Operations and Supply Chain Management
JANUARY 25, 2021
An ‘aggressive’ fight over containers is causing shipping costs to rocket by 300%. Shipping costs have skyrocketed as desperate companies wait weeks for containers and pay premium rates to get them, according to industry watchers. The container crisis affects all companies that need to ship goods. KEY POINTS.
Supply Chain Matters
JUNE 8, 2022
There was a super interesting announcement from retailer Walmart last week regarding an additional investment in what is described as next generation online customer fulfillment centers. Beyond the retailer’s existing 31 dedicated E-commerce fulfillment centers, 4,700 retail stores located across the U.S.
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Proxima
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
We’ve already seen this happen in countries like Austria and the Netherlands, and the danger is a vaccine-resistant variant sends further parts of the world back into lockdown. To give just one example – if you’re a retailer, what suppliers would you need additional support from if your physical business had to close tomorrow?
Supply Chains Rock
JUNE 3, 2009
One company I am glad to not see in the list this year is Zara, the Spanish clothing retailer. I still have bitter memories of all the T-Mobile shops in Austria running out of iPhones on the launch day. Apple continues to hold the #1 spot. I think in coming year SCM industry will grow a lot.
Freightera
APRIL 28, 2020
They are making good progress and have the most advanced PI implementation roadmap in the world, and has significant momentum with projects notably in Austria, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Sephora is looking seriously into the impact of PI on its omnichannel operations, and other retailers are planning projects.
Unleashed
JULY 7, 2021
This means they are backed up by a authoritative certification, such as: The European OK Compost Home standard (from TÜV Austria). Many brands offer discounts for any customers that can return their reusable packaging (again, more common at the retail end), but if customers can’t be bothered doing this, the effect is entirely lost.
Freightos
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. While not outrightly linked to this release, Maersk, now a shipping line and forwarder, terminated its key account status.
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