Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

business logistics amounts to 9.1% business logistics reflects the highest percentage of GDP in history. However, there is a need for more precise and comprehensive metrics to understand the full economic impact of supply chains. The supply chain supports an additional 770,000 jobs, comprising 31%, of North Carolina's workforce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

a stockpile of chips), but if disruption persists safety stock can run out and is still vulnerable to other chokepoints, like logistics and labor shortages. The post Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. You can drown in information, so adding more isn’t enough.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. cities have launched Smart City Logistics innovations and protocols, following the lead of Europe and Asia. ? Self-Service Logistics.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 17, 2023

As rates continue to fall, industry metrics are beginning to reflect a new reality for the transportation market. The Logistics Managers Index (LMI) showed a reading of 36.9% for December, marking the metric’s fastest decline ever recorded. DoorDash Announces Return Service to Meet Post-Holiday Demand For Reverse Logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Supply chains must be connected and collaborative so all links can align to business strategy and oriented toward a common set of the most important metrics (and not functional metrics that drive siloed behavior). The post 5 Lessons from the Desert for the Future of Supply Chain Resiliency appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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