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Will Trucking Challenges Transform JITS in North America?

QAD

Cost savings in warehousing and floor space along with associated reduction in personnel required. Decline in recruits : While the trucking industry estimates a shortage of roughly 50,000 drivers today, this number is expected to balloon to close to a million by the year 2025. Trucking Challenges in North America.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace. As early as 2025, at least 50 percent of new Porsches sold will include an electric drive. The pandemic boosted certain areas of the economy.

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Bayer Crop Science’s Next Wave of Logistics and Distribution Transformation

BlueYonder

We have four main regions in the organization: North America, Latin America, Europe, and APAC. Third is the visibility and annalistic: Full real-time inventory visibilityfor warehousing and shipment tracking including 3PLs and usage of advanced analytics to enhance distribution orchestration. What’s next in this journey?

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The responsibility for container safety is shared across the supply chain, with solutions for safer container transport including proper packing, stowage, and securing of containers, and reporting of correct weight. Rainfall was less than 50 percent of normal from February to April near the canal and the lakes that feed it.

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Tentative Deal Reached in UPS Labor Contract

Supply Chain Matters

This contract is characterized as the single largest private-sector collective bargaining agreement in North America. Our view is that that implication was already evident when Amazon elected to increase compensation to warehouse workers in order to retain more workers during the height of online commerce volumes.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. The auto industry makes up less than 9% of chip demand by revenue, and that figure is expected to increase by 10% per year until 2025. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Department of Transportation ). IDC via IEEE Spectrum).

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.8 - 1.11

Freight Plus

“Order rates right now are not that relevant,” said Don Ake, vice president of commercial vehicles at FTR Transportation Intelligence. 150 high-tech logistics hubs coming to China by 2025. The locations aim to use automated ports, autonomous vehicles, robots, drones, and smart warehouses. While this is a 22.9% drop from Nov.