Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2023

million shoppers and the NRF’s forecast for about 182 million people during the five-day weekend. million people in 2022 to 121.4 It also uses artificial intelligence to forecast daily demand for over 400 million products, predicting where in the world they are likely to be ordered. The turnout topped last year’s figure of 196.7

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Amazon shipped last-minute Christmas gifts faster in 2023 than in 2022, according to data from analyst firm Momentum Commerce. percent versus in 2022, where 17.6 In 2022, the company shifted away from national fulfillment to a regionalized network model. DHL Group does not operate ships but it uses them to transport containers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Forecasts call for freight rate slumps in 2023. The legislation, which is entitled the National Development Strategy and Coordination Act of 2022, would require Cabinet-level agencies to identify weaknesses in supply chains that could impact national security and domestic manufacturing. Amazon’s plan to kill the barcode.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

For the second consecutive four-quarter period, the freight market faced continual capacity challenges as the global supply chain wrestled with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Will these forces continue to play a part in the freight market in the coming year? And what could come into play in 2022? billion on Black Friday.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends Feature Article by Laurent Sik , Head of Operations, CEVA FVL APAC Automobiles, as a form of transportation, are indispensable in today’s world and will remain a crucial part of our lives for a long time to come. million cars.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The shares fell as much as 7.6

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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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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Specifically, EBIDA is currently forecasted to be in a range of between $1 billion and $6 billion this year. billion profitability performance during 2022.

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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. Freight heavyweight J.B. Transportation. View in web browser ›. By Paul Page.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The circular economy is a cost saver and generally has less carbon emissions, because raw materials are sourced locally and therefore with less transportation. In my compost example, I save on buying fertilizer (along with all the processing, packaging and transportation associated with it). Your Sales Plan is NOT a Forecast!

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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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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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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2022

There have been fluctuations in demand that have made forecasting feel impossible. And moving materials and products was made difficult, especially at the start of the pandemic, due to closed borders, limited air freight, and driver shortages. The skilled labor shortage also applies to truck drivers, causing issues for transportation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The right way” emphasizes that our fundamental relationship with the Earth demands that products be made and transported in ways not harmful to the Earth. To eliminate unneeded transport or unnecessary miles is always something the logistics manager needs to do. The devil is definitely in the details.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s report of quarterly financial performance by global parcel transportation and logistics services provider United Parcel Service (UPS) along with implications to industry supply chain teams. Readers might recall that UPS increased its freight rates by 5.9 percent to $24.2 billion figure.

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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. Mid-Year Global Transportation Assessment.

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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. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test. Canadian and U.S.

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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. So, should merchants change their supply chain procurement strategies as they head into 2022? The greatest opportunity for cost savings in the supply chain for most merchants is freight.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 11, 2021

Nominations for the 2022 FreightTech 100 Awards are now being accepted With the upcoming peak season on our minds and with more than 25 years of revolutionizing freight auditing and payment processing, Intelligent Audit wants you to take a moment to reflect on the past year’s innovations and humbly asks for your nomination.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

An initial estimate of this year’s retail holiday spending indicates a mixed bag, depending on either retail industry, consumer goods producer or logistics and transportation industry perspectives. As a point of reference, in September, Mastercard had forecasted an anticipated 3.7 percent increase reported for 2022 and an 8.5

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

One can have technology for the macro level (plotting our forecasting for sales) as well as the micro level (monitoring fuel economy in a truck). Crucially, the system will calculate the carbon emissions spewed out with every transportation move. SYNOPSlS: Your Supply Chain Roadmap IDC’s Predictions for 2022 and Beyond.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials. The net result was that global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – April 2022. HOW DID WE GET HERE?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Green Corridor: Digitise Wisely to Reduce Emissions by Timothy Foote , Founder of Susymbio Digitisation in the logistics and transportation industry produces efficiency gains for nearly all players in the economy today. There forecast shows that global emissions from the Airline sector should hopefully peak in 2030.

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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

Strategic relationships, improved collaboration with logistics providers, and the possibility of bringing 3PL/4PL in-house to reduce transportation and warehouse costs and gain more control over logistics operations are all strategies to enable supply chain resiliency. This has a substantial impact on their EBITDA margins.

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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

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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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

Nearly all goods, bulk, and liquid as well as more obvious commodities, are capable of being transported by this method, whilst specialized containers and new fittings are frequently introduced to an already sophisticated market. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard. The hardest hit by the increase in rollovers were the Indian subcontinent and China.

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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. It is not clear yet what 2022 bookings look like.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. As supply chain logistics and transportation teams are keenly aware, rates peaked to more than $20,000 per container for both routes at this time last year. Added Perspectives.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

They collectively provide evidence that the prior disruptions still occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the latest manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China, will have a longer economic and service level effect in the coming months. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Welcome to 2022: Top 10 Supply chain logistics trends to watch out for 2022. Jumping into the new year, it is crucial for businesses to understand the logistics trends that could impact their supply chains in 2022. Find out the most important logistics trends that could impact supply chains in 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Seasonal Holiday Hiring At Its Lowest Levels Following up on our Supply Chain Matters posting highlighting the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) November 2023 holiday spending forecast , The Wall Street Journal reported this week ( Paid subscription ) that the number of U.S. Delivery of these innovative vans began in July 2022.

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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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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 8, 2022

Consistently shaving off any delivery time gives UPS better freight cost management they can pass on to their customers. For decades, transportation and logistics have been operating off of old technologies until the e-commerce boom and pandemic revealed the need for an industry-wide change.

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