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Körber Elevate 2024: Chart Your Course

Logistics Viewpoints

I am coming to you from the sunny confines of San Diego, CA where I am attending the 2024 Körber Elevate conference. The theme this year was “Chart Your Course” which Richard Stewart, EVP Americas at Körber Supply Chain pointed out, is all about overcoming supply chain complexities and challenges. Workforce Efficiency.

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Self-Checkout Turns Customers into Employees and Employees into Security Guards

Enterra Insights

Of course, such thinking is simply justification for theft — and theft is a huge problem. ”[3] All retailers, not just grocers, are suffering from inventory losses. Despite the cost to install them, many retailers are reversing course on the tech. ”[6] The decision, of course, is all about profitability.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

She also said the company planned to ask workers to return to the office five days a week in 2024. percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 Higher labor costs and lower package demand resulted in fourth-quarter sales and 2024 guidance that missed analysts expectations. percent in early U.S.

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How Can You Protect Your Organization from Demand Constraints? 

Logility

Key Takeaways: • Supply chain volatility is expected to continue and plague some sectors until 2024. 25% of inventory surpluses are caused by a lack of transparency and visibility into the supply chain. Then, there’s the issue of surplus inventory. Demand variability has always confounded inventory planning.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Network Optimization: The Key to Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Although inflation has eased in many countries over the past summer, CPG prices are still rising faster than real wages and showing no signs of leveling off in 2024. To gain control over their costs and pricing, supply chain leaders must capitalize on the recent stabilization of production capacity and inventory levels. Get Access!

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Amazon’s Fulfillment Network Realignment Implications

Supply Chain Matters

We believe that these inventory management, customer and last-mile fulfillment strategies will have industry wide implications in terms of competitive stakes and cost-to-serve. 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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The $30 Billion Secret: How Amazon’s Logistics Saves You Time & Money

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With a wide array of products stored in its fulfillment centers, Amazon can consolidate orders and optimize its inventory management systems. To overcome this, Amazon has developed sophisticated inventory management systems that allow them to efficiently store and retrieve products from their fulfillment centers.