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

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. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. MORE

At the same time, there are the realities that supply chain teams may be drowning in too much of the wrong data, tracking too many unessential performance metrics and lacking in playbooks and response scenarios to certain events. Census Bureau predicts that more than 60 million “ boomers ” will exit the workforce by 2025, while only 40 million will take their place. 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. . Improving inventory management accuracy and visibility requires a focused approach to capturing the most valuable metrics of performance and then tracking their performance over time. Of these metrics, Perfect Order performance is one of the most indicative of overall SCM accuracy and efficiency. Streamlining Pick, Pack, and Ship Operations Across All Locations. 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

The current logistics chain is dependent on several different, clearly distinct market players, from the OEMs that build the truck, to the fleet operators that deploy the trucks, to the logistics providers that organize the shipping of goods, to the end customer. By 2025, 63.5 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. . MORE