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2024: Planning for Success Amid the Uncertainty

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics and inventory management rounds out the top four focus areas at 82 percent. Logistics In line with the past several years, inventory management continues to be the top focus area in logistics. In addition to cost savings, having optimized inventory management can help balance cash flow with customer satisfaction.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The bill mandates that many new vehicles, beginning with the 2027 model year, contain a so-called “intelligent speed limiter.” Retailers are reviving an old playbook to manage their inventory levels after four years of struggling to find the sweet spot of holding enough merchandise but not too much.

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National Barcode Day 2023

Enterra Insights

As I wrote in a previous article, “Most of us understand that barcodes contain information that help retailers track inventory; however, few of us know much more about them.”[1] The new ‘2D’ barcodes will unlock reams of online extras (for consumers) and revolutionize inventory management (for retailers).

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Inventories at U.S. Colorado also adopted the rule but will have a heavy duty truck provision begin in 2027. So, wish me luck in securing authentic University Blue Jordan IVs.

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5 Order Management Capabilities B2Bs Can’t Live Without

BlueYonder

In addition to that, B2B commerce is evolving – and rapidly – because the B2B e-commerce is expected to reach $3 trillion by 2027. Instead, B2B companies need an order management that is highly flexible, agile, scalable, customizable, along with intelligent decision-making, real-time inventory visibility and customer centric capabilities.

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FedEx Second Quarter Financial Performance Disappoints

Supply Chain Matters

CEO Raj Subramaniam specifically indicated: “ The inventory destocking phase has yet to begin in earnest.” The established goal is to save $4 billion in costs by fiscal 2025, and a cumulative $6 billion in costs by fiscal 2027. The company was additionally compelled to cut its full fiscal year revenue outlook.

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The Pallet Supply Chain and Lumber Price Impacts!

Supply Chain Game Changer

million in 2027, from USD 79,008.6 from 2020 to 2027.” As everyone is emerging from the pandemic this is also driving increasing demand for goods, given that lockdowns and closures depleted inventories. Reestablishing inventory levels means that more and more pallet will be required to hold these goods.