Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Earlier this week, I read a sobering report from the national Retail Federation (NRF) regarding shrink. The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. Retailers face security-related challenges on many fronts.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This removes the ‘storage’ element of warehousing logistics, and saves on costs, warehousing space, time and labour. In a cross docking system, goods are not stored onsite – making it different from warehousing Cross docking vs warehousing – what’s the difference? Why is cross docking used?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

Warehouse vacancy rates sink to 27-year low. In early April, employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island made history by becoming the first Amazon warehouse to vote to join a union (JFK8 fulfillment center). Do other warehouses follow suit and join a union?’ Demand for piece-picking robots gains steam.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. These include transportation and material moving, warehouse and fulfillment center workers , truck drivers, call center agents, delivery services, and manufacturing workers. It’s a global problem. million to 75.3

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Distance selling has seen double digit growth in Germany for the past few years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. On the supply side, startups and established retailers are hesitant in developing a nationwide network due to already narrow profit margins. Central warehousing concepts are doomed to fail.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

ThroughPut’s AI-powered Supply Chain software predicts Demand, reorients Production Capacity, reassigns Warehouse Space, and reorders Materials optimally, so businesses minimize overpromising and under-delivering. The New Retail Paradigm with Ali Raza. About ThroughPut Inc. This approach minimizes waste and maximizes profitability.

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RELEX Solutions

JUNE 28, 2019

RELEX is looking for the best Retail and Supply Chain Master’s Thesis submitted in a European university during the year 2019. Are you a recently graduated supply chain specialist or finalizing your master’s thesis with a focus on retail planning? Who can apply? Previous winners. 2016 Aleksandra Koro?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

Domino’s autonomous vehicle pizza delivery now live in Germany (ZDnet). I was intrigued by the on-demand warehousing concept (or “Airbnb for warehousing” as some are calling it) and the business model and technology behind it. Could FLEXE build a network of warehouse providers that would buy into the model?

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RELEX Solutions

JANUARY 23, 2019

Retailers have been dealing with constant change for decades and if anyone has earned a break, they have. Early last year we wrote about the biggest trends in grocery retail for 2018. All of these are still relevant today and will keep on forming the retail spectrum. Grocery retailers haven’t yet found an obvious equivalent.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Supply Chain Matters further highlighted an announcement by electric automaker Tesla’s management in Germany who unveiled a package of hourly wage hikes for 11,000 factory workers at the automaker’s gigafactory operations in that country.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 8, 2024

By working closely with suppliers to shorten lead times, businesses can minimize the time inventory sits idle in warehouses. Company X, a medium-sized retailer, implemented a combination of the top 5 strategies discussed in this blog. Based in Germany, feel free to reach out via email or LinkedIn for further discussions.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 22, 2016

eBay Enterprise and Innotrac Become Radial to Prepare eCommerce for the New Retail Reality. Germany, Belgium, Estonia and the U.S., If your answer is still “We’re in the transportation and warehousing business,” then your value proposition in the eyes of customers is becoming more limited and commoditized.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

As I wrote this past January, e-commerce returns are a major headache for retailers (holiday e-commerce returns were expected to reach $32 billion this past year). The site’s lax return policies have conditioned consumers to expect the same treatment from other retailers, adding to pressure on brick-and-mortar chains.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2017

Deutsche Post will deliver AmazonFresh goods in Germany (Reuters). The latest example: Walmart was issued a patent for “A Method to Carry an Item within a Retail Shopping Facility” — that method being a drone. eBay to Roll Out Guaranteed Delivery for 20 Million Items.

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BlueYonder

JULY 1, 2014

Earlier this year, PwC conducted a global survey of Consumer Goods and Retail CEOs to get their thoughts on the economic outlook for their marketplace, the key issues they face, and the importance of their supply chains in a multi-channel world. SCN: The CEO survey indicated that European retailers are investing in their supply chains.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2016

If the retail sector suddenly jumps, the capacity crunch will return with vengeance. . The LTL freight industry outlook for 2017 would be incomplete without addressing warehousing difficulties. The slow growth of the economy is not strong enough to catalyze expansion fleets, but it is putting pressure on carrier fleets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

Amazon said the development center in Helsinki will work alongside Amazon staff at the Amazon Scout R&D lab in Seattle, as well as teams in Tubingen, Germany, and Cambridge. Our retailers don’t have enough people to unload the trucks. The engineers will begin by developing 3D software to emulate the “complexities of real life.”

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Supply Chain Management and Analytics

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

While the brick & mortar retailers are transforming their operations online, some businesses are built from scratch as last mile delivery businesses. The drawback of big retailers is that they cannot get your order instantly. Big retailers are not always fast in adapting to changes in business conditions.

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Clear Spider

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Adidas is a multinational company, originating in Germany. Adidas’ distribution center in Spartanburg, South Carolina faced a warehouse management disaster in 1996. In the initial stages leading up to the warehouse disaster, Adidas used […]. The post Adidas Warehouse Meltdown : WMS Disaster appeared first on [link].

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

And here’s to hoping that 2018 results in even more significant advancements in the state of warehousing and transportation technology. Amazon has developed a service that not only closes the last-mile gap between retailers and consumers, but actually allows a delivery person to unlock your door and enter your home. Media Type.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

billion parcels followed by Japan (9.4B), Germany (3.0B), UK (2.2B) and France (1.5B) – so the growth of the number of parcels is huge. He has been in the logistics industry since 1988, serving in leadership roles focused on transportation management, warehouse management, operations, and global trade.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 9, 2018

This 3-part blog series will take a deeper dive into the importance of warehouse workforce management for wholesale distribution and third party logistics (3PLs) and how to create and sustain a high-performance workforce culture. The Importance of Warehouse Workforce Management for 3PLs and Wholesale Distribution.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 29, 2016

Free’ Shipping Crowds Out Small Retailers (WSJ – sub. Hot off the press this morning, Descartes announced that it has acquired pixi* Software GmbH (“pixi”), “a leading Germany-based provider of technology solutions for e-commerce order fulfilment and warehouse management,” for $10.4

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 9, 2018

This 3-part blog series will take a deeper dive into the importance of warehouse workforce management for wholesale distribution and third party logistics (3PLs) and how to create and sustain a high-performance workforce culture. The Importance of Warehouse Workforce Management for 3PLs and Wholesale Distribution.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 5, 2018

Manufacturing and retail transformations, technology disruptions and digitalization of data have redefined the roles of distributors and third party logistics (3PLs). Digital Transformations in the Manufacturing and Retail Industries. Its online channels in Germany, Japan and United Kingdom alone grew by 35 percent in 2016.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Fulfill and ship customer orders You’ll need a system for warehousing your CBD products and managing inventory over time. After experiencing growth, you’ll want to expand into a fulfillment center by either signing a warehouse lease or outsourcing fulfillment. When you’re first getting started, this may be done in your home.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. Warehouse inventory using drones. Vorrath lives in Germany since 2012 and commutes between two offices in Germany, in Hanover and Burscheid, and Milwaukee, Wis. Unilever wants to improve its planning and differentiation.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. Retail businesses, tourism and financial services account for the bulk of the service sector. leaving the EU.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In 3PL news, XPO Logistics announced that it has acquired Optima Service Solutions, LLC, “a leading non-asset provider of last-mile logistics services for major retailers and manufacturers in the United States” for $26.6 The functionality accounts for all applicable national tolls in France, Germany, Austria and Slovakia. percent.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

It is not only nearshoring locations like Mexico, Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia who benefit from this change, but also on-shoring locations in major markets like Germany, the UK, France and the US themselves are getting more and more new production plants.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 5, 2018

Manufacturing and retail transformations, technology disruptions and digitalization of data have redefined the roles of distributors and third party logistics (3PLs). Digital Transformations in the Manufacturing and Retail Industries. Its online channels in Germany, Japan and United Kingdom alone grew by 35 percent in 2016.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

The boom in e-commerce brings unprecedented opportunities for retailers; everyone with a smartphone, anywhere in the world, is a potential customer. E-commerce offers many opportunities but it is logistics that will be the key enabler in this fragile world,” said Peter Ward, CEO UK Warehousing Association and conference chairman.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2018

XPO Logistics Launches New Flexible Distribution Model for Omnichannel Retail and E-Commerce Customers. Deliv now offers same-day delivery for Shopify retailers (TechCrunch). For Warehouse Workers, Technology Starts to Look More Like Home (WSJ – sub. Will This TV Fit in My Car Trunk? What’s next? On-boat delivery?

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Locus

APRIL 24, 2023

But did you know that many others were a part of the logistics industry in some way like warehouse workers, courier managers, bike messengers, and truck drivers? Before becoming a renowned comedian, actor, filmmaker, and podcaster, he also worked as a warehouse assistant in Massachusetts. Watch this! Schedule a demo with us!

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 19, 2016

the world’s largest network of optical retail stores is far along the path from historically being supplier-led to having a strong demand driven supply chain. After that it quickly went on to buy many other optical retailers including the French based, multinational GrandVision SA in 2005. Grandvision has grand plans.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

In the retail sector, supermarkets in many countries have seen their highest weekly sales ever, as consumers stock up on goods that they fear may be in short supply. On top of this, a growing number of truck and van drivers are off work, often with symptoms of the virus, while many warehouse workers are unhappy about the risks posed.

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Savant Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In this capacity, I oversee the strategic development of eCommerce, encompassing Pure Players, Q-Commerce, and Omnichannel retailers. A recent milestone in this journey was the launch of our pilot shop in Germany: www.kelloggs-shop.de. This warehouse is designed to ship small quantities and use parcel delivery.

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