Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

It is celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, corresponding with International Women’s Day on March 8, and during October in Canada, corresponding with the celebration of Persons Day on October 18. The data show Canadian exports to China also reached a historic high of $27.9

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Freightos

DECEMBER 20, 2022

More than 80% of goods – by volume – are moved by ocean freight globally, so shipping costs directly impact the price level of imported goods. These same goods account for about 20% of the items measured in the Consumer Price Index, or CPI. Freight rates as a forward looking indicator of CPI.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

California, which depends on trucks to move billions of dollars worth of consumer goods, manufacturing parts and agricultural products each year, aims to replace more than 30,000 heavily-polluting trucks with clean-energy vehicles by 2035.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

United States. Indices reflecting manufacturing across the United States reflected lower momentum as well. August usually represents the global supply chain ramp up to supporting anticipated Q3 and Q4 holiday spending on consumer goods and other products. Select Regional Highlights. down from the 52.7

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

However, some global manufacturers have consumers abroad in other countries, so it is unlikely EVERY factory of a US based manufacturer will return them all to the United States or a nearby country. This is not surprising given the sharp rise in goods imported from China. In contrast, there were 47 recall notices of U.S.-made

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SupplyPike

JUNE 15, 2020

CPGs account for one in ten American jobs and the industry contributed $2 trillion to the United States gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019. Types of Consumer Goods. Consumer goods are items meant to be consumed every day. This, in turn, establishes the turnover of goods.

Packaging 56

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Logichain Solutions

AUGUST 5, 2019

percent in the United States; however the FDA has still not approved the legal use of CBD in food and beverage products. Marijuana is still illegal on a federal level, but ten states and Washington, DC have legalized marijuana for recreational use for adults over 21. percent THC.

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Logichain Solutions

AUGUST 5, 2019

percent in the United States; however the FDA has still not approved the legal use of CBD in food and beverage products. Marijuana is still illegal on a federal level, but ten states and Washington, DC have legalized marijuana for recreational use for adults over 21. percent THC.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2018

As these rounds of regulations have unfolded over the last few months, shippers have been left trying to understand what products have been included in the first two waves of tariffed goods and what these changes mean for their supply chains. These impacted goods now have a 10% increase upon arrival into the U.S. Meats and fish.

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Resilinc

MAY 17, 2022

To provide faster analyses, climate scientists from Europe, the United States and India partnered in 2014 with the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre to form World Weather Attribution. Yet, identifying the “climate signal” in any individual extreme weather event has until recently taken a year or more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Over the last couple of years, as the Covid pandemic has changed the way consumers interact and shop with retailers, brands, and consumer goods companies, last mile delivery has become increasingly important. Gordon Food Services Conquers the Last Mile ; Chris Cunnane. Wanted to share these thoughts here.

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JDA software

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Counterfeit consumer goods now total at a global value of $1.77 Understandably, these knock offs are creating some significant trust issues between retailers and their consumers, and , retailers and manufacturers. Almost 70% of extra virgin olive oil in the United States isn’t pure. Ready for a shocking stat?

Retail 73

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

Here are some highlights from the report: • United States business logistics costs are at $1.14 There is a continuing truck driver shortage in the transportation industry, which has a multitude of effects, one of which could be slower package delivery times for Americans, who by the day order increased goods and services online.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 4, 2023

The charts above depict national average outbound tender volumes and rejections in the United States. The hot market map below shows most major markets have cooled, meaning capacity is more abundant. Derived from FreightWaves SONAR.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Sector data reportedly indicated that contraction was centered in intermediate and investment goods while consumer goods output levels rose for a second consecutive month. This has been noted as a faster growth rate than either China or the United States. percent in 2022 which translated to 3.5 percent GDP growth.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

They are also the “why” in why one-stop shopping for most basic consumer goods and food can be found under one roof and one computer screen. Consumers have become more discerning, more selective, more health conscious and more strapped for time than ever before. The consumer movement is in parallel to that piece of legislation.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

March 2013 was the coldest in decades for much of Europe and the eastern United States. But in March the previous year, the United States had experienced heatwaves. The entire value chain, down to the patient, holds about 9–10 months of inventory – triple or quadruple the inventories of many consumer goods segments.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Unfortunately, much of the changes are factors caused by the escalating trade wars between the two largest nations in the world: the United States and China. At the same time, the United States grew further in size as the world’s largest contiguous market. It could supply goods at an acceptable quality on time.

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Logichain Solutions

AUGUST 5, 2019

percent in the United States; however the FDA has still not approved the legal use of CBD in food and beverage products. Marijuana is still illegal on a federal level, but ten states and Washington, DC have legalized marijuana for recreational use for adults over 21. percent THC. Conclusion. About the Author.

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Logichain Solutions

AUGUST 5, 2019

percent in the United States; however the FDA has still not approved the legal use of CBD in food and beverage products. Marijuana is still illegal on a federal level, but ten states and Washington, DC have legalized marijuana for recreational use for adults over 21. percent THC. Conclusion. About the Author.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It turned out that, for the most part, consumers were in a buying mood. Justin Swanson ( @ejsnyt ) reports, “Retail sales in the United States jumped nearly 11 percent this season compared with the holiday period in 2019, the year before the pandemic upended the global economy.”[1] Journalist E. Email Mike Floeck).

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 6, 2016

For instance, in a recent application that involved temperature and ice cream, a consumer goods company deployed machine learning to develop a model for five European countries: Germany, Poland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France. You input the data, and let the machine “understand” the demand latency depending on product and area.

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Locus

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Fuelled by a strong return to normalcy, ‘revenge festivities’ is a simmering trend that picked up during this Navratri in India, leading to a 15% spike in FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) sales with kirana stores stocking up 18% more. According to United States Census Bureau data , advance estimates for U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2015

A perfect example of where this phrase applies is the Oil and Gas industry, especially here in the United States where we’ve seen significant change and volatility over the past 5+ years. As the table below shows, back in 2008, the U.S. Network Connectivity. I encourage to watch the webcast for all the details.

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

in the United States. billion of machinery and equipment, mineral fuel, chemicals, food and consumer goods. Singapore’s landmass is only 719 sq. km, making it one of the smallest countries in the world. Singapore is about three and a half times the size of Washington D.C. Manufacturing in Singapore. Singapore had a $528.1

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Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

For the first time in history, shelves of stores across the globe that sell food, beverage and other fast-moving consumer goods (including toilet paper, hand sanitizer and cleaning products) are nearly empty. Looking back a few months, no one could have predicted the current state of the global supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Supply chain concerns, however, don’t focus solely on the movement of consumer goods. Some of these problems are unique to the United States, while others are present around the world.”[6]. Ferguson Jr. ”[6]. Addressing Current Supply Chain Challenges.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Counterfeit consumer goods now total at a global value of $1.77 Understandably, these knock offs are creating some significant trust issues between retailers and their consumers, and , retailers and manufacturers. Almost 70% of extra virgin olive oil in the United States isn’t pure. Ready for a shocking stat?

Retail 40

Retail Manufacturing Procurement Real-time Visibility Procurement Analytics 40

Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Across the United States , Amazon elected to change its former predominant west to east coast hub based inventory and fulfilment distribution network. We sense that the above, coupled with Jassy’s business reviews were the catalyst for undergoing an analysis of how this provider’s U.S. wide fulfillment regions.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2019

In this way, the delivery of raw materials, consumer goods and other components are delayed, sometimes substantially, which can seriously harm the bottom line of businesses. Unable to import or export needed parts, Toyota, GM and Nissan all closed down their facilities temporarily in Japan and the United States.

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Elementum

JANUARY 23, 2018

The scarcity of truckers in the United States is no new phenomenon. Over 70 percent of consumer goods rely on transportation via highways to reach store shelves. After cutting tens of thousands of jobs during the Great Recession, trucking companies failed to garner the kind of workforce they had previously known.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

Such indications are increasing being interpreted by various economists to indicate that the consumer goods demand boom that fueled the post pandemic recovery could be shifting amid higher prices and inflation levels. The global product demand picture was expressed as relatively weak and the end of Q2. percent in June.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 13, 2020

Now, the outbreak is hitting businesses, taxing every sector of the United States’ economy in the process. . That applies to any organization but is especially true for those in the consumer goods sector.? . The effects of COVID-19 have moved beyond the public health risk presented by the pandemic.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

Consumer Goods. 3: Consumer goods. Title VII gives FDA new authorities to help ensure the safety, effectiveness, and quality of drugs in the United States. Food from an unregistered facility may not be imported into the United States or introduced into interstate or intrastate commerce.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 16, 2017

How about THAT for a shock to the digital transformation of consumer goods and retail? In 1869, the golden spike was hammered into the final rail joining the east and west United States after a long and grueling contest between the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroad companies creating the transcontinental railroad.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 29, 2021

In order to drive business and create products that meet the needs of and appeal to women, it makes sense to build a workforce that can best address how to design these products because they can accurately identify with the consumer — i.e. other women.”[4] ”[4] Gender is not the only factor to consider.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It is Labor Day weekend in the United States, and the plane is full. As a frequent contributor of supply chain content to the industry, Lora writes by-line monthly columns for SCM Quarterly, Consumer Goods Technology, Supply Chain Movement and Supply Chain Brain.

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