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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

For over a century, we have seen increasing automation in supply chain, especially in manufacturing and the pace has quickened in the past decade with robotization in production, warehousing, and transport. A system can automatically ship stock across the supply chain to optimize customer service and minimize obsolescence.

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3 ways retail warehousing impacts profitability

6 River Systems

According to Forbes , an analysis from investment bank UBS found that with every 1% increase in eCommerce penetration (currently at 16% of total retail market share), an estimated 8,000 to 8,500 stores will need to close. of consumers surveyed cited speed as the most important factor related to shipping, and 28.6% What’s more, 72.7%

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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. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

-Technavio, Last Mile Delivery Market in North America by Service and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025, Jan 2021. With last-mile delivery costs contributing to more than 50% of total shipping costs, the rising expectations in home delivery increases the risk of encountering inefficiencies.

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Comprehensive Guide to Mobile Inventory Management Systems

RFgen

bn through 2026. ALSO READ: Equipment manufacturer replaces old tech with fast mobile barcoding » Some of the most common problems businesses face with outdated inventory management systems: Lack of inventory visibility. Can you ensure that rules are being followed for control models like EOQ, IPQ, and ABC Analysis?

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Truck Driver Shortage: Getting Better, Worse, or No Problem at All?

Talking Logistics

In the report, ATA projects the shortage to reach 50,000 by the end of 2017 and if current trends hold the shortage could grow to more than 174,000 by 2026. That’s true, but so are these troubling trends and statistics from ATRI : Source: “Analysis of Truck Driver Age Demographics Across Two Decades,” ATRI, December 2014.

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Megatrends (Possibly) Shaping Supply Chain Trends: Technology

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This becomes increasingly important when we look at the overall digitalization trend, with factory data expected to grow by 400% from 2021 to 2025 (source IDC Manufacturing Insights). Other use cases could be the deployment of autonomous factories, mine sites, oil rigs, ports, ships etc. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation.