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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, writes, “Today, an estimated 90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea, with 60% of that — including virtually all your imported fruits, gadgets and appliances — packed in large steel containers.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

In its reporting, Bloomberg indicated that Amazon has long practiced a strategy of taking stakes in business areas deemed a priority including a grocery chain, cargo airlines, EV powered parcel vans and others. with more than 75 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina , and South Carolina.

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More Challenges for the Transportation Network: Day 2 of the SCRC Meeting

Supply Chain View from the Field

Speakers are the SCRC meeting yesterday and today continued to speak more on the topic of transportation strategy given increasing challenges in the transportation sector, and the need for an effective transportation management strategy.

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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

This is one of many fulfillment strategies retailers are adopting to ride the e-commerce wave. The trucks transport products to proximate areas, where lighter, more nimble vehicles such as cargo bikes complete the final deliveries. Adapting existing stores to function as warehouses is another example.

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What’s Ahead in the Logistics Arena?

Enterra Insights

Deans ( @dhdeans ) reports, “The online tracking of trailers, containers, rail wagons and cargo boxes is becoming increasingly common in all markets across the globe. The rise of e-commerce and omnichannel sales strategies have dramatically altered the logistics landscape. Hyperloop transportation. ”[14]. 4] David H.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Bed Bath & Beyond is also implementing inventory reduction strategies and is on track for a 5% reduction year-over-year by the end of the current fiscal year. In that vein, this discount retailer’s strategy is to get closer to its stores and customers.

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Supply Chain Transformation is a Journey not a Destination

Enterra Insights

The emergence of e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment strategies created new supply chain challenges which significantly increased the use of robotics and automation. Driver shortages have increased the transportation industry’s interest in autonomous vehicles. And autonomous cargo ships are also being planned.