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Trends Transforming Logistics and Supply Chains In the MENA Region in 2023

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A McKinsey’s report published in 2022 indicates that 32 per cent of people from industries like automotive, consumer goods, and pharmaceutical find demand variability and forecasting responsible for value chain disruptions. billion by 2025. Technology and automation are major enablers towards this.

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Healthcare: A Call For Action

Supply Chain Shaman

By 2025, the projection is 19.9%. I remember the days of when I first ran a warehouse for a manufacturing company. It was before warehouse management. In those days, it was impossible to track inventory in the warehouse. A good perpetual inventory signal is essential to supply chain excellence.

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Vanguard Voice – Issue 105

Vanguard Software

June 21, 2021 – The surge in American demand for consumer goods coupled with logistics bottlenecks around the world have led to uncomfortably low retail inventories as stores scramble to get goods on their shelves. Supply Chain Dive – US needs 330M square feet of warehouse space to keep up with e-commerce.

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Pharma companies will increasingly take cues from retail and consumer goods….why?

The Network Effect

If you want to know ahead of time the changes awaiting the pharmaceuticals supply chain it is useful to extrapolate experiences from the consumer and retail sectors, which were dealing with the same trends and pressures long before pharmaceuticals (for example, the proliferation of distribution channels).

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Chinese Lockdowns and the Future of Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Supply chain concerns, however, don’t focus solely on the movement of consumer goods. … Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach to Covid has idled factories and warehouses, slowed truck deliveries and worsened container logjams. Hospitals from the U.S. ” Consequences of Chinese Lockdowns. .”

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Digitization and the Future of Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

According to a KPMG survey, the investment in intelligent automation will reach $232bn in 2025, compared to $12.4bn today. ” Advanced Robotics and machine learning — “Modern warehouse management, plus ‘non-physical’ robotics, like database tools for deeper trend analysis that can help predict the future.”

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Wall Street Enamored with Business Upside of Amazon Logistics

Supply Chain Matters

A third equity analyst for Globalt Investments is citied as observing: “ Amazon is basically a stock that is loved, not really based on today’s earnings, but more so what they’re gonna do in 2024 and 2025. The revenues might take time to ramp up to get to the point where they’re really going to be making money.”