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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

In the spring of 2022, Asia/US ocean container rates resumed pre-pandemic levels and congestion eased in November 2022 into California ports. For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. United States Inflation Rates and GDP Inflation is the highest in forty years.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Increased e-commerce in both business-to-business and direct-to-consumer fulfillment.? According to eMarketer , e-commerce will grow 17.9% billion in spending on e-commerce, and as the demands grow, there will inevitably be a marked increase in business-to-business e-commerce as well. transportation metrics ?that

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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 forced three semiconductor plants to shut, causing a microchip shortage for the auto industry and severing the state’s vital supply chain links for three days. Download our E-Book on Supply Chain Sustainability and Profitability with Green Logistics.

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Amazon’s Fulfillment Network Realignment Implications

Supply Chain Matters

The Worldwide Stores retail segment was part of that analysis, particularly when the company reported in April 2022 the first quarterly operating loss in over seven years. Across the United States , Amazon elected to change its former predominant west to east coast hub based inventory and fulfilment distribution network.

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How Retailers in the US Can Step Up Their Delivery Game

Locus

According to a study, there were 268 million digital buyers in the United States in the year 2022 alone. But even with this knowledge, what’s stopping retailers and e-commerce companies from providing excellent delivery experiences to their customers? percent in North America in 2022. Talk to our experts!

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7 Key Strategies To Keep Up With Changing Last-mile Customer Expectations

Locus

During the 2000s, the standard delivery time in the US for an e-commerce order was 8-10 days. The American customer satisfaction index customer experience benchmarks for timeliness of delivery fell drastically from 82 in 2020 to 76 in 2022. consumer shipping companies: Customer experience 2017-2022. – Statista, U.S.

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Why Singles Day Will Become A US Sales Festival

Freightos

Chinese Logistics Infrastructure is Making US->China E-Commerce More Feasible. The logistics infrastructure in China is wildly underdeveloped compared to the United States. One popular metric – a country’s logistics costs as a percentage of GDP – has China at 18% and the US at only 8.5%.