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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. Earlier this month, the forecast was revised to an expected 2.5

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Retail Sales and Operations Teams Need to Up Their Game in Inventory Management Agility and Responsiveness

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

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Report That Global Ocean Container Rates on the Decline

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. This will be good news in stemming supply chain driven inflation trending. Added Perspectives.

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Use Air Freight to Meet Consumer Demands as Supply Chains Accelerate

CH Robinson Transportfolio

And bringing air freight services into the spotlight. . For years, many organizations honed their replenishment activities, developed forecasts, and tracked SKUs. Reducing or eliminating inventory carrying costs, along with out of stocks using detailed analysis tactics had been the goal for many. Robinson—come in. The expense?

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Use Air Freight to Meet Consumer Demands as Supply Chains Accelerate

CH Robinson Transportfolio

And bringing air freight services into the spotlight. . For years, many organizations honed their replenishment activities, developed forecasts, and tracked SKUs. Reducing or eliminating inventory carrying costs, along with out of stocks using detailed analysis tactics had been the goal for many. Robinson—come in. The expense?

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How to Manage Supply Chains as a Manufacturer with Automation and AI

Locus Robotics

Robots can safely handle multiple tasks, including moving boxes and pallets, simple assembly, inventory counts, maintaining equipment, and product testing. AI and ML can be applied to inventory management, demand forecasting, freight route planning, and much more.

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5 Steps to Optimizing a Shipper’s Transportation Network

Intelligent Audit

In today’s world, shippers often use a combination of carriers, last-mile deliverers, freight brokers, and third-party or private fleets. To achieve freight optimization , shippers need a better understanding of the best carriers for each shipment, the optimal modes, services, and ship-from locations. Gain Insights from Data.