent of nominal GDP , rising 20 percentage points in 2022 and the highest growth ever seen. logistics costs in 2022, rail transportation costs increased 17.6