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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Retailers in the U.S. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods. 9, according to Xeneta, a Norway-based transportation data firm, reflecting lower freight demand as retailers cut orders and consumer spending continues to decline.

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Digital and the Supply Chain—How Far Have We Come?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

“Two years of digital transformation in two months,” was the comment that one retailer made when discussing how COVID-19 had accelerated their digitalisation journey. The impact was across manufacturing plants, transport networks, warehouses, and retail outlets. Digitalisation has impacted every part of the business.

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Tata Technologies and Logility Partner to Provide Digital Transformation Solutions for the Global Supply Chain

Logility

Tata Technologies will collaborate with Logility to offer digital supply chain transformation solutions to its customers across Automotive, Industrial Heavy Machinery, Aerospace, Industrial, and Medical devices verticals to help them achieve agility and improved resilience in the new normal. ATLANTA – May 24, 2021 – Logility, Inc.,

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The Risk of Using Excel Spreadsheets in Retail Analytics

SupplyPike

No modern business should be singularly relying on Excel to organize and understand their retail data. Stay tuned for an upcoming blog post where we’ll walk you through the process of moving beyond spreadsheets for your retail analytics needs. Lack of automation: It’s almost 2019. Systemic financial failure, due to overdependence ”.

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Prepare for Anything: Supply Chain and Ecosystem Predictions for 2022 and beyond….

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The latest research by IDC expects 50% of all retailers to have implemented some form of robot over the next two years, whether it be in-store, customer-facing, or as part of the warehouse and logistics operations. . Before relocating to Singapore, he worked in the aerospace sector in the United Kingdom and focused on process efficiencies.

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The Future of Supply Chains Post COVID-19 – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Extensive experience in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Retail, Heavy Industries, Pharmaceuticals, Mining, Oil & Gas. Recognised with the Excellence in Execution award at 2019 Global Leaders in Consulting – Consulting Magazine, London.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

This new partnership comes just months after Mattel sent two Barbie dolls into space as part of a collaboration with the International Space Station National Lab to encourage girls to consider aerospace, engineering and STEM careers. Soon, the big-box retailer will have similar centers and gig workers in three more places ?