Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Sellers can only purchase a shipping label through Walmart for orders that are in an unshipped status, it noted. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. Walmart SWW currently offers FedEx and USPS shipping.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 16, 2022

The following eight industry stories can guide shippers to fight for resiliency within their localized chain in the event of another pandemic. Despite optimistic changes in air travel in 2022, air cargo availability remains slim amidst continued disruptions, revealing the need for continued surcharges and fees that complicate freight billing.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Every major publication and news outlet is reporting on the supply chain crisis. Most of the reporting has been pretty shallow, leaving all to wonder how it can be solved. . Here’s my take on what caused this crisis, the biggest challenges facing the industry, and lessons learned on how to get out of it. The result? .

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 5, 2022

The following seven stories will recap business moves, innovative ideas, and industry insight to guide supply chain professionals into the launch of the next quarter. In a continued effort to grow its presence in the North American market, DB Schenker announced the $435 million purchase of USA Truck on June 24, 2022. year-on-year.”

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Correspondent Bill Whitaker ( @BillWhitakerCBS ) reported, “Getting the goods from here to store shelves is proving to be a lot more daunting. It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. Conex containers evolved into modular units that could stack efficiently to store more cargo in one location.”[4].

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the transportation industry waves goodbye (and good riddance) to 2022, innovative logistics professionals are already working hard to make 2023 a banner year for the global transportation industry. With 2023 ready and raring to go, here are the eight news updates and trends happening in the industry that’s always moving.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 28, 2021

For all those in the shipping industry, satellite solutions can significantly assist in all areas of coordination. Read on to learn why state-of-the-art satellite solutions are a game-changer for the maritime industry. If you are in the maritime industry, are you considering upgrading your satellite solutions? Final Thoughts.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2013

What is this going to cost? You could answer them with a purchase order (P.O.) Besides providing fast, thorough answers to customers, today’s ERP, cloud-based SaaS, or 3PL-operated systems enable companies to manage the order lifecycle, control information and cargo flows, and reduce the total cost of goods.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2018

If consumers ever think about supply chains and how the items they desire manage to find their way into their homes, they likely picture fleets of trucks, trains, airplanes, and cargo ships — the logistics part of supply chains. As modes of transportation improved and supply chains extended, logistics got more complicated and complex.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

And while this definitely points to an industry making strides, a recent Procurious survey found that 75 percent of women in supply chain experience gender-based adversity. According to a recent report, the company canceled, closed, or delayed 99 fulfillment facilities, impacting nearly 32.3 FedEx Express moves an average of 6.3

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 18, 2019

The blockchain has the potential to transform the supply chain and disrupt the way we produce, market, purchase and consume our goods. Cheng-Shorland explains, “Supply chain is driven in large part by the procurement process. Everything moves through the process based on the procurement contract.” ”[2].

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 26, 2017

However, their use felt some restraint, and most companies used them to track large-scale shipments, such as cargo containers, reports Claire Swedbery of the RFID Journal. AIDC communications reduced workload , making tracking items and using analytics easier than ever. of the WIOMAX SmartIoT Blog. What Does It Mean For 2017?

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

China’s efforts to control the spread of the virus at the end of January started with shutting down the Yangtze River port city of Wuhan, an industrial city of 11 million people that ships 1.5 Coronavirus Impact. million freight containers each year. And that’s what the data is showing.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

Postal Service, Amazon Logistics and others will seek to handle any fallout, the sheer volume level exceeds available industry capacity and will result in cascading disruptions for industry supply chains. Industry supply chain teams at this point have obviously made their own contingency plans as best they can. economy in $71.1

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

market, and as reported by the Wall Street Journal yesterday: Since the shipping company filed for bankruptcy protection in a Seoul court Wednesday, terminal operators, ports, cargo handlers, truckers and others have refused to handle its cargo, for fear they won’t get paid. Hanjin handles about 7.8 APC had $334.2

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2018

A National Retail Federation report found that 92% of companies surveyed had been a victim of organized retail crime in the past year. The retail industry is fighting this battle by upgrading technology, improving relationships with local law enforcement and taking steps such as tightening return policies, but it is a never-ending battle.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

Colombian drug smugglers are disguising cocaine as “fake coal” within major bulk consignments to try to dupe port surveillance operations, according to a new report. This means the company won’t need to purchase additional aircraft, but will bring additional pilots on board to handle the volume boost, according to Tomé.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

New aircraft purchases are focused around twinjets such as the Boeing 767 and 777. chief executive of Bassett Furniture Industries highlighted just how bad the problem has become. The company also retired the last active commercial MD-10-10F in the world last month. Rob Spilman Jr.,

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Revenues and profit at the delivery giant rose by double digits in the third quarter amid the pandemic-driven rush of online orders, the WSJ’s Paul Ziobro reports, but UPS’s main domestic business posted a sharp decline in profit on the higher costs of delivering all those boxes to homes. cheese industry reeling.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

As a consumer , you probably experienced this interference while shopping for gifts over the holidays, searching for in-stock furniture for your home, or with other products you purchased. Global supply chains are breaking down due to multiple bottlenecks, and the shortage of workers in many industries isn’t helping.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Logility Acquires Halo Business Intelligence to Expand Advanced Analytics. Descartes Reports Fiscal 2018 Third Quarter Financial Results. Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics. Here are some excerpts from the article: The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that U.S. BluJay Solutions Unveils MobileSTAR.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

In fact, it will not be a stretch to say that climate change is currently the biggest threat that global supply chains are facing today and is responsible for shortages and disruptions in several industries. billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Both inbound and outbound delivery flows were affected.

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Gravity Supply Chain

JULY 9, 2020

Gartner’s ‘ Top 8 Supply Chain Technology Trends for 2019 ’ report indicates that IoT adoption is growing in select supply chain domains, but rarely as part of a complete end-to-end supply chain process. overall environmental/health status of cargo. Our products support industry needs, spanning areas such as: Sourcing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

It’s taking semiconductor firms more than twice as long as their peers in other industries to hire personnel such as technicians or mechanical engineers, with the typical process stretching to about three months, according to an analysis of the top 50 chip producers in the US by Revelio Labs, a labor-market data analyst.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

There have been stories of autonomous vehicles crashing which seems to set the industry back every time. According to a report from The Information , the company is imposing this fee on returns when return options at Whole Foods, Kohl’s, or Amazon Fresh locations are closer or at the same distance as a UPS Store return location.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

These examples are from retail, but I sense that the same customer empowerment phenomenon is happening broadly across everything we do at Amazon and most other industries as well. According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2017

The typical distribution process in the chemical industry looks mostly like this: The chemical producer distributes goods from various locations to a large number of customers, using different forwarders depending on the company’s diverse transportation requirements. Even complex tasks in delivery networks can be flexibly realized.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 19, 2021

The recovery began in June 2020, according to data from the Institute for Supply Management , with the purchasing manufacturing index (PMI) crossing back into expansion with a 52.2 As first-quarter earnings reports get underway this way, I'll be tracking commentaries from the business-to-business (B2B) community. up from 55.7

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The concept of an index, reporting the market price for a specific good, was developed precisely for this reason. As a result, nearly every industry has created on-demand metrics to gauge market performance, hedge risks, and to power intelligent decisions. But despite its size, containerized freight’s poor visibility persisted.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 25, 2021

In the ecommerce logistics industry , there’s been a lot of buzz on topic of last mile delivery. Some of these inefficiencies often start with improper purchase ordering. The analytics are super helpful. I f a shipment is delayed or a customer receives the wrong item, it can significantly reduce customer satisfaction. .

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The obvious questions that are likely of high concern for our multi-industry supply chain reading audience is why this happened so suddenly, what are the potential short and longer-term implications for transportation, logistics and services providers, as well as industry supply chain strategy teams. Explanations.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. But, before we dig into the data – let’s start on a positive note: Supply Chain Statistics Show Challenges, but the Industry Remains Resilient. Global semiconductor industry sales reached a total of $555.9 Chain Store Age ).

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s not news that the traditional retail industry is in the throes of existential change as they seek to adapt to the rise of online commerce and the omni-channel strategies they’re employing in attempts to retain market share. More than 120 warehouses worldwide will allow Amazon to leverage volume to reduce costs.”.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

As you will see from one of our trends, we in the supply chain industry, and as we first hand know at Cerasis, that if you do not have the fundamentals down and the right people in place, it is very tough to get the results you seek. 2016 Supply Chain Trends: The First 7 of 12. Do you have the right people in place?

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Freightos

JUNE 6, 2016

Is The Freight Industry Ready For SOLAS? Looking over the past year, only one third (36%) of FCL freight quotes are saved with a weight.This reporting percentage is consistent by company size as well – the combined percentage for top 20 global forwarders is about the same as for the mid-sized forwarders. Logistics Providers.

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RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

The Origin of DFARS Compliance Requirements Back in May 2012, after a year-long investigation, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) released a report about electronics counterfeits in the defense supply chain. The defense industry routinely failed to report cases of suspect counterfeit parts.

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