Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Background The prior boom in online retail fulfilment was financially beneficial to parcel logistics and transportation services providers including FedEx and UPS. with the goal of reducing The established goal is to save $4 billion in costs fiscal 2025, and a cumulative $6 billion in costs by 2027.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Image source: Financial Times. Chain Store Age ). Chain Store Age ).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 7, 2025

Renewable Energy Harvesting The IIOT plays a significant role in renewable energy harvesting by enabling enhanced monitoring, control, and optimisation of renewable energy sources. Transportation Transportation and logistics are also witnessing the impact of the IIOT. billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 14.8%

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Transportation and logistics services provider FedEx announced this week that it has decided to spin off its FedEx Freight business unit. We shared our view that a sellers advantaged market has turned to a buyers advantaged transportation and logistics services market, at least for now.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

Retailers have set a target date to accept QR codes at checkout by 2027, although many will be ready sooner. consumers, conducted for QR code company, GS1 US , found that 33% of U.S. consumers, conducted for QR code company, GS1 US , found that 33% of U.S.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

How is the logistics and supply chain management industry evolving – and what developments do you need to consider? Now they’re within the grasp of many organisations with a logistics or warehouse function. Read more: Supply chain management explained: methods in modern business 1. billion to $5.6 billion in 2021.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

The revived brand is expected to offer the Traveler SUV and Terra pickup starting in 2027. “We trade negotiations with China. trade negotiations with China. Scout is monitoring the situation as it builds out its South Carolina production facility. We can see transparently it’s an issue and we can navigate it,” Keogh said.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 8, 2025

Brent Kirby – President Given the uncertainties surrounding current trade deliberations, we would not anticipate significant country of origin changes in our sourcing in the near term. As an example, in 2025, we will be relocating production of 500 toy SKUs from China to other sourcing locations. tariffs were enacted.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

SUMMARY: Because 4PL providers handle a company’s entire chain, including challenges that are thrown up by advances in technology, they are increasingly being favoured over third-party logistics (3PL) providers, especially by big companies with complex supply chains. million USD by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 4.5 What is 4PL?

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Locus

APRIL 3, 2023

All successful modern-day businesses rely on an efficient system of logistics management. An effective logistics solution is critical for optimizing supply chain efficiency, reducing costs, improving customer satisfaction, and supporting sustainability goals. What is logistics management? What is logistics management?

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 17, 2024

billion by 2027. Logistics and Transportation Bottlenecks: Deficient logistical infrastructure, holds at ports, and traffic congestion on transit roads can all contribute to delivery controls and advanced transportation costs. According to statistics, the global supply chain control market is predicted to reach USD 37.41

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 5, 2022

New sources of data and AI driven models can be applied across companies’ product development, supply chain, and sales lifecycles to give them greater confidence, knowing they are on the right path to growth. .” One of the inflationary trends driving up 2021 end-of-year prices was the cost of logistics. billion by 2027.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Implication for SAP Customers For existing SAP on-premise customers, the messaging echoes the ability to incorporate on-premise, unstructured external and internal data sources as a foundation for a new iteration of agents surrounding existing SAP applications.

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Locus

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

billion in 2027. million and is projected to reach $304 million in 2027. Locus has enabled over 650m+ deliveries, saved $200 million in logistics costs and serviced over 400 cities across the globe. Sources: [link] [link]. Similarly, revenue in the UAE is about $112.70 Schedule Demo.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 18, 2025

SAP’s mainstream support for legacy ERP ECC ends at the end of December 2027. Therefore, customers need to migrate to SAP S/4 HANA to avoid losing support and potentially facing security risks and compliance issues.

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Shipsy

JANUARY 28, 2021

SCM is the management of the flow of goods or services from source to destination by following activities like demand planning, raw material procurement, production, inventory management, order management, movement and storage, and transportation and logistics. dollars by 2027. billion U.S. This number was 15.85 billion U.S.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Globally, the B2B eCommerce market is predicted to reach nearly $US14 billion by 2027 , up from $US7.6 This can lighten the load of business logistics and administration and lessen costs. Along with Alibaba, the Asia-Pacific region is home to huge marketplaces like TradeIndia, IndiaMart, and Global Sources. billion in 2020.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In his short tenure, Clark proceeded to recruit a number of additional high power executives, including former Amazon managers, to transform this digital start-up to what we perceived as beyond digital freight forwarding to a full services, almost fourth party logistics services provider (4PL). All rights reserved.

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Locus

APRIL 21, 2023

trillion in revenue by 2027, according to Statista, it’s clear that retailers must adapt to stay competitive. Legacy logistics systems often fall short in providing necessary real-time order tracking features and timely notifications about delays or cancellations, which can negatively impact the customer experience.

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Silvon Software

JULY 22, 2022

In fact, such KPIs are so crucial right now that the supply chain analytics market is expected to reach nearly $17 billion by 2027 as companies ramp up their supply chain performance management initiatives. Logistics / Shipping Metrics That. Why is KPI tracking so important in supply chain management? Impact Supply Chain Performance.

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Unleashed

JUNE 23, 2021

More widespread third-party logistics. Warehouse and logistics staff can use portable technology to improve efficiency at work, such as scanning and picking. More widespread third-party logistics. through 2027 ( Allied Market Research ). 10 inventory management for 2022: 1. Cloud technology accelerates.

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Locus

JULY 21, 2023

With E-commerce user penetration in India expected to go up to 74% in 2027, there is a need to build a more level-playing field for businesses. Logistics scheduling and routing With its advanced route planning, Locus’ dispatch management platform enables companies in ONDC to create optimal routes based on 180+ real-world constraints.

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Locus

MAY 4, 2023

The logistics industry relies on the efficient transportation of goods between locations and line haul transportation plays a significant role in this. In 2021, in the United States alone, the total transportation logistics costs came to around 1.2 from 2019 to 2027. from 2019 to 2027. trillion U.S. trillion U.S.

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DiManEx

OCTOBER 25, 2017

billion by 2027 , disrupting the $T12 manufacturing sector. To benefit from local production and minimize existing logistics costs, they would also need to acquire printers at multiple locations. 3D printed spare part A re-definition of how we collaborate, plan, source, make and deliver. Do you recognize the potential?

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Locus

JUNE 30, 2023

With the global last-mile market projected to hit the $200 billion mark by 2027, according to Statista, the financial impact of managing last-mile delivery is undeniably significant. SaaS vs In-house – ROI Source: Baremetrics 4. Moreover, the pricing is transparent from the outset of the project.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 26, 2023

Additional Thoughts and Perspectives As Supply Chain Matters has pointed out in our various highlights of this and other labor contract negotiations involving global transportation, logistics and other supply chain related support services, we are in a period of higher labor activism.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 25, 2025

The parcel and logistics giant said it achieved its two-year Drive goal of permanently eliminating $4 billion in structural costs compared to fiscal year 2023, including $2.2 The focus on non-parcel air cargo, along with Europe and healthcare, is part of FedEx’s strategy to grow high-margin business and diversify revenue sources.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 20, 2023

Background In prior Supply Chain Matters postings, we have updated readers on global parcel transportation and logistics carrier FedEx’s ongoing business restructuring effort s. The established goal is to save $4 billion in costs fiscal 2025, and a cumulative $6 billion in costs by 2027.

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Locus

MARCH 30, 2023

With e-commerce user penetration expected to surpass 80% in 2023 and close to 85% in 2027, businesses need operational flexibility to manage vast volumes of shipments. It is a unique microscope that allows your business to obtain a comprehensive picture of your last-mile logistics costs. What is the solution to this issue?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2022

The implication is that with current order backlogs, A321 family production capacity is likely sold out until 2027 at the earliest. The company reportedly has close to 100 unfinished new aircraft undelivered because of missing components.

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ThroughPut

MAY 14, 2024

Fact Check The worldwide Big Data market revenues for software and services are projected to increase from $42B in 2018 to $103B in 2027. According to IDC , “Data monetization” will become a major source of revenue with 180 zettabytes of data in 2025, up from less than 10 zettabytes in 2015. to The Logistics Report.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 23, 2021

from 2020 to 2027. One was the ever-growing field of players, amid questions about the profitability of a business model that relied on a steady supply of fresh, perishable food, extensive menu variety, precisely timed deliveries, and the logistics of sourcing from multiple producers, many of them local to regional markets.

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Vinculum

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Data is being collected from different sources consisting of numerous markets and verticals to provide the quality information of the product. The PIM is used by healthcare organizations, retail companies, transportation and logistics companies, IT & telecom companies, and so on. Bn by the end of 2027 at CAGR of 21.9%

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Locus

JULY 17, 2023

trillion by 2027. By leveraging technology-driven solutions for order management, inventory control, kitchen automation, and delivery logistics. Ensuring that drivers have optimized delivery routes and adequate capacity to handle multiple orders requires efficient logistics management.

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Vinculum

AUGUST 25, 2021

Source: Salesforce ) . dollars by 2027. . It reduces your logistics costs and speeds up your delivery process. .” Besides, the State of Commerce Experience 2021 reports, almost half (44%) of B2C buyers and 58% of B2B buyers say they always or often research a product online before going to a physical store.

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