Remove 2024 Remove Inventory Remove Price Reduction Remove Shipping
article thumbnail

Navigating Uncharted Waters: SMB Importers, 2024 and Red Sea Crisis Lessons

Freightos

Just when it seemed that 2024 would be a very welcome year of “normal” supply chains, the Red Sea crisis proved that for global supply chains, there is no such thing. With this fresh in mind, how are small and medium-sized importers preparing for 2024? The regression in pricing wasn’t just due to lower demand.

article thumbnail

The Backorder, April 10 2024

Unleashed

The Guardian reports that the Victoria Unboxed project will hope to eliminate invisible waste from supply chains by replacing cardboard produce boxes with reusable plastic crates. Consider offering volume discounts and free shipping incentives to lift AOV. Get tactical with your sales strategy. Here’s what she had to say.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

As a New England Patriots fan, this season was certainly disappointing, as everything seemed to go wrong, except for landing a top-3 draft pick in 2024. In 2023, Amazon experimented with new logistics strategies and technologies to quickly fulfill and deliver orders, and these changes paid off big. percent versus in 2022, where 17.6

article thumbnail

Learnings from Target’s 2024 Financial and Operational Performance

Supply Chain Matters

retailer Target’s recent reporting of Q4 and Fiscal 2024 financial and operational performance. based retailers would provide the best indicators of retail industry customer fulfillment trends including various changing strategies in inventory management and customer fulfilment efforts, along with restoring higher profitability levels.

article thumbnail

What’s Up with Exploding Ocean Container Shipping Costs

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers indications that ocean container shipping spot rates involving routings from China and Asian ports to the U.S. The May report indicated that the Transportation Price index increased 13.7 The average price for a 40-foot container reportedly skyrocketed from $2,240 in April to $3,250 in May.

article thumbnail

2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Prediction One

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares samples of individual prediction snapshots that will be included in our Annual 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory publishing later this month.

article thumbnail

Best Supply Chain Management Software for Mac 2024

SCMDOJO

For those who use a Mac as their trusted companion in 2024, the hunt ends here. We ensure that the solutions recommended are well-suited for your Mac in 2024. That includes inventory tracking, order management, demand forecasting, and logistics planning. It also reduces the learning curve and impacts the overall efficiency.