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. And with that, I bid you adieu, and let’s move on to this week’s logistics news. Cargo imported into the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. Now, let’s take consumer products.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This difference can have catastrophic consequences for the success of your business, including lost revenue for returning the product, processing the return, shipping out the correct product, and time spent in addressing the issue at your customer service center. Order Fill Rate Drills Down Into Order Fill, Line Fill and Unit Fill.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

Price of Ocean Shipping Business Continuity. The future inventory fire sale. One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In Baby formula. Semiconductors.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

We have been taught, as supply chain leaders, that over the last decade supply chain processes have improved costs, shortened cycle times, improved customer service and decreased inventory. Based on our recent research, we find that only 1% of process-based companies are making progress on both operating margins and inventory.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 12, 2025

In 2025, efficient spare parts inventory management is no longer a competitive advantage — it’s a business necessity. Yet for many organizations, spare parts inventory remains a critical blind spot. What is Spare Parts Inventory Management Software? This is where software steps in.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 8, 2013

In the Supply Chain Metrics that Matter table, we can clearly see that “operating margin” and “inventory turns” matter to public financial performance. Note the trends in operating margins and inventory turns. 2012 was their fourth consecutive year of making improvements in inventory management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

Most companies cannot get to data by customer on orders shipped incomplete to understand root cause analysis. In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. inventory turns.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Inventory Management. Regardless of how efficient and effective, all supply chains carry inventory. The bullwhip effect refers to increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in customer demand as one moves further up the supply chain. Price Lookup and Comparison. Contract Review.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. Reports indicate that returns are higher when products are sold online, with an average return rate of 30% for ecommerce purchases, in comparison with 10% for brick-and-mortar sales.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Shipping companies added capacity, but now containers are stuck in port. During the peak of port congestion in 2021, as many as 30 ships were waiting to enter an Oakland berth. Shipping’s peak season usually starts at the end of June when importers begin ordering products for the back-to-school and holiday seasons.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

In all, the acquisition will add more than 350 temperature-controlled vehicles and four million square feet to the UPS Healthcare global footprint, offering customers access to faster shipping times, greater production flexibility, and offerings to help them attract new business. For comparison, they spent $3.4

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

He’s increased corporate valuations by over a billion dollars, utilizing his proprietary methodologies to improve customer loyalty, reduce inventory by over $250 million, and increase EBITDA by $100 million-plus annually. An often-overlooked cost differentiator is hard versus soft cost. Learn more at arthurkochmgt.com.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory. When we look at table 1, we see burgeoning inventories in some industries and extreme shortages in others. We are not good at inventory management. Inventory Levels Over the Quarters of the Pandemic. Companies struggle to have the right inventories. The end result?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory. When we look at table 1, we see burgeoning inventories in some industries and extreme shortages in others. We are not good at inventory management. Inventory Levels Over the Quarters of the Pandemic. Companies struggle to have the right inventories. The end result?

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The low rates that triggered Hanjin’s bankruptcy in 2017 quickly became a thing of the past, as surging demand, congestion, and a litany of global shipping catastrophes pushed ocean freight rates into the stratosphere. While high, the shipping costs typically paled in comparison to the lost sales due to inventory shortages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

2021 came with a new set of challenges as global and local supply chains were hit by raw materials shortages, accompanied by longer lead times and higher shipping costs, lack of labor, and the pent-up demand actualizing as record-breaking sales. Critical inventory disruptions/deficiency anywhere in the supply chain.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 25, 2019

Gathering the necessary data to formulate an accurate comparison between previous results and those provided by machine learning is an excellent way to establish confidence in your results. The company wanted to improve service levels and optimize inventories to reallocate working capital and balance inventory in the changing network.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 17, 2025

Consumers have embraced e-commerce for price comparisons, ease of purchase anytime and anywhere, and for those participating in subscription services such as Amazon Prime, free shipping, and other benefits. Amazon Global Logistics shippers ship ocean cargo from China directly into the Amazon fulfillment network in the US, UK, and EU.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It examines multiple objectives and factors like shipping costs, location-specific operational behavior, and store demand, and then analyzes every permutation – in subseconds. 1 – Ship Cost The first component is ship cost. #1 1 – Ship Cost The first component is ship cost. What do we mean by expected revenue ?

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EazyStock

JANUARY 27, 2021

2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends for the US. Here we are, one year later, trying to determine the 2021 supply chain and inventory management trends to adopt. Amazon has introduced 200,000+ robots moving inventory within fulfillment centers around the US, creating a more efficient supply chain. trillion by 2023.

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IQMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

WMS software guides inventory receiving and put-away, optimizes picking and shipping of orders, and advises on inventory replenishment. One of the most important benefits provided by a warehouse management system is that it can reduce the likelihood of errors occurring when a product is shipped.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

Focus on improving operating margin, inventory turns, and revenue/employee simultaneously. The goal is to move the supply chain away from a functional cost-based agenda to focus on value (improving margin, inventory, and revenue/employee simultaneously). Seasonal Inventory Build or Asset Capacity to Ramp for a Seasonal Demand Usually.

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EazyStock

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

What is ERP inventory management? When it comes to inventory management, ERP systems are ideal for tracking stock along the supply chain, monitoring stock levels and order processing. ERP inventory management limitations. ERP inventory management needs sophisticated demand forecasting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

The concept of the Effective Frontier is that best in class companies align functional metrics to balance growth, cost, inventory and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) performance while balancing customer service metrics. The cash-to-cash definition is: Cash-to-cash= Days of Receivables+ Days of Inventory-Days of Payables.

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RFgen

APRIL 30, 2024

The answer lies in modern inventory management best practices. Specifically, the use of perpetual inventory systems. What is a perpetual inventory system? Perpetual inventory management relies on technology to track inventory with timely data and a high degree of accuracy. Wonder no more.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 11, 2025

He believes an inventory pull-forward before the conclusion of the 90-day tariff pause between the U.S. It pointed to meaningful inflections in data points (tender rejections and spot rates) during one-off events ( Roadcheck and the produce shipping season) as signs. Spot rates remain slightly higher on a y/y comparison.

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Freight Center

OCTOBER 17, 2019

With costumes and decorations filling online carts and candy flying off grocery store shelves, the supply chains behind the scenes for these businesses have to be precise and operating smoothly to keep adequate quantities of inventory available. Shipping the Treats. Ship alone if you dare. Avoiding the Tricks. What’s your plan?

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Luxottica maintains a warehouse in Atlanta and ships roughly 470k units of inventory each week - 300k to retail locations and 170k as wholesale to independent opticians and department stores. Luxottica sources raw material and manufacture frames in Italy and China, from where they are shipped to Luxottica's assembly centre in Atlanta.

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ShipBob

JUNE 9, 2025

Standardizing responses for easy comparison Not all 3PLs are created equal – and while most offer the same core capabilities of storage , picking , packing, and shipping, you’ll want to consider all of a partner’s service offerings before making your decision. Can you negotiate shipping fees on our behalf?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Granular data by volume is a must to be able to manage replenishment, network design, and inventory targets. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service. The two primary buffers in the supply chain are manufacturing capacity and inventory. Time horizon. The takeaway?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Expect to see improvements to customer engagements that are not limited to a seamless checkout process but all facets of a buyer’s journey, including product education, research and comparison, and easily navigable after-sales support. Digitalisation and the Importance of Technology.

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C3 Solutions

JULY 22, 2020

But it was really the development of innovative material handling systems in the mid-20th century that prompted the need for ways to keep track of more densely stored goods and higher levels of inventory. With the concurrent innovation in computing technology, inventory tracking systems were created that could generate automated reports.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

We’ve rounded up the top 20 logistics technology innovations changing the way over $18 trillion dollars of goods are shipped annually. Big ships : Super-container ships with 20,000 TEU capacity will drive increased efficiency, particularly in countries and areas with the few ports that can support the mega-ships.

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4WL Consulting

JULY 24, 2017

Until a few years ago, inventory was a labor-intensive process that typically required either stopping operations for several days or bringing in a large crew to painstakingly count products overnight. These methods were heavily susceptible to human error, with end counts that didn’t necessarily reflect full accuracy.

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4WL Consulting

JULY 24, 2017

Until a few years ago, inventory was a labor-intensive process that typically required either stopping operations for several days or bringing in a large crew to painstakingly count products overnight. These methods were heavily susceptible to human error, with end counts that didn’t necessarily reflect full accuracy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Shopping today often includes online product research, comparison price shopping between sites, online customer reviews and more – arming consumers with a wealth of knowledge before they even set foot in a store. The post Personalization is Paramount – Finding Success in the New Age of Retail appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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