Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The biggest 5 exporters of candy sweets are Germany, mainland China, Mexico, Belgium, and Spain. Blyncsy’s map utilizes crowdsourced dash camera imagery from over 1 million vehicles, which, combined with its AI image analysis capabilities, can detect more than 40 different road conditions and asset inventory issues in near-real time.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

With the full warehouses on the west coast, many of the chassis are under containers being used as overflow warehouses outside of retail stores and distribution centers. This month, China stopped sharing Automated Identification Signals (AIS) data when an ocean carrier is in Chinese waters. Logistics costs in China are 16.6%

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In episode six of Be Ready for Anything, ToolsGroup’s Pre-Sales Manager for Europe, Birger Klinke, talks about what retailers should expect in 2021 and how they can leverage probabilistic forecasting and automation to adjust to a changing marketplace. What do you predict will be different for retailers in 2021? Transcript.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

During the next decade, the power shifted to the retailer. Consumers became more loyal to retail brands, and retailers increased the number of products manufactured and marketed as house brands. In the 1990s the supplier won at the expense of the retailer. The retailer need the help of the supplier more than ever.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 11, 2025

There’s alot of content noise so I find it useful to understand the market by reading what retailers are directly saying each quarter. Look for another article later this week and part 4 of the What Retailers Are Saying Series on May 18. 🙏 Retailers Tractor Supply Q1 ending March 29. comes from China.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Predictive analytics tools enabled by AI are helping organizations optimize inventory management, reduce downtime, and improve demand forecasting. imports from China declined by 10% year-over-year, while domestic manufacturing investments surged by over $100 billion. According to Kearney s 2023 Reshoring Index, U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 13, 2021

Customer service, parts shortages, unprecedented inventory growth, and warrant management can actually take up internal sources and affect profit margins. For example, in the year 2019 the trade war between the US and China was dragged on for more than a year resulting in 25% tariffs placed on US$200 billion of Chinese goods.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

A busy week in retail earnings! 🙂 Part 6 of the What Retailers Are Saying Series will be posted on June 1. 🙏🙏🙏 Retailers Home Depot Q1 ending May 4. As a result, approximately 20% of our purchase volume is currently concentrated in China. and around the globe that we're actively pursuing.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 11, 2025

Automakers must model dual-path sourcing strategies and reintroduce buffer inventory—not just for parts, but for regulatory flexibility. Many Western pharmaceutical companies rely on India and China for APIs. Every major industry now faces a unique supply chain challenge. Many fabs depend on protectionist policies for viability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The retailer plans to double the number of sites in the coming years and currently operates more than 55 dedicated same-day sites across the U.S. Teradyne , a supplier of semiconductor testing equipment, pulled manufacturing worth about $1 billion out of China last year, a Teradyne spokesperson said on Monday, after U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Retailers are reviving an old playbook to manage their inventory levels after four years of struggling to find the sweet spot of holding enough merchandise but not too much. The increases are being felt far beyond the disrupted trade routes that link China with Europe and the U.S. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The wonderful world of retail. The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. From a digitally-transformed shopping experience to global supply chain disruptions and a pandemic that refuses to quit, there’s one thing retailers can count on: People are always going to shop.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 14, 2025

Supply Chain Matters highlights indications providing added evidence that manufacturers and retailers are front loading inventory management actions in attempts to initially hedge against added U.S. We cited indications of the post Lunar New Year ramp-up of global production levels to replenish inventories, more so than in prior years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. according to the Walmart Marketplace website. and Mexico, according to the notice.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We feel good about the composition of our inventory. The issue is that capacity is not there.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 1, 2025

Another busy week in retail earnings! 🙂 Part 7 of the What Retailers Are Saying Series will be posted on June 8. 🙏🙏🙏 Retailers American Eagle Outfitter Q1ending May 3. As it relates to China, there are currently two distinct tariff scenarios. Reported May 29 Our predominantly U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 30, 2022

Those sites are primarily located in China, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, and the United States. She worked as a production planner, a master planner, a demand planner, and inventory manager, before leading a team of demand planners in 2015. This customer’s retail customers included some of the largest retailers in the world.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Inventory Management in a High Inflation Environment ; Clint Reiser. Instead, they are likely to carry higher levels of inventory as a lower cost alternative to minimizing disruptions. Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices ; Polly-Mitchell Guthrie ( Kinaxis ). Steve Banker and Chris Cunnane.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 9, 2025

🙏🙏🙏 Retailers Dollar Tree Q1 ending May 3. As such, we expect our second quarter profits to be meaningfully lower than last year in light of higher tariff and other costs, including some costs we absorbed during the 145% window on China tariffs. We specifically pause when the 145% tariff hit on China.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2019

With the national warehouse vacancy rate hovering at record lows and warehouses bloated with inventory pulled in from China during 2018 to get ahead of impending tariffs, companies can combine flexible storage options with advanced technology to create an end-to-end supply chain solution that works. Tariffs and China.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2023

The home-goods retailer says in a complaint filed with U.S. Almost 75% expected supply chain restructuring to negatively impact China’s economy much more than any other country. The online retail giant says its five-story, 3.8 million in extra freight charges, along with additional costs and lost profits.

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RFgen

APRIL 18, 2025

China, and the EU, trade barriers are driving more than price changes. Tariffs are reshaping sourcing strategies, forcing tech upgrades, and making inventory planning a lot more complicated. Instead, companies start shifting toward just-in-case (JIC) models and stockpiling inventory to insulate themselves from sudden trade barriers.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 30, 2025

Supply chain leaders also face difficulties getting clear visibility into their sales and retail partner data. Businesses across APAC are gradually adopting AI and noticing clear benefits: Real-time visibility and better forecasting AI consolidates data from procurement, inventory, logistics, and fulfillment into one real-time view.

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ShipBob

JULY 14, 2022

But how exactly does a factory in China stopping production lead to a backup of containers at U.S. This model became dominant over the past decade or so, leading to elevated inventory levels and leaving scant space for differentiated products on already full freighters. This has been the reality at every port in the U.S.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 6, 2022

For example, thanks to demand sensing and shaping , retailers were able to spread 2021 holiday spending beyond Black Friday to the entire month of November, seeing strong sales numbers despite a decrease in big discounts and in-store traffic. Lesson #1: Global supply chain challenges have businesses turning to local suppliers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Inventories at U.S.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 6, 2014

This past Saturday, an explosion at the Kunshan Zhongrong Metal Products factory in China killed at least 75 workers and injured at least 185 others. Zhongron supplies aluminum alloy wheel hubs to another company, Citic Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co., which is a supplier to General Motors (GM).

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

From Amazon to hyper-local retailers, 2017 will be a year of intense scrutiny and pressure on logistics providers. According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. The election is over, but the race is just starting for logistics providers. Consumers have power.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 7, 2013

Apple Inc purchases raw materials from various sources then get them shipped to an assembling plant in China. For other distribution channels such as retail stores, direct sales and other distributors, Apple Inc will keep products at Elk Grove, California (where central warehouse and call center are located) and supply products from there.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

Chile has long been a hub of second-hand and unsold clothing, made in China or Bangladesh and passing through Europe, Asia or the United States before arriving in Chile, where it is resold around Latin America. Our view is that imports will remain below recent levels until inflation rates and inventory surpluses are reduced.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) leaders are urging an investigation into e-commerce retailers Shein and Temu after both sold dangerous baby and toddler products. This investment aims to streamline FedEx’s supply chain capabilities and improve efficiency as freight demand remains low.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 24, 2025

Inaccurate forecasts lead to either excess inventory or stockouts, causing increased costs, an abundance of stock that cannot be sold, lost sales and customer dissatisfaction. Efficient inventory turnover is crucial in the fast-paced high-tech industry. While production has somewhat stabilized, new threats loom.

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The Network Effect

JULY 18, 2014

A few years ago, a news report came out of China stating that they were going to put an end to pegging the renminbi (China’s domestic currency) against the U.S. When you think about it, the same thing happens on a daily basis throughout the extended retail supply chain. Retail Supply Chain Planning retail'

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Numbers Government data along with added adjustments by The National Retail Federation (NRF) indicates that retailers experienced a rather positive 2024 holiday fulfillment period. Core retail sales spanning the period from November 1 through December 31, 2024 reportedly increased 4 percent to a noted record of $994.1

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

And the lack of demand visibility is a big contributor to China-US ocean freight rates doubling to the West Coast since June, and passing $4,000/FEU to the East Coast – which was surprising as most analysts thought that rates and profits would freefall. Businesses whose inventories ran down slowly since March started restocking.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

With the full warehouses on the west coast, many of the chassis are under containers being used as overflow warehouses outside of retail stores and distribution centers. This month, China stopped sharing Automated Identification Signals (AIS) data when an ocean carrier is in Chinese waters. Logistics costs in China are 16.6%

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

And the lack of demand visibility is a big contributor to China-US ocean freight rates doubling to the West Coast since June, and passing USD4,000/FEU to the East Coast – which was surprising as most analysts thought that rates and profits would freefall. Businesses whose inventories ran down slowly since March started restocking.

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