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Retail giants crush the rush with charters, air freight

Resilinc

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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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 4, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Anyway, speaking of Amazon, it tops the list of the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s new refunds policy will ‘crush’ small businesses, outraged sellers say (CNBC). Uber Freight Expands Reach of Truck Load-Matching App (Trucking Info).

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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

A China Plus sourcing stance has become ever more important as is longer-term alignment to government induced supply chain policies and legislation initiatives for deemed critical materials. A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S. billion in September.

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Predictions- Part Three

Supply Chain Matters

There has been a growing perception and belief that the current extraordinary high rates of global-wide inflation have been fueled, in-part by excessive freight rates garnered from shipping container lines, as well as passed along in required product or service price increases. be able to service key regions and markets.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory. Or will any rate increases, if they actually occur, be short-lived?

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A Time for Unfiltered Straight Talk

Supply Chain Matters

Responding to various questions from equity analysts, his comments were noted by some in financial media as being brutally honest about the state of supply chains: “ Everybody thinks supply chains are getting better, I don’t think they’ve gotten better at all.”. Everything is a little out of sync right now. ”.

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Green Supply Chain Management - Infosys Blogs

Infosys Supply Chain Management

It is the best practice to be followed since it reduces inventory, saves space and energy. This measure provides the details on how close the countries can establish environmental friendly policies and procedures. Ways to build Green Supply Chain. Less use of air freight, increased use of rail and sea transport.