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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. WRITTEN BY STEFANY MARTIN / POSTED ON JUNE 9, 2022. Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season.

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Two-Thirds of Organizations Say Reducing Supply Chain Disruption Has Increased in Priority in Response to Recurring Black-Swan Events

ivalua

As global risk factors evolve, organizations could leave themselves unprepared, creating unnecessary disruptions that are largely predictable — and in many cases avoidable,” comments Alex Saric, smart procurement expert at Ivalua. The study was conducted by Forrester Consulting in March 2022 on behalf of Ivalua. About the research.

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

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. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – April 2022. HOW DID WE GET HERE? BE READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL.

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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. It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. In the case of manufacturers, it means procuring green and sustainable raw materials.

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Supply Chains in Recovery Mode: Forcing C-Level Focus on Digitally Transforming Their Supply Chains for 2022 and Beyond

BlueYonder

Impact: This is resulting in procurement teams scrambling to find new supply sources, while engineers are looking for substitutions alternatives, and other company leaders are figuring out how to bring more in-house for a vertical integrated approach.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Wildfires, mudslides, and flooding delayed lumber shipments, leading to a shortage that saw the cash market price for lumber reach $1,111 per thousand board feet in 2022 – almost triple its bottom price in August. Cotton production in India could dip 4% from 2021, down to 34 million bales in the 2021/2022 marketing year. FastMarkets ).