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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. Survey existing suppliers, third-party logistics providers and customers. See You There?

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Maersk’s Q1-2022 Financial Performance Portends What to Expect in Ocean Freight Rates

Supply Chain Matters

Global shipping services provider A.P. Moeller Maersk report of Q1-2022 financial performance provides indications of what multi-industry supply chain management teams can expect for the remainder of 2022 in the area of ocean container transportation. Outlook for Remainder of 2022. billion, an increase of $6.9

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Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) Overview: Are You Ready?

QAD

Drug companies, of course, share this goal and never intentionally produce products that could harm consumers, but the complexities of the global supply chain and inconsistencies in distribution, shipping, and labeling processes certainly make this difficult. What DSCSA Requirements are Coming into Effect in 2022-2023? Product tracing.

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Freight Procurement Solutions Are Transforming Supply Chains

Jaggaer

Why You Should Consider Freight Procurement Sourcing Solution. Procuring raw materials or finished goods is one thing, but the processing of moving those goods from one place to another brings its own set of challenges. Industry experts call out advanced sourcing solutions as being extremely important to freight procurement.

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The Industrial Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Logistics: Where Are We & Where Are We Going?

GlobalTranz

trillion to $14 trillion by 2022. Simply using common calendar tools, such as Google, means you are using the IoT, but the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) leads to the use of connected, smart devices to reduce inefficiencies, delays, and inaccuracies throughout the product lifecycle, including procurement as well.

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How to Ensure Effective Third-Party Deliveries and Excellence in Your E-commerce Logistics Operations

Locus

Apple’s D2C sales grew from 29% in 2018 to 38% in 2022. The key drivers contributing to this rise in the cost of fulfillment are: Demand for quicker fulfillment Rising complexities of e-commerce logistics like returns The dire need to increase capacity to meet growing demand What do customers expect from D2C and omnichannel retailers?

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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. Business Logistics Costs (BLC) were reported to be 9.1 percent of nominal GDP , rising 20 percentage points in 2022 and the highest growth ever seen.