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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

The ”end” they refer to – whether it’s forwarding, fulfillment, or platforms for B2B or B2C sales – remains fairly ambiguous, spanning an acquisition of fashion logistics company HUUB in September 2021 to an investment in rapid fashion production company Unmade. No end to end-to-end. Accelerating the shift. Image via StarAir.dk).

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings. Procurement: Purchase price variance and procurement cost.

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I am MAD!

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. For access to the report on business networks reference this r eport. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

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How to Improve Your OTIF Score: 15 Tips for On-Time and In-Full Delivery

Zipline Logistics

If unable to find a product in store, consumers are quick to turn their attention online and purchase goods there. In fact, OTIF itself refers specifically to Walmart’s compliance program, but many other big-box stores have adopted it, or a mirrored version. OTIF metrics are not universal. Not all carriers are created equal.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

I limited myself to just six predictions, although I believe many of the predictions I made last year (and the year before that ) will continue to play out in 2015 and beyond, so I encourage you to revisit those predictions too (I listed them below for quick reference). Number one on his list was “‘Non-Zero’ Supply Chains Win.”

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Manufacturing and the Titanium Economy

Enterra Insights

The term ‘Titanium Economy,’ coined in a recent book by Asutosh Padhi, Gaurav Batra and Nick Santhanam, refers to the phenomenon of how the manufacturing sector is bucking its long-held reputation as the place where innovation went to sleep.”[4]. ”[4]. Industrial employment rose from 11.6 ”[5].

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

“Tightening capacity requires a more ‘connected’ broker…” While freight growth is forecast to slow in 2019, truckload capacity will remain tight, largely driven by a tight labor market, new regulations and other factors. They have data all over; a lot of big logistic companies are referring data as new oil.