Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This means we need more agile, flexible, and scalable planning platforms to process and consolidate new data sources, drive insights using advanced analytics such as AI/ML to drive autonomous decisions, and expand collaboration within and outside our organizations. We need planning platforms to keep up with all the changes.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Founded in 2002 with over 100 consultants and based in Boulder, Colorado , Spinnaker SCA designs and builds agile supply chains for leading brands across Consumer Staples, High Tech, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail & Apparel, Medical Devices, and Distribution Industries.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2018

Whether you are a retailer, carrier, cloud services provider, or eCommerce merchant, Amazon not only effected the landscape of e-tail but the landscape of shipping and logistics as a whole. But at its heart continues to be fast and often free shipping, which has become expected by shoppers of not only Amazon but anywhere on or offline.

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Logility

MAY 26, 2022

Current volatility takes its toll, creating excess inventory, which creates a financial risk, leading to waste in many industries, particularly food and beverage, and fashion and apparel. Excess inventory can be created in several ways, and consumer and market trends are just part of the story.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

Columbia Sportswear is a 77-year old, profitable, multi-billion dollar company and a leading brand in the global outdoor and active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment industry. in December and January, the FusionOps software automatically notified Columbia staff to order more. billion in worldwide revenue.

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Locus

DECEMBER 16, 2021

While the top apparel and accessory brands agree that product quality should get better with time, inventory priorities are always fluctuating. Staff unavailability, material and component shortages, roadblocks, bottlenecks in transportation and high shipping costs, all contributed to this situation. million by 2025.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Everything from a lack of capacity, manufacturing shortages, cost control difficulties, regional supply delays and disruptions, length and complexity of supply shipping routes, driver and worker shortages, rising costs and expenses, and COVID-related disruptions have contributed to the retail supply chain process today. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Starting with apparel, let’s compare the two top performers –Nike and VF Corporation. The problem is that the manufacturing lines are 125% utilized, and there is an ongoing struggle to produce tonnage, much less ship the right product from the production lines to customers based on orders. Days of Inventory Comparison.

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Resilinc

JUNE 29, 2021

billion worth of livestock, according to Everstream Analytics. While cotton is only a $12 billion industry, it makes up 31% of raw materials used in the textile and apparel industries, which have a global economic impact of $600 billion according to the report. The bushfires devastated milk production in Victoria and killed US$2.4

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Google’s findings align with McKinsey data (and, for what it’s worth, my browsing history), demonstrating apparel, cosmetics, household items, and pets as categories consumers intend to splurge. Maximizing sales with this method requires accurate modeling of demand to ensure you have enough inventory to ship to stores.

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Cognira

MARCH 9, 2022

With these three factors, retailers have had to reimagine the customer experience and tap into different strategies such as shipping ecommerce orders from stores, ‘Buy Online Pickup in Store’, and curbside pickup. This cuts down on shipping time and cost, benefiting both the customer and the retailer. Nordstrom- Fashion.

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Logility

APRIL 27, 2015

Information on merchandise, customer attributes, detail sales history, as well as other market intelligence about trends and the ability to integrate all of them into an analytic framework is essential. This mentality is giving way to a more analytical approach, a granular view of inventory across the supply chain.

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Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Amazon has been stockpiling data on customer preferences and buying habits for years and using predictive analytics makes sense to put that data to good use. When a package is ready to be shipped a sound will be emitted to propel the package to the surface where it may be picked up by an employee, robot, or drone.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Gina Garven, vice president of commercial development and analytics at Robinson Fresh (a division of C.H. Robinson) and I sat down with Talking Logistics host Adrian Gonzalez to discuss consumer shopping trends and expectations as we approach the holidays and how that impacts temperature controlled shipping and logistics.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

In somewhat of a contrast, clothing and apparel retail chain Kohl’s in its latest report of quarterly financial performance reported an 8.1 In somewhat of a contrast, clothing and apparel retail chain Kohl’s in its latest report of quarterly financial performance reported an 8.1 percent decline in revenues on a 7.7

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 26, 2018

Major logistics providers have long relied on analytics and research teams to make sense of the data they generate from their operations. AI’s ability to streamline so many supply chain and logistics functions is already delivering a competitive advantage for early adopters by cutting shipping times and costs.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 26, 2018

Major logistics providers have long relied on analytics and research teams to make sense of the data they generate from their operations. AI’s ability to streamline so many supply chain and logistics functions is already delivering a competitive advantage for early adopters by cutting shipping times and costs.

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Elementum

APRIL 12, 2018

A prime example is Amazon, the e-commerce juggernaut that’s set to overtake Macy's as the largest apparel retailer. The company normalized premium subscriptions and free 2-day shipping, forever altering shoppers’ expectations of how speedy and flexible brands should be. After a rough start to its year, H&M seems to agree.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 24, 2020

In addition to sagging apparel sales, she reports, “Direct-to-consumer companies, including eyewear e-retailer Warby Parker and grooming brand Harry’s, in recent years have accepted that running physical stores or partnering with brick-and-mortar retailers are necessary methods of marketing to their customers. ” Stage 5.

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Elementum

APRIL 12, 2018

A prime example is Amazon, the e-commerce juggernaut that’s set to overtake Macy's as the largest apparel retailer. The company normalized premium subscriptions and free 2-day shipping, forever altering shoppers’ expectations of how speedy and flexible brands should be. After a rough start to its year, H&M seems to agree.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Calculating shipping costs is easy, right? If you’re a new ecommerce brand, you might think that your shipping costs always depends on the actual weight of the shipment. However, the actual weight is only one part of the equation as far as understanding what your shipping rate will be. What is billable weight?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. jump in apparel costs and 5.5% Since 1990, the size of ships increased 3X, but the design of the west coast ports remained largely unchanged. meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2 So, I write this blog with this bias.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

If you ship printed matter, hardware, or any other products with high density, you may not be impacted at all. Shippers of apparel, footwear, housewares, gifts, etc. Shippers can now apply sophisticated analytics to pinpoint not only the cost impact of the logic change, but also develop and assess strategies to mitigate the change.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2017

The kiosk will have apparel and footwear, as well as CPG products displayed within a physical double sided floor gondola. Intel – This IoT demonstration will use apparel and footwear to show how the retail shop floor can be “seen” and understood. Merchandising – Retail.me

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2017

The kiosk will have apparel and footwear, as well as CPG products displayed within a physical double sided floor gondola. Intel – This IoT demonstration will use apparel and footwear to show how the retail shop floor can be “seen” and understood. Merchandising – Retail.me

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Almost all the student projects were related to analytics. Analytics is key. For example, if we’re manufacturing something in China there are labour costs, the costs to ship, plus tariffs. For example, forced labour is at a peak, especially in the apparel sector. The data tells the story.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Best-selling products: Hair care Pet supplements Perfume Probiotics Trending Categories: Jewelry sales increased by 1,035% Apparel sales increased by 769% Beverage sales increased by 598% Home goods sales increased by 581% Percentage increases compared to the averages in October 2023.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

2021 came with a new set of challenges as global and local supply chains were hit by raw materials shortages, accompanied by longer lead times and higher shipping costs, lack of labor, and the pent-up demand actualizing as record-breaking sales. It provides a single source of truth with visibility and analytics based on the same data.

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Requis

JULY 14, 2020

I did an update on that piece in 2017, and then did a deep dive on shipping. For example, someone would be presenting on a problem in shipping, and someone in commercial real estate would say, ‘Oh my god we have the exact same problem. Waste from plastics is a big issue for the circular economy, as is waste in fashion and apparel.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free). jump in apparel costs and 5.5% meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2

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ShipBob

JANUARY 29, 2024

New orders are placed on your ecommerce platform, then whoever is storing your inventory has to select, package, and ship the right products to the right place. Steps for order processing include picking, sorting, tracking and shipping. You simply pick the right product, package it well, print the shipping label , and send it off.

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ShipBob

MAY 19, 2021

Former Walmart Ecommerce CEO, Marc Lore said, “In today’s world of ecommerce, two-day free shipping is table stakes.” In December 2020, Walmart expanded the Walmart+ membership to include free next-day and two-day shipping no matter the cart value, removing the previous $35 minimum. . Multiple shipping options.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Between shipping new collections for wholesale earlier in the year and Q4 madness for direct-to-consumer sales, we’ve been able to get through our heaviest seasons while staying ahead of production using ShipBob’s forecasting tools — even as order volume more than quadrupled in a year.” Our B2C and B2B order volume changes month to month.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2022

It also provides predictive analytics that can tell the restaurant more about what kind of coffee its customers enjoy and when. UPS wants to ship packages in the metaverse. ” I wonder if the metaverse expects same-day shipping. It’s in the middle of its Series E round, which values the startup at $500 million.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Transportation and shipping issues aren’t the only problem, of course. For example, an apparel company might pick certain colors and sizes of a single style to distribute. The selected criteria create a workflow – a set of saved allocation criteria configured based on business needs.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 9, 2021

When products are available, shipping has gotten choked up due to historically heightened demand , COVID-related port shutdowns and storm-created chaos. Seventy-three cargo ships await unloading at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Saturday, a record. Port closures and shipping container shortages.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. Look at the 72 ships off the coast of Long Beach (up 65% from a year ago). Look at the 72 ships off the coast of Long Beach (up 65% from a year ago). Could Outside-in Thinking Help?

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