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National Logistics Day 2023

Enterra Insights

The staff at the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) note, however, that the logistics industry plays an “out-sized — and often underappreciated — role … within the greater transportation ecosystem.”[1] By 1956, the first container ship sailed from the port of New Jersey to Texas.

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Manufacturers, Technology, and the Digital Age

Enterra Insights

The term “industrial revolution” pays homage to this fact. ” Technology and Industry 4.0. .” ” Technology and Industry 4.0. The term “Industry 4.0” was coined to describe the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This is the power of the Industry 4.0 transformation now underway.”[3]

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. So the shortage will continue, but for some sellers, the problem will be too much inventory.”. Experts Weigh-In on Peak Season 2022. Container Imports Remain High.

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Predictive Analytics: Supply Chain’s Cloudy Crystal Ball

Enterra Insights

The 2019 MHI Annual Industry Report polled more than 1,000 industry leaders, with most hailing from manufacturing and supply chain industries. Myers adds, “Retailers and distributors can prepare months in advance to help their suppliers plan to inventory and shipments based on customer demand and buying behavior.”

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It’s Turkey Time!

Kinaxis

Unlike other manufacturing industries, it’s a lot harder to make up for a miscalculation in raw material needs when you’re dealing with living, breathing animals that only reproduce at a specified rate. They can be held in inventory until the second biggest holiday for these big birds – Christmas, which is only a couple of months away.

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Retail Industry Leaders Discuss the Value of Assortment Planning – Part I

BlueYonder

Jon Beck, CEO, Columbus Consulting. over the past 150 years can all be attributed to the migration of humans—the migration to the West, the migration to the cities during the industrial revolution, the movement out to the suburbs after the World War II, and so forth. But you can’t afford to carry a lot of inventory in the stores.

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Supply Chain Optimization 101: How to Best Harness the Power of Big Data

AFFLINK

In the realm of procurement and supply chain optimization, big data is already lifting the industry to new heights. Supply chain optimization professionals also leverage big data’s real-time capabilities, removing the guesswork from shipping and receiving by allowing managers to observe every step of the process instantly.