This bold initiative, which goes into effect on January 1, 2020, will help reduce the environmental impact of the international shipping industry. . As we look forward to the new year, it’s important to understand why these new regulations are taking place and how IMO 2020 will impact the global shipping market. Ocean shipping , an efficient and cost-effective means for transporting international goods, accounts for more than 80% of global trade. MORE

An example is the work on Performance Based Logistics (PBL). Instead, it take active sensing, tracking and pattern recognition of shipping, chain of custody and quality information. Safe and secure and the redesign of the supply chain to protect the consumer is a part of the 2016 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit focused on Imaging Supply Chain 2025. The city of Philadelphia is eerily quiet this morning. On the door of my favorite coffee shop is a closed sign. MORE

The rankings are based on a composite score based on the opinions of Gartner’s analysts; a group of peer voters (mostly supply chain practitioners, professionals and experts; in the interests of full disclosure, I myself am part of the peer panel); some metrics, including return on assets, inventory growth and revenue growth; and a corporate social responsibility (CSR) component score. So the CSR score too is more of a popularity contest than a consistent metric. MORE

A Warehouse Management Software (WMS) is one that helps plan, control, and manage the day-to-day manufacturing operations in a warehouse along with the guidance of inventory movement, optimizing order picking, and shipping of customer orders. by the end of 2025. By implementing key performance metrics and tracking performance over time using the WMS capabilities, inventory management can be easily improved over a period of time. Easy-to-follow metrics. MORE

between 2017 and 2025 with the global market reaching $4.6B by the end of 2025. . For any company to grow, they have to excel in every aspect of Supply Chain Management from planning, logistics, fulfillment, optimization, including warehouse performance. Following are the six ways a warehouse and inventory software system improves distribution, logistics, and supply chain centers today: Improving Inventory Management Accuracy and Visibility. MORE

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend, Rachel Everly, a freelance writer in business and finance who shows us how digitized trucking will change the game for logistics companies. . The introduction of digitized trucking marks the beginning of a new era and is set to turn the logistics value chain upside down. . Digitized trucking is driving the global logistics industry on the route to a better future and changing the logistics value chain. By 2025, 63.5 MORE

A Warehouse Management Software (WMS) is one that helps plan, control, and manage the day-to-day manufacturing operations in a warehouse along with the guidance of inventory movement, optimizing order picking, and shipping of customer orders. by the end of 2025. By implementing key performance metrics and tracking performance over time using the WMS capabilities, inventory management can be easily improved over a period of time. Easy-to-follow metrics. MORE