ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

Mind you, some retailers may indeed be pleased with their inventory levels, but others may be trying to figure out where to store the excess inventory since so many warehouses are beyond full. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo World.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

Just last year many were chartering their own cargo ships to get all these goods to their destinations.) What’s in manufacturing? Is it sitting at the warehouse yard, or has it reached the store? Inbound/procurement teams could view SKUs at facilities with low days of supply, and drill into orders in the yard with low SKUs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

FedEx plans to test autonomous drone cargo delivery with Elroy Air. Air Canada wants more cargo jets 3 months after launching service. Unions stand to disrupt the level of control that Amazon exerts over its warehouse and delivery employees, like its ability to unilaterally set the pace of work and hourly wages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Schiphol airport gears up for chilled vaccine cargos. The flights were reportedly between Brussels and Chicago, and represent one leg of a chain, which will extend from Chicago to distribution hubs around the US. But grocery orders delivered through its stores will still carry a minimum purchase requirement.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published. Supply chain platform matching drop-ship retailers, manufacturers, distributors and freight forwarders.

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