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2023 Supply Chain Priorities, Perceptions, and Initiatives – Preliminary Results

Logistics Viewpoints

Our preliminary findings suggest that supply chain resilience has been increasing in importance over time, but still remains secondary to the end goal embedded in the perfect order metric – the right product, to the right place, at the right time. However, supply chain resilience is more than just a concept to practitioners.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

In the past five years, companies have 5-10X the number of AGVs in their warehouses, but 40-60% more planners in corporate. We have successfully reduced warehouse labor, but planning is more labor intensive today, and less effective. Consider the role of functional metrics and the lack of alignment with the corporate scorecard.)

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How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

Logistics Viewpoints

So why are so many still falling short of OTIF targets (and other key metrics)? But to verify the “in full” part, your real-time transportation solution needs to be connected to warehousing, inventory, fulfillment and order management. That covers “on-time.”

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On-Demand Warehousing Quarterly Pricing and Usage Report

FLEXE

<p>On-demand warehousing entered the supply chain and logistics market in 2014. Every year, more data is available to help us better understand how on-demand warehousing is playing a role in the modern supply chain.</p> </p> <h4>Where did we get the data?

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Stord Honored by Veritiv as 2022 Truckload Carrier of the Year

Stord

Stord’s performance metrics in servicing Veritiv were 99 percent or higher for on-time pickup, on-time delivery, tender acceptance, and invoicing accuracy. “It Serving customers in a wide range of industries both in North America and globally, Veritiv has distribution centers throughout the U.S.

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Six Ways Warehouse Inventory Management Software Optimizes Efficiency

IQMS

The Warehouse Inventory Management Software market grew to $1.4B Warehouse Inventory Management software and systems help reduce infrastructure costs and enable the reallocation of existing IT resources to drive productivity improvements, according to IDC. How Warehouse Inventory Management Software improves efficiency.

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Excess Inventory? No Problem. You Have Trailers In the Yard.­­

Talking Logistics

With the national warehouse vacancy rate hovering at record lows and warehouses bloated with inventory pulled in from China during 2018 to get ahead of impending tariffs, companies can combine flexible storage options with advanced technology to create an end-to-end supply chain solution that works. The Momentum Continues.