Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 9, 2023

An interesting finding in the NRF and Appriss survey is that Buy online, return in-store (BORIS) return fraud is expected to be 48% higher than fraud in returns to non-store locations, which is “potentially spotlighting an area to further streamline data and process protocols when multichannel return processes are present.”

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BlueYonder

MAY 16, 2018

During the conference, 90 executives from the manufacturing, retail and logistics industries attended the Executive Exchange, sponsored by KPMG LLP (KPMG). The survey found that trying to keep up with customer expectations is driving retailer investment in the supply chain, while agility and innovation is driving manufacturer investment.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2018

Two-day Shipping Has Helped Double Warehouse Land Prices. That’s because in order to ship goods to customers within a day or two — a time frame popularized by the likes of Amazon that has now become expected — e-commerce companies need to locate their distribution warehouses as close to their customers as possible.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Are you attending the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference later this month (September 25-28 in Orlando, FL)? I hope to see you at the conference! bound ship is being held ‘hostage’ (Reuters). Transplace Survey Identifies Carrier Response to ELD Mandate Varies By Fleet Size.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2018

Two-day Shipping Has Helped Double Warehouse Land Prices. That’s because in order to ship goods to customers within a day or two — a time frame popularized by the likes of Amazon that has now become expected — e-commerce companies need to locate their distribution warehouses as close to their customers as possible.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

Retailers with store-front will push this option and curbside pickups to offset high shipping costs. A Digital 360 2021 survey found that 45% of consumers opt for BOPIS because they do not want to pay for shipping. Buy Online, Pick Up in Store (BOPIS) will likely be the winner in this year’s parcel peak season.

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Stord

MARCH 3, 2019

However, since shipping spare parts between European countries could be more costly in the future, the company is trying to move as much of this inventory now as it can. Ships are increasingly using electrical power at the Port of Oakland and reducing diesel emissions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Each year I go to the Consumer Goods and Technology (CGT) conference where speaker-after-speaker talks about retail/supplier collaboration. It is for this reason that I sit on the back row at most conferences watching, listening, and smiling. We would love your input as we close the survey. I am a disbeliever.

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Kinaxis

JULY 13, 2018

While I attend several supply chain conferences in any given year, SCM World is a favorite of mine for a couple of reasons. In 2012, 59 percent of surveyed supply chain leaders answered yes. There was some concern that the role of supply chain gets elevated only when a crisis hits and product cannot ship.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 11, 2020

Drewry Shipping Consultants predicts that in the short term, global container volumes and carrier earnings will take a sharp hit, but expects that the medium-term impact will be manageable provided the virus is contained. Moody’s Investor Service forecasts a drop of 2.5% in vehicle sales worldwide in 2020 due to Coronavirus. Pharmaceuticals.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 28, 2019

Here are a few places these themes popped up at the conference and how we can tie them back to a subject we love here at ToolsGroup: supply chain planning. All this complexity can’t possibly tamed even by an army of planners–80 percent of businesses surveyed are now automating processes, and it’s not just in the warehouse.

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 19, 2012

” In the design of this new company, I wanted the foundation to be built on a research methodology to build research surveys, panel groups and analyze data. In 2012, I’ve attended eighty-five conferences, and I heard the term “research” frequently. You will find me sitting on the back row at conferences.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

During the year, I go to a lot of conferences. ” Currently working on a series of surveys to help clients answer these two questions, I struggle with the current state. When I hear them at a conference, I squirm uncontrollably in my seat. Source: Dictionary.com. How do they buy from you?” This makes me yawn.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2018

To gain insights on that question and more, Adelante SCM and BluJay Solutions conducted a web survey of supply chain and logistics professionals in March 2018. A total of 137 respondents completed the survey from Manufacturing, Retail, Logistics Service Provider, and other companies in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

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Supply Chain Network

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Just about every year the RILA Logistics Conference is one of the best Events I attend and pleased to say #RILALogistics 2013 was no exception. Point Three: Interesting results were shared by Susan Kleinman of Comscore relative to their Q4 survey of e-commerce customers. See you all in San Diego for RILA Logistics 2014! Jeff Ashcroft.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 14, 2016

Taking a bimodal approach to supply chains was the pervasive theme at this year’s Gartner North American Supply Chain Executive Conference. Simply stated, bimodal means simultaneously keeping a dual focus. Or as in F. Algorithms define action, and dynamic algorithms are at the core of new customer interactions,” he said. “We

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Scope 3 indirect emissions associated with companies’ value chains—their upstream supply chains and logistics and all the downstream activities required to get products to wholesale or retail customers—have been much harder to monitor because they are produced by thousands of suppliers, shipping companies, and other vendors.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 14, 2021

The creation of the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) and an increasing number of startup challenges, incubators etc. An attendee poll at a recent conference of The European Freight and Logistics Forum hints at some cultural challenges. marked the development. A year of reflection. This movement is on its way.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 31, 2022

Last-mile shipping costs have steadily increased along with a number of surcharges to support increased demand. Flexibility Rules A 2020 survey from consulting firm Deloitte found that 83% of consumers expect flexible shipping and fulfillment options like BOPIS. In June, I’ll be heading to a couple of conferences.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

As 2024 begins, two of the world’s most critical ocean transit corridors, the Suez Canal , and the Panama Canal are facing threats of shipping disruption as global geopolitical tensions and terrorist threats escalate. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Computerized Shipping and Tracking. With the aid of modern technologies and web-based software, like a transportation management system (TMS), you can simplify the supply process and dramatically reduce shipping errors. Presented at 6th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Bali, 2014. .

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2015

According to a survey of 2,000 office workers conducted by management software developer AtTask and market research firm Harris Interactive, people spend 45 percent of their time at work doing this. Walmart To Test A Free, Three-Day Shipping Service That’s Half The Price Of Amazon Prime (TechCrunch). Can you guess?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Free-Shipping Offers Abound This Holiday Season, According To Shop.Org. As the holiday season heats up, some interesting findings related to free shipping and mobile commerce from Shop.org’s eHoliday survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics. FedEx Expands SenseAware® Capabilities with Cryogenic Probe.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

In my work as a supply chain analyst, and Founder of Supply Chain Insights, I attend many supply chain conferences. On a day like today, when I am struggling with jet lag and recovering from sleep deprivation, I tell my friends that I attend more conferences than I would like to attend. Shipping Standards.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Episode #21: Legal Lessons From Automotive Supply Chain Attorney Dan Sharkey We love recording every episode, but this one was especially fun because it took place live at the 2022 Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) Annual Automotive Supplier Conference in Novi, Michigan. If not, you probably know someone who has.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 19, 2018

manufacturing output rose for a fourth straight month in December; shipping giant Maersk moves into blockchain technology; and Lego is building something new – online games – in partnership with one of China’s biggest tech firms. Retail Still Supports 1 in 4 Jobs in the U.S. Maersk and IBM Partner on Blockchain for Global Trade.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 19, 2018

manufacturing output rose for a fourth straight month in December; shipping giant Maersk moves into blockchain technology; and Lego is building something new – online games – in partnership with one of China’s biggest tech firms. Retail Still Supports 1 in 4 Jobs in the U.S. Maersk and IBM Partner on Blockchain for Global Trade.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

As we discussed this drawing the dialogue flowed in the conference room. The use of customer segmentation strategies to define order policies for lead times, discounts, allocation, and shipping priorities. In return for taking the survey, you will be able to participate in a virtual roundtable discussion and network with others.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times. The project aims to increase the country’s total shipping capacity by 60% by building four new international port terminals and modernizing nine existing terminals. freight imports anytime soon.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. In prestige beauty and nutritional supplements, the cost to ship the product is minuscule. If you complete one of our surveys, we will share the results with you and your team in a one hour call. Free Trade agreements also matter.

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ShipBob

MAY 21, 2020

The data is aggregated from over 3,000 ecommerce merchants who collectively ship out millions of items every month through ShipBob’s fulfillment centers. Employees who can work from home are most likely spending their work days on video conference calls. Despite unemployment rate jumping to 14.7

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2023

I attend this conference every year, but this time, strolling the exhibition floor and surveying the 110+ technology providers’ latest wares, I was struck by a dichotomy. Breaking down those silos was the focus of a panel discussion Rob Haddock and I led at the conference.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

What can you do when you have a supplier who knowingly ships a contaminated product ( the infamous “Just ship it” email ) and falsifies documents? In Nielsen’s 2014 Global Survey of Corporate Social Responsibility , 55% of the consumers surveyed said they would pay more for sustainable products. Trust but verify.”.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2021

International shipping industry article and permission to publish here provided by Daniel Choi. Even during the epidemic, the shipping industry’s significance in the value chain and the transportation of resources and goods worldwide was emphasized, probably most prominently. The Shipping Industry During Pandemic.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 22, 2020

In a 2016 interview in TechCrunch, Fisher stated that “Nike is deciding what shoes they’re going to ship in 18 months. I want to decide what product I’m going to ship this week. This approach is revolutionising the footwear industry. Hi Kegan; thanks for an excellent keynote. How do you innovate in real time?’ ‘How

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2015

You may want to introduce some checks or surveys throughout the year rather than waiting till the end of the year to find out if you’ve achieved your objective. This is a SMART objective and can be measured – provided you think about how you are going to measure it when you put your stakeholder communications plan together at the start.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2023

At the same time, the Celtics finished with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference. The failure will affect the movement of people and goods, he said Monday at an annual conference of the American Council of Engineering Companies in Washington. It seemed like a run to the Stanley Cup was inevitable.

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