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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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

Dick’s Sporting Goods Beats Forecast in Q1 But Cautions on Inflation, Supply Chain. North American Transborder Freight up 23.8% in March 2022 from March 2021. The more cautious outlook is driven by wage and inflationary pressures, as well as increased freight costs. billion of freight, up 15.7% billion, up 23.8%

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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. There have been fluctuations in demand that have made forecasting feel impossible. Supply Chain Management and Maintaining Inventory.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. A growing number of logistics operators and industry observers see the snarls bottling up supply chains this year extending deep into 2022. Freight heavyweight J.B. retailers’ inventory-to-sales ratio in August, down from 1.11 View in web browser ›.

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 10, 2022

The 2021 holiday shopping season was characterized by high freight rates, elevated lead times , and over-crowded warehouses. Many merchants were concerned about having enough inventory to meet demand, and consumers wondered if they would be able to secure holiday gifts for loved ones. Big Picture Thinking.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

As a point of reference, in September, Mastercard had forecasted an anticipated 3.7 In early November, Supply Chain Matter’s highlighted the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) forecast of expected holiday spending to be in the range of a pre-pandemic level of between 3 percent and 4 percent over 2022 levels. In reality, the 3.1

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022 This edition will cover: The signs of looming stagflation How executives can prepare their supply chains The imminent problem of staffing shortages The latest use of drones in supply chain Notable changes in the leadership ranks. If there are topics you’d like us to cover, email info@elementum.com.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

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. Any B2B business that still relies on sales reps, in-person meetings and phone calls may see itself fall behind as we move past 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Foxconn Forecasts Challenging Operating Environment This Year. Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. West Coast dock workers that occur during the upcoming summer period that could provide added disruption for 2022 peak inbound volumes.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels. Mind you, some retailers may indeed be pleased with their inventory levels, but others may be trying to figure out where to store the excess inventory since so many warehouses are beyond full.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Since we promised to update you regularly, we’ve collated some of the latest stories from the world of freight shipping, warehousing, logistics services, and supply chain technology, so that you can keep your finger on the pulse of the fast-changing logistics landscape. How retailers are reevaluating post-pandemic inventory strategies.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. Earlier this month, the forecast was revised to an expected 2.5

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Timing when stores need replenishment or when factory production will increase its demand, will likewise have better forecasting software to lower the overall waste in our inventory and retail systems. He crafted delivery solutions for e-commerce clients and managed supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. Freight rate reportedly fell 37 percent. The LMI has now declined 6.7

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Three commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains made available at the beginning of 2022, and specifically addressing supply chain cost inflation implications.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Rather, the plan seems to be the production of 90 million iPhone14 units which was in-line with Apple’s original forecast this summer. Similarly, WSJ separately reported that trucking freight operators now indicate that the traditional peak shipping season is crumbling as overstocked retailers cancel any new inventory orders.

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Carrier rates are declining across the board, and Seatrade Maritime News reported an “expected trough of freight rates to mid-2023 from 2024 with a lower demand forecast and a higher than expected effective capacity increase due to the unwinding of congestion. 2 November 2022. 24 11 2022. <[link]. 30 November 2022. <[link].

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Sensing and predicting disruptions as early as possible will allow organizations to develop proactive risk mitigation strategies and lower premium freight. OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers should consider longer-term forecasting and capacity collaboration with their Tier-n suppliers. This has a substantial impact on their EBITDA margins.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. In fact, global freight rates have increased tenfold since the start of the pandemic.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 17, 2021

webinar, we provided an in-depth analysis of current supply and demand trends in the North American freight market. This included our forecast of future market conditions, explanations of how the latest market changes impact supply chains, and answers to your most pressing questions. Once sales rebalance, will inventory follow?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

The report further indicated that Inputs, expressed as supplier deliveries, inventories and imports, continued to constrain production expansion. In its latest forecast, Drewry Shipping Consultants indicated that it expects global freight rates to increase 39 percent this year as logjams impact ports in the second half of the year.

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Stord

JANUARY 11, 2022

Now that we’re in 2022, things should revert back to normal (whatever that means), right? Stord’s team works with hundreds of companies every day to drive efficiencies and optimize their operations across a range of freight, warehousing, fulfillment and packaging requirements.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That compared to the initial forecast for holiday sales calling for an expected growth rate of between 6 and 8 percent. Overall retail sales in 2022 grew 9.5 percent last year vs. an initial forecast of between 10 percent to 12 percent growth. percent growth in 2022 compared to a 4.9 percent to $963.3 percent and 4.6

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

The averted US rail strike in December 2022 would have been catastrophic for US residents and the wider supply chain. Getting the basics right Improving forecast accuracy Accurate demand forecasts can help you stay on top of inventory and improve strategic planning for different risk scenarios.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

The averted US rail strike in December 2022 would have been catastrophic for US residents and the wider supply chain. Improving forecast accuracy. Accurate demand forecasts can help you stay on top of inventory and improve strategic planning for different risk scenarios. Getting the basics right.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 30, 2022

The increasing difficulties in obtaining material supplies for nearly all material classes and services emerged in the latter part of 2021 and has continued well into 2022. In addition, rampant inflation exceeding 7% has emerged in 2022, as a result of labor shortages, increased transportation costs, and surging commodity prices.

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Supply Chain Management In the ever-evolving world of freight and logistics, volatility has become the new normal. Procurement experts face transportation costs, customer demands, and high pressure on global container and air freight rates. Let’s think back on demand forecasting and warehousing management. Works Cited Freightos.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Gartner estimates that by the end of 2022, 85% of enterprises will have some form of RPA implemented in their business and Forrester calculates the RPA market will exceed a 50% CAGR by 2023, going from roughly $500 million to $2.8 Inventory Management. Regardless of how efficient and effective, all supply chains carry inventory.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period. Added Perspectives.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions and that was reinforced by the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index (LMI) reaching its lowest level lowest level in six and one-half years. This survey was conducted in May among participants in the global freight forwarding community.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

The upstream supply chain refers to the flow of inventory in the pre-production stage, mostly in relation to the organization’s suppliers. This will allow you to improve your inventory planning accordingly so you don’t get too seriously affected by unexpected disruptions. Let’s get into it. What is the upstream supply chain?

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 19, 2022

Furthermore, the crisis laid bare the inadequacies of the US freight logistics systems, leading to widespread bottlenecks. In this environment, retailers place large orders with distributors, which prompts distributors to over-order to maintain their inventories and also in response to retailers’ forecasts of growing demand.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 19, 2021

A contributing factor is inventory build ahead of the summer food and beverage season that begins with Memorial Day. Finally, the retail industry inventory-to-sales ratio continues at very low levels. How the stimulus is an extraordinary event creating freight demand. The current forecast is for 6.8%

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Andrew Viteritti, Lead for the Commerce and Regulation division of the Economist Intelligence Unit Global Forecasting group began his presentation by reviewing the current and future state of the global economy. The EU economies will also be hit, especially Germany and Eastern Europe as we go into winter in 2022. Not likely.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Air freight Is Rising. Air freight rates have been a major story throughout 2021. kg, according to the Freightos Air Freight Index. Most importantly, the air freight index runs approximately one week behind, so the real impact of the Christmas Week Showdown—the immediate days leading up to the holiday, is still unavailable.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Probably the best example is the daily weather forecast. While demand volatility was a primary risk factor over the past two years, today supply-side uncertainty is a fast-growing concern, causing supply chain disruptions and resulting in product shortages for some companies and excess inventory for others.

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