Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

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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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

However, in its reporting, The Wall Street Journal cited retail industry analysts as observing that shoppers continued to hold out for the best bargains with Saturday, December 23 as likely being the largest shopping day, topping that of Black Friday. All rights reserved. The post Initial Estimates of U.S.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

MARCH 23, 2023

I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal. Freight Rebound Hopes Are Fading Under an Inventory Glut Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ. – Bob

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 6, 2022

Inventory levels reportedly increased more than 33 percent during the quarter, a reflection of what was described as an aggressive buying strategy amid supply chain disruptions. Roles reportedly included that of order fillers, freight handlers, lift drivers, technicians and operational management positions. with upwards of 1.7

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The reasons behind this were well chronicled in a recent Wall Street Journal article. The new CEO embarked on several cost reduction initiatives in conjunction with a number of changes (some may argue too fast and too soon) on how the company operates its freight-trains.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 19, 2022

percent and noted by The Wall Street Journal as the slowest growth rate since the pandemic began. While there was reported strong demand for food and beverage, beauty and grocery essentials, lower than expected sales of termed discretionary items reportedly led to higher markdown rates and inventory impairment measures for the quarter.

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West Coast and California Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

According to The Wall Street Journal , the logistics and shipping industry is witnessing signs of recovery after nearly two years of downturn, marked by an increase in demand and rising freight rates as retailers begin to restock inventories.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost. The July PMI report further pointed to current inventory levels being at their lowest point in the history of this index, and based on July data, is still an ongoing process.

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Stord

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

With multiple logins, slow optimization, limited capacity, and patchy visibility (the list of limitations goes on… but we’ll spare you the time), companies are left in the dark with an inefficient supply chain, missing inventory, disappointed customers, and ultimately a lower bottom line. The system just does not make sense anymore.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

In reporting of the latest investment, The Wall Street Journal observed that the total investment represents Amazon’s largest investment in another company since its founding 30 years ago. The data is then compared with the existing warehouse management system (WMS) in order to foster real-time inventory accuracy and availability information.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Air freight Is Rising. Air freight rates have been a major story throughout 2021. kg, according to the Freightos Air Freight Index. Most importantly, the air freight index runs approximately one week behind, so the real impact of the Christmas Week Showdown—the immediate days leading up to the holiday, is still unavailable.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 10, 2022

Climate Prediction Center in a recent Insurance Journal story. But those who are best prepared have already taken measures such as building up inventories of sensitive commodities. Ghandi averred that large global food companies have “limited” options” at this point for responding to La Niña.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). Finally, in software-related news, the Wall Street Journal reports that Nordstrom Inc. percent from 3 percent.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Vincent Clerc, the new incoming CEO of Maersk indicated to Bloomberg: “ The world is facing a significant inventory adjustment after a period where demand has been absolutely exceptional.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Another Friday where I have limited time, so let’s go straight to this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: Uber to move freight, target trucking for the long haul (Reuters). Elementum Expands Supply Chain Management Suite with New Inventory App Powered by World’s Product Graph™.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Christmas Becomes Inventory War Game for US Fashion Brands (Business of Fashion). FreightHub, a European ‘digital freight forwarder’, scores $20M Series A (TechCrunch). Foxconn’s plans to use driverless vehicles points to potential of emerging technology (Journal Sentinel). and Costco Wholesale Corp.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If retailers didn’t have enough to worry about with the pandemic, inventory issues, and labor shortages, a new type of organized crime has been added to their plate. Thieves had broken into the train cars and made off with items shipped by Dr. Martens, Harbor Freight Tools, and small businesses alike. Retail Smash-and-Grab.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2014

DHL launches freight capacity management program in the light of rapidly increasing trade volumes. August 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Lowenthal calls for innovative approach for freight infrastructure funding (Logistics Management). Finally, the Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 0.6

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Freight heavyweight J.B. Hunt’s third-quarter earnings signal a strong market for freight operators, but increasingly restrained economic forecasts suggest clouds on the horizon. Dubai’s airport has seen a recent rush in cargo volume as freight forwarders switch from sea freight. Sourcing Journal). Advertisement.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Journal of Commerce (U.S) With over 60,000 monthly viewers, Transport Topics is a prime destination for freight buffs, especially those who specialize in trucking.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The online retail platform provider not only managed to take maximum advantage of the explosion of online retail market growth as an offshoot of a global wide pandemic during 2022, but also reformulate its hub and spoke oriented inventory deployment and customer fulfillment network.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions and that was reinforced by the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index (LMI) reaching its lowest level lowest level in six and one-half years. This survey was conducted in May among participants in the global freight forwarding community.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 23, 2022

“Demand was greater than available inventory” was a common theme in many retailers’ earnings announcements in early Q1 of 2022. After a strong start to the quarter in inventory receipts and product sell-through, we experienced unexpected inventory receipt slides in key categories due to extended port and transportation delays.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Since we promised to update you regularly, we’ve collated some of the latest stories from the world of freight shipping, warehousing, logistics services, and supply chain technology, so that you can keep your finger on the pulse of the fast-changing logistics landscape. How retailers are reevaluating post-pandemic inventory strategies.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 30, 2021

Supply Chain Implications Smaller stores typically mean less inventory. As many of these stores are also serving as online fulfillment locations, positioning the right inventory at the right store will be important. Hence, investing and utilizing a good inventory management system will be critical. The key here is fast.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. I don’t think that the ports are up to the challenge of moving the high-levels of freight with larger ships without rethinking unloading space, equipment and flows.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2017

Cassidy of the Journal of Commerce. This may include reduced costs, load optimization, better carrier selection, flexibility, better levels of customer service, increased inventory management, accountability and transparency. Vendor Management for Inbound Freight Management. Freight Estimate Optimization. E-Commerce.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2016

It was back in January 2015, after reading an article in the Wall Street Journal about bitcoin, that my eyes were opened to the potential for blockchain technology to transform supply chain management. As I wrote at the time in Bitcoin: A New Supply Chain Operating System?

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 7, 2015

Freight Startups Attract Silicon Valley’s Attention ( WSJ – sub. Our ability to expand same-day delivery is rooted in local merchandise inventories at Macy’s stores, as well as a newly expanded delivery footprint of our partners at Deliv [emphasis mine].”. Cargo Chief Cracks the Code on Transportation Capacity.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

GameStop expects fewer price markdowns with ship from store service ( Dallas Business Journal ). DOT Releases 30-Year Freight Projections. In recent quarters, Target has struggled with inventory shortfalls as it tried to cater to online and in-store shoppers at the same time. E2open Acquires Terra Technology.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

Faster service, great capacity usage and direct connectivity with freight companies means better access to service providers. Freight Marketplaces : Cargomatic is a prime example of the rebirth of freight marketplaces. Wall Street Journal ]. Robots : Robotics have the power to change the entire freight industry.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 8, 2019

Wall Street Journal. , "Companies once again made almost no improvement in working capital management, doing little to generate cash internally by optimizing how they collect from customers, pay suppliers, and manage inventory.". Improving the cash conversion cycle and managing freight accruals will actualize in increased revenue.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 25, 2016

January 2016 North American Freight Numbers. In today’s Wall Street Journal , Brian Baskin highlights how Pitney Bowes is shifting away from selling postage meters and other mailing equipment and services and moving aggressively toward selling international e-commerce software and services instead. ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumps 7.2%

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

The latest example is Walmart “raising its delivery goal posts for suppliers, asking them to deliver more goods on time,” as reported by Jennifer Smith and Sarah Nassauer in the Wall Street Journal. Providers of real-time freight visibility solutions. Simply put, OTIF spells OPPORTUNITY for transportation technology providers.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 21, 2022

” As I understand his statement, he is applauding retailers’ selling efforts in the midst of a pandemic, inventory shortages, and rising inflation. Early Ordering of Inventory Made a Difference. As shipping costs skyrocketed and companies shelled for air freight, retailers raised their prices. Job well done.

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