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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

The jobs reduction will save $1 billion this year, Tomé said on an earnings conference call with analysts on Tuesday. Amazon achieved its fastest-ever global shipping times last year but isn’t resting on its laurels. export regulations led to supply chain disruptions. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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NRF 2024: Supply Chain Data

Logistics Viewpoints

This year, a recurring theme that I saw was about using supply chain data to improve the customer experience across the entire value chain. Throughout the conference I met with several software and hardware providers to get a glimpse into what they were showcasing.

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3 Industry Disruptors Affecting Manufacturers Today

QAD

Manufacturers and their supply chains have sustained crushing blows over the last 18 months, from the Suez Canal blockage to today’s port bottlenecks in Southern California and shipping delays in China. How do manufacturers deal with industry disruptors as they rear their ugly heads? Source: Xinde Marine News.

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Integrated Demand and Supply Planning: The Key to Success for CPG, F&B and Life Sciences Manufacturers

BlueYonder

Manufacturers of consumer products — including packaged goods, food and beverages, and life sciences — face both opportunities and challenges. First among these challenges is supply chain disruption. Consumer products manufacturers want nothing more than to accurately predict future demand.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor. For example, when I used to ship ice cream by reefer container to China from the west coast, the time on the ship was 12-18 days.

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6 Manufacturing Trends You Need to Know

Arena Solutions

The global manufacturing sector has seen an upswing, a technological renaissance of sorts. Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. The manufacturing sector has been severely impacted by this trend because production jobs are highly technical.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

The last two years have been full of supply chain disruptions as Covid-19 and its multiple variants have spread around the globe. Companies are now bracing for another round of supply chain disruptions as China imposes sweeping lockdowns in an attempt to keep the omicron variant contained.