Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

During the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, sectors such as automotive, electronics, and consumer goods experienced severe disruptions due to factory shutdowns and shipping constraints, primarily because of dependence on suppliers concentrated in Asia.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Retailers are reviving an old playbook to manage their inventory levels after four years of struggling to find the sweet spot of holding enough merchandise but not too much. Global shipping prices are continuing to rise as Houthi rebels keep up attacks on cargo vessels in and around the Red Sea. East Coast. 18 to $3,860.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Amazon to double Europe EV fleet by 2025. UPS earnings rise as higher prices offset shipping slowdown. Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners. The online retail giant currently has more than 3,000 electric vans delivering packages to customers in Europe. over the next seven years.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2020

ToolsGroup supply chain planning software allows Allopneus.com to improve inventory quality while reducing storage space at its national distribution center by almost 20%. Inventory management is the key. Inventory management is the key to quality of service and competitiveness,” emphasises Coltat. “To NEWS RELEASE.

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EFT

JUNE 18, 2025

Organisations are principally using analytics to optimise inventory levels (60%), improve customer experience (59%) and cut operating costs (57%). Additionally, it was found that these high performers are leveraging this greater predictive capacity to be more agile by ordering and positioning inventory ahead of potential disruptions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Amazon shipped last-minute Christmas gifts faster in 2023 than in 2022, according to data from analyst firm Momentum Commerce. products on the platform warned it would ship after Christmas. products on the platform warned it would ship after Christmas. DHL Group does not operate ships but it uses them to transport containers.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 18, 2018

by Dr. Madhav Durbha With the Alps as a backdrop, LogiPharma Europe 2018 proved to be both energizing and thought provoking. Given that the cells involved are living, they have very short lifespans and must be shipped in tightly managed, cryogenic conditions in a timely manner.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth. The company works with 13 ocean carriers and 7 air carriers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Those shipments can move directly to customers or move to several regional distribution centers (DCs) that serve as forward inventory locations and consolidation hubs servicing customers and channel partners. The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions in Iceland, for example, caused enormous disruption to air shipments across Western Europe.

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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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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

For example, the Freightos Baltic Index indicates a 69% increase to North America’s East Coast and a staggering 226% to Northern Europe since the crisis began. This optimism is buoyed by the fact that 55% of importers have their inventories in check, anticipating a stronger freight demand in the coming year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

The information the companies gather could, for example, allow managers to receive information about unexpected frost harming cherry production or information about harvesting delays, which could result in inventory changes. By the end of September, FedEx will no longer be the primary air cargo provider for the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2024

Ruthless prioritization and tight governance were key to being able to go live in Europe in 11 months. The use of RF devices, in combination with the data visibility EWM would improve inventory accuracy. However, the payback calculation does not include the increases in sales they are getting due to better inventory visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Given low inventories and dwindling spare capacity, the oil market cannot afford large supply disruptions,” said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo in a Reuters article. Those shipments need to go by Ocean or the more expensive Air mode if ship berths can’t be found. Map of Natural Gas Pipelines into Europe.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

Restaurants, bars find suppliers’ inventories are running dry. Container shipping prices skyrocket. The average price world-wide to ship a 40-foot container has more than quadrupled from a year ago, to $8,399 as of July 1, according to a global pricing index by London-based Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2022

With our supply chains clogged and retail inventories piling up, we have a situation wherein the huge imbalances between demand and supply at the product mix level can have an adverse impact on product availability for B2B and B2C companies alike, especially as we start heading to the holiday season. Not really. in October 2021. A ratio of 1.5

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In the study, new products represent 17% of total cases shipped. Tougher in Europe. Companies that have successfully implemented demand sensing to improve the forecast at the warehouse DC have reduced inventory on the balance sheet by 10% within two years. I do not see the same results from the multitier inventory projects.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. The massive global shipping squeeze. In their story about the shipping shortage, the CBC quoted shipping analyst Alan Murphy, who detailed how this changing demand has massively disrupted the global shipping market.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 3% to $978/FEU. Europe weekly prices increased 4% to $3.86/kg. Europe – N. Reports by many major retailers that inventories are now under control is a positive sign for the possibility of a restocking cycle after the holidays if spending holds up. kg China – N.

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RFgen

APRIL 18, 2025

Tariffs are reshaping sourcing strategies, forcing tech upgrades, and making inventory planning a lot more complicated. For global businesses relying on real-time logistics and lean inventory models, the question is how prepared is your supply chain when tariffs hit? based cosmetics brand sources glass jars from Europe.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Soft demand in Europe and the US led to an overall decline of 7.5 Amazon achieved its fastest-ever global shipping times last year but isn’t resting on its laurels. While I like his optimism, I’ll believe it when I see it. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The shares fell as much as 7.6 percent in early U.S.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. Automotive News Europe ).

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The global shipping crisis and labor shortages have put the industry on edge over the last few months, especially as the holiday shopping season approaches. Toy makers fear that although the demand for toys will be there this holiday season, the physical inventory will not. FedEx testing autonomous delivery robot on Richardson streets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When the supplier has produced the goods, they send an advanced ship notice (ASN) to ZF via SupplyOn. Which ship are the components being shipped on. After 14 weeks the ship will arrive, customs clearance and post-carriage will be done and we will get our parts.” Or do we need to ship this by air?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

As we’ve seen over the past few years, businesses will keep automating and integrating supply chain planning capabilities, including demand-sensing, dynamic safety-stock management, inventory optimization, and external collaboration. They are more likely to shop for discounts and sales and may delay purchases of some items.

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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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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Reducing lead times from suppliers can help turn inventory faster, freeing up cash and ultimately satisfying customers. Risk pooling is considered the most important concept in supply chain management as it governs the tradeoffs in inventory management and leads to effective strategies such as push/pull and postponement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2024

Some have automated, gateless check-in; some direct the drivers to check in with the shipping office. So, the parking spots are getting more and more occupied with drop trailers, meaning lot capacity shrinks while finding the trailer with the highest-priority inventory becomes even harder. Problem number one: they are all unique.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

” E2E also means being able to see things when they are not in transit, such as raw materials upstream, inventory in a warehouse or yard, products in retail outlets, or shipments stuck in customs. Data on ocean shipments, for example, is generally available across the globe, due primarily to greater standardization in ocean shipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you’re Home Depot, you reserve an entire ship for your own exclusive use. Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility. In light of all of this, I’d posit we can no longer look at the events of the last year as an aberration. And at the cross-dock.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

Chile has long been a hub of second-hand and unsold clothing, made in China or Bangladesh and passing through Europe, Asia or the United States before arriving in Chile, where it is resold around Latin America. Our view is that imports will remain below recent levels until inflation rates and inventory surpluses are reduced.”

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Freightos

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) decreased 10% to $917/FEU. Europe weekly prices fell 5% to $3.76/kg. Europe – N. Existing inventories by some importers and decisions to order early by others may have contributed to the brief and early peak in August. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 8% to $2,245/FEU.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

The company chose 4Flow to do transportation planning and execution in Europe. For the largest retailers, short shipping results in fines and penalties. “I’ll The algorithms generate recommendations on optimal ways to rebalance inventory based on cost and service level impacts. The change management was difficult.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The MVP (Minimum Viable Product) version, set up to go live in multiple countries within three months, involves Demand Planners, Supply Planners, and Inventory Controllers with different access rights to monitor system-generated results. and Europe. Another Lego piece is in place in a few weeks!

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 14, 2025

In the United States and Western Europe, on the other hand, rising labour and transportation costs are resulting in brand-owners looking to countries closer to home for low-cost manufacturing and procurement opportunities. ports can help worldwide shipping to move more fluidly. Reducing bottlenecks in U.S.

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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. and Europe.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 28, 2014

The manufacturer would benefit from lower inventory levels, while the 3PL operator could gain a better profit margin for being responsive and reacting “on demand”. This is one of the major events in Europe, where key players for the 3PL and manufacturing sectors come together. What would you like to say about that?

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