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Holiday Supply Chains: Are you prepared?

Logistics Viewpoints

This means transportation costs account for up to 8% of the sale price of a pair of shoes, as compared to 1% just three years ago. Retailers have been used to long lead times over the last two decades, especially for the categories they source from Asia. All this will further throw the demand mix outside of the historical norms.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 5 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group’s 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory ( Available for complimentary downloading in our Research Center ) includes a prediction that the supply chain technology segment will feature an investment boom in market consumption, added equity investment and M&A activity.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. The Navisphere customer app can be downloaded for free at the Apple App Store on iTunes , Google Play and Amazon Marketplace. FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager.

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23 warehouse pros reveal the best ways for warehouses to control & reduce fulfillment costs

6 River Systems

The rise of drones and drone technology as well as robotics within warehouses, transport operations and the management of stock have grown. Download a list of current maximum inventory levels from the company’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to outline planned current-state maximum inventory levels by part number.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

RFID tags and robotic warehouse systems generate and transmit data that, when combined with other data sources, allow companies to optimize the supply chain and make better predictions and forecasts to improve efficiency and boost the bottom line. They can also be used to track the provenance of adulterated products to identify the source.