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A Long Road Ahead for Procurement Professionals Managing Their Supply Chains

ModusLink Corporation

Procurement experts face transportation costs, customer demands, and high pressure on global container and air freight rates. Consider global container shipping rates. Ocean shipping rates will remain high and unpredictable until the end of 2023, compared to pre-pandemic years, so shippers need to adjust and find new ways to succeed.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Fewer labor resources are available to meet the rising demand in both the warehouse and in transit. ? Talent shortages, especially limited drivers, will exacerbate the capacity crunch and result in shortages across warehousing and transportation simultaneously.? . Increasing fuel costs also play into the available capacity woes.?

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. Supply chain shortages abound. Unloading times are double and costs are triple. What Is Visibility?

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What Is Driving Interest for a Warehouse Management System in the Cloud?

GlobalTranz

Interest for a Warehouse Management System in the cloud has risen as companies attempt to stay competitive with Big Box Retailers and Amazon, but those are not the only factors driving investment in cloud-based WMS. These limitations include the inability to leverage analytics, robotics, automation, and new technologies.

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A Deep Dive Into the Top Warehouse Technologies of 2023

ShipBob

Good warehouse management relies heavily on visibility and coordination as well as strategic planning. To make this happen, businesses need to take advantage of technology solutions that allow them to seamlessly share data, communicate, and execute different warehousing tasks. What is warehouse technology? Let’s get started.

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Supply Chain Analytics: What It Is and Why It Matters

QAD

What is Supply Chain Analytics and Why is it Important? Supply chain analytics allows businesses to examine their operations and view data in real-time. With supply chain management analytics software, companies can improve decision making, take a proactive approach and quickly mitigate issues before they explode into bigger problems.

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Supply Chain Analytics: What It Is & Why It Matters

ProcurePort

This information is recorded through applications that aid inventory management, warehouse management, shipping, and procurement. The post Supply Chain Analytics: What It Is & Why It Matters appeared first on ProcurePort Blog. Analysis of data from one activity, such […].