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A New Kind of Supply Chain Managed Services

Logistics Viewpoints

This model comes from a partnership between GEP and Eliant Inventory Solutions. GEP is one of the relatively rare companies that is simultaneously a software company, a consultant, and a services provider. GEP offers procurement and visibility/fulfillment orchestration applications. I talked to one of GEP’s planning customers.

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2024 Supply Chain Predictions – Relative Stability and a Migration to the Mean

Logistics Viewpoints

However, GEP And S&P Global publish the GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index based on data derived from S&P Global’s PMI surveys. Container Shipping There have been recent reports publicizing the rapid decline in container shipping rates. Today these factors appear insignificant.

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How is the Logistics Economy Holding Up?

Logistics Viewpoints

But cross-border trade is an important part of the global economy and much of this trade is in physical goods that must be stored, shipped, transported, and eventually consumed. Perhaps most notable is the substantial decline in container shipping rates. The HCOB Germany PMI , which registered 39.6

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Global Fulfillment Innovation Centers on ESG in 2023

ModusLink Corporation

Reward your loyal customers and offer the finest personalized experience and shipping services with ModusLink. How to Build Supply Chain Resilience Without Sacrificing ESG Goals or Inflating Costs – SPONSOR CONTENT FROM GEP.” link] , [link] Accessed 10 March 2023. Padgaonkar, Pranav. Forbes , [link] Accessed 10 March 2023.

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Here’s Why Supply Chain Convergence is the Future of Ecommerce

ShipBob

For instance, a business that doesn’t use supply chain convergence might manually keep track of its inventory, use a third-party platform to source its product, use another platform for shipping, etc. ShipBob’s API lets us build custom logic since we ship personalized products with lots of variations in the kits we send.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

That assessment comes as a result of 10 months of subdued demand, inventory de-stocking, and high interest rates, the New Jersey-based company said in its “The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index.” That index fell below zero in April to -0.04, from 0.32 That index fell below zero in April to -0.04, from 0.32 That said, U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

The program will be expanded to the recently launched 600-mile commercial lane between Fort Worth and El Paso in Texas to support customers of logistics business Uber Freight as it ships goods this holiday season, Aurora said on Friday. Want to learn more building resiliency without losing the benefits of just-in-time inventory?