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Latest Forecast For Global Trade Not Optimistic

Supply Chain Matters

Today, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued its latest forecast update on overall global trade, and the narrative is not encouraging or optimistic. Outlook for 2024 The current updated UNCTAD forecast provides a more pessimistic forecast for 2024. percent in 2023 and a forecasted 4.8

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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

Unleashed

Demand forecasting has gained increasing importance over the last few years. We met with five supply chain experts to discuss how crucial demand forecasting is for mitigating risk, and what businesses can do to improve forecast accuracy. Our experts explain that best-practice demand planning begins with a top-down forecast.

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SYNOPSlS: Your Supply Chain Roadmap IDC’s Predictions for 2022 and Beyond

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Presenters: Dr Chris Holmes , Managing Director, IDC Insights Asia Pacific. Stephanie Krishnan , Associate Vice President, IDC Manufacturing & Energy Insights Asia/Pacific. Your Supply Chain Roadmap IDC’s Predictions for 2022 and Beyond. IDC Supply Chain FutureScape Webinar.

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Mobile Warehouse Robotics Market to Continue Its Explosive Growth

Logistics Viewpoints

This global market has been growing extremely fast and I forecast it continue growing at a rapid pace. Asia as an Early Mover. Software emerged in North America, quickly followed by Western Europe, then parts of Asia, and finally Latin America. Examples of Mobile Warehouse Robotics included in ARC’s Research.

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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

These events have highlighted a need for agility and have led to significant changes and approaches to managing supply chains across the Asia Pacific region. . By 2024, 40% of APeJ-based supply chain forecasts will be automated through the use of artificial intelligence, improving accuracy by 5 percentage points.

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7 Ways Businesses Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages in 2021

ToolsGroup

You can also create new scenarios to address inbound import shipments stuck in ports with parts, components or finished goods by shifting suppliers from Asia to other locations–the possibilities are truly limitless. . The demand-driven forecasting commonly used today is heavily focused on forecast accuracy.

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Logistics Report: Forecasting More Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Shifting Compet ition

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. Hunt’s third-quarter earnings signal a strong market for freight operators, but increasingly restrained economic forecasts suggest clouds on the horizon. Miner Rio Tinto downgraded its shipment forecast for Australian iron ore. Nikkei Asia).