Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

An initial estimate of this year’s retail holiday spending indicates a mixed bag, depending on either retail industry, consumer goods producer or logistics and transportation industry perspectives. Mastercard SpendingPulse Data Payments processing firm Mastercard Spending Pulse indicated this week that U.S.

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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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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

MacroPoint Announces Platform Integration with JDA Transportation Management Solution. This morning apparel retailer Bebe Stores announced that it is closing all of its stores by the end of May. On the software front, just when you thought “Does the market need another transportation management system (TMS)?”

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20Cube Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Additionally, when the ports are facing capacity crunch or the tariffs of ocean freight and container skyrockets, it iis airfreight that comes as the savior. With the current business scenario changing at a rapid pace, the freight forwarding industry is shifting its focus towards airfreight. Capacity Crunch of Ocean Freight.

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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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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 30, 2021

While all stores ships online orders, Best Buy is consolidating ship-from-store units in a limited number of stores across the country to drive efficiency and effectiveness. These locations should be rolled out by holiday and will take on about 25% of the national ship-from-store volume. The key here is fast.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Distributing product in Brazil involves endless transportation choices. When shipping product into a country as large and complex as Brazil, the choice of transportation routes has a critical impact on supply chain costs. Spoilt for choice. A new model helps shippers to choose the best routes.

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QAD

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Turkey also has 24,082 km of paved roads, so transportation by truck is easy. Twenty heliports can help with the speedy delivery of air freight when necessary. Transportation of goods by rail is also feasible, with 12,710 km of railroad track within Turkey. Turkey’s workforce consists of 31.3 million people. in services.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

For merchants using FBA, Amazon handles the process of picking, packing, and shipping items. Categories with excess inventory include apparel, electronics, and home and sporting goods. According to The American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) 2022 update, the total marginal cost of trucking grew by 12.7

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Singapore is one of the largest fuelling stations of the world (over 20% of ship fuelling happens here), so capacity for sustainable fuels is critical for global sustainability efforts. 2022 also saw the major ship lines come out with their decarbonisation strategies to get to zero emissions by 2050.

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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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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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Freightos

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Production Freight Receiving Purchasing Retail Logistics Production: Santa’s little helpers. Production Freight Logistics Retail Purchasing Receiving Freight: Dasher, Carrier, Forwarder (and Rudolph). There is certainly demand for better freight. Source: Soar Boards, via Flickr. importers brought in 1.86

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QAD

AUGUST 8, 2019

Spain manufactures textiles and apparel, footwear, food and beverages, metals, chemicals, automobiles, machine tools, medical equipment, footwear, pharmaceuticals, clay and refractory products. The supply chain infrastructure in Spain is strong due to its robust transportation and communications systems. The capital of Spain is Madrid.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

It said that if it takes two months for the ports to become fully operational, the window for shipping this season’s crop will have closed. This dispute has left a damaging effect on our industry—causing extreme delays and millions in lost sales,” the American Apparel & Footwear Association said, as reported in the WSJ. “If

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BlueYonder

MARCH 31, 2017

Wal-Mart is beating the pants off Amazon in apparel, and it’s fighting to keep it that way. has been on an e-commerce apparel acquisition tear , purchasing sites like ModCloth, MooseJaw and ShoeBuy in recent weeks. which is also making a push in the apparel arena. which is also making a push in the apparel arena.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 31, 2017

Wal-Mart is beating the pants off Amazon in apparel, and it’s fighting to keep it that way. has been on an e-commerce apparel acquisition tear , purchasing sites like ModCloth, MooseJaw and ShoeBuy in recent weeks. which is also making a push in the apparel arena. which is also making a push in the apparel arena.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Since produce and fresh ingredients are crucial for holiday meals, safely transporting these temperature-sensitive items, delivering them on time and in full, and keeping them freshly stocked on store shelves is vitally important for retailers. Seasonal impact on shipping and logistics. Key holiday food and beverage trends.

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 10, 2022

The 2021 holiday shopping season was characterized by high freight rates, elevated lead times , and over-crowded warehouses. The greatest opportunity for cost savings in the supply chain for most merchants is freight. Should you change your supply chain procurement strategy in light of continuing supply chain disruptions?

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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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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2019

Carrier earnings begin to feel impact of softening trucking freight market. On Monday, Convenant Transportation became one of the first carriers to show the results of a depressed freight market as their first quarter earnings failed to meet expectations. Meanwhile, in this week's, "Where's my freight?!". Spotify. ,

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Background on Ocean Transport. jump in apparel costs and 5.5% Freight Rates 2019-2021. As a result, companies plug along planning based on historic lead times and freight rates which as you can imagine is doomed for failure.

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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. Joe Wilkinson is Director of Transportation Solutions Consulting at enVista. So who pays the price? But most e-commerce shippers aren’t so lucky. will be hard hit.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Background on Ocean Transport. 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% Freight Rates 2019-2021.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 31, 2017

Thanks to Amazon, consumers are accustomed to fast, affordable shipping. Fast, affordable shipping requires adding more locations to create a larger fulfillment network that moves inventory closer to end customers. billion in shipping costs in 2016. What was once a linear process is now decentralized and chaotic.

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Zipline Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

High value load (HVL) shippers usually include manufacturers of electronics , healthcare products , high end apparel , or other luxury goods. Most CPG companies allocate 7-9% of their gross profit to transportation spend. Are you an HVL shipper? As a rule of thumb, a truckload valued at $100,000 or higher is usually considered HVL.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Air transportation is used to transport air cargo by plane and is a crucial component of international logistics networks. Air cargo is especially useful for companies shipping time-sensitive goods or goods over large distances. Air cargo is usually transported using dedicated cargo aircraft (freighters) or passenger aircraft.

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Freightos

APRIL 17, 2016

Brought to you by Freightos , the Internet marketplace of the trillion dollar international freight industry. Freightos recently concluded a survey of over 90 senior logistics professionals, including VPs and senior board members from 19 of the top 20 freight forwarding companies in the world. Logistics Technology Updates: Q1 2016.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

Bank of America sounding the alarm on collapsing freight demand. It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. California readies regulations for zero-emission truck fleets. Walmart+ costs $98 per year, or $12.95

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FLEXE

AUGUST 31, 2017

. </p> <p>Thanks to Amazon, consumers are accustomed to fast, affordable shipping. </p> <p>Fast, affordable shipping requires adding more locations to create a larger fulfillment network that moves inventory closer to end customers. . </p>

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

US port backups are extending into freight rail supply chains. The deliveries will take place as part of a pilot that’s being conducted by Waymo and JB Hunt Transport Services to test out self-driving trucks along certain shipping routes in Texas. Waymo’s self-driving trucks will deliver home goods for Wayfair.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The tighter standards may make those kinds of workarounds more difficult for American exporters About 10,000 ships pass through the Soo Locks each year to bring iron ore, grain, limestone and other staples across the Great Lakes and Canada into the Midwest and beyond. September imports, at 2.54 million TEU tally.

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EMERGE App

MARCH 29, 2020

Permission for special sale events beyond the 15% discount by the Wholesale Account must be requested in writing to Black Helmet Apparel and will typically be granted on a semiannual basis. All authorized retailers will receive 50% off the MSRP, plus the cost of shipping. will receive 20% off the MSRP, plus the cost of shipping.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

Finds a Faulty Shipping Safety Net for Brexit (WSJ – sub. is deploying robots to retrieve bins filled with apparel, electronics and other products from shelves and deliver them to workers who pick individual items. New in Transportation Management Systems (TMS). Here are some excerpts from the article: XPO Logistics Inc.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2015

The global and domestic transportation landscape is becoming increasingly complex. To compete effectively, both shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) need a transportation management system (TMS) that can deftly handle international, multi-leg shipments across a variety of modes (i.e., omni-modal”).

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 21, 2019

trade war, and the trade conflict between Japan-Korea all impact today’s shipping market. Robinson’s coverage of these and other disruptions has focused on what it means for companies shipping into North America. But these same disruptions are also causing serious challenges to the transportation industry in China and Asia at large. .

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PINC

MARCH 24, 2020

What we don’t know is how long this health crisis will last,” the American Trucking Association’s Bob Costello told Transport Topics. In particular, with industry verticals such as food and beverage manufacturing, grocery retail, retail, and apparel. “If it is short-lived, we might be able to skirt a recession.

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