GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Unfortunately, e-commerce shipping practices, although different from traditional retail shipping, still fall short. Supply chain leaders need to understand why logistics fundamentals will continue to shape e-commerce shipping strategy. What’s Wrong With E-Commerce Shipping Practices?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Grocery trade group prepares for 2023 launch of stricter food tracing regulations. For merchants using FBA, Amazon handles the process of picking, packing, and shipping items. Walmart estimates that inventory is still 15 percent above optimal levels. Walmart’s supply chain woes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Earlier this week, the company announced that it will acquire Italy’s Bomi Group, which provides global healthcare logistics services. On the shipping side, companies seeking fully electrified fleets will need a place to charge up. From a shipping perspective, time is critical.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This article is from Descartes Systems Group and looks at how companies can reduce lead times with real-time data. There are many strategic initiatives that can be undertaken to reduce lead time, from contract negotiations, supplier rationalization, vendor managed inventory options, strategic network design and numerous others.

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Vinculum

JANUARY 13, 2022

Perhaps you already have a brick-and-mortar business, but you’re having trouble synchronizing your inventory and orders? It’s not just about speeding up inventory turnaround; it’s also about synchronizing your orders, inventory, and logistics. Inventory Management. Let’s talk!

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Unleashed

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lean logistics is a strategy designed to optimise supply chain efficiency by cutting out waste and maximising customer value. In this guide to lean logistics: What is lean logistics? Product companies implement lean logistics to eliminate downtime in the supply chain and give customers better value.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. In a blog post, Amazon said a combination of planes, trucks, ships, and delivery vans, along with staffed-up warehouses, has put it in a good position to “get customers what they want, when they want it, wherever they are this holiday season.” Apparently the past has arrived.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 10, 2023

Christian is a co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Pollen, a technology platform revolutionizing the reverse supply chain for retailers with pickups from consumers’ doorsteps for less than a standard return shipping label. Pollen frees billions in working capital trapped in excess inventory and minimizes millions of tons of waste.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Restaurants, bars find suppliers’ inventories are running dry. Container shipping prices skyrocket. Now, furniture makers are seeing a logistics bottleneck create more problems as they try to keep up with demand. It will be interesting to watch the games unfold in silence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Expand the “FLOW” program for logistics information sharing to forecast transportation flow. I am currently doing research on inventory management. In the research, I ask inventory planners to define resilience. No technology in the market measures inventory health. Today, this is not the case.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2021

The global supply chain is routinely beset by challenges, both large and small, but the past couple of years have delivered a string of significant logistics disruptions that have threatened to upend the tightly choreographed dance of global freight transportation. This eliminates repositioning empty boxes – quite literally, shipping air.

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crisp

JANUARY 24, 2023

Now part of Crisp, the Integral Group offers deep expertise in EDI compliance and data integration across the CPG enterprise ecosystem. Crisp has found a partner that can help us realize this opportunity, and we’re delighted to announce our acquisition of Integral Group , a powerful platform for EDI exchange, applications, and integrations.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 8, 2023

Shane is Founder and CEO of Square1 Distribution & Logistics , a 3PL Warehouse that focuses on the Beauty and Packaged Food sectors. Shane Hanson Bio Shane Hanson is an experienced logistics executive with over 30 years of experience in distribution. He is also a US Army veteran.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 25, 2022

Supply Chain Matters reflects on an all too familiar challenge when conditions of excess inventory exist in supply chain planning, execution and customer fulfillment processes. . The presumption is that this inventory will be made available for this year’s holiday fulfillment period. Background.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Flow paths can include buying online/ship from store; buy online/pickup at store, shop at store/have item shipped from a different store, and many other options as well. The need for new omnichannel capabilities – particularly curb pick-up and ship-from-store – soared. Shipping from the store, and 5.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Container shipping procurement faces a multitude of challenges shaped by global events, industry shifts, environmental mandates, and technological advancements. Shipping Frequency, Service Routing, Delivery Time, Compensation Clause, etc.,)

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PINC

APRIL 29, 2020

While social distancing rules, shutdowns, and high demand for certain product groups are top-of-mind right now, employee and driver safety should also be factored into an organization’s overall pandemic response. While safety is especially important now, it should be a key issue for logistics leaders at all times,” West continues.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights additional developments, evidence and added signs that reinforce that there will be no peak holiday focused surge in transportation and logistics in the latter half of 2023. A similar acknowledgement came from the CEO of global shipping and logistics services firm A.P. There were 1.96

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 31, 2023

This multinational operates 280 factories and 500 warehouses, that source raw materials from 52,000 suppliers in over 150 countries, processes 25 million customer orders annually, that are then shipped to customers in over 190 nations. In the past, Mr. Smith explained different business groups were using different planning solutions.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Reports by many major retailers that inventories are now under control is a positive sign for the possibility of a restocking cycle after the holidays if spending holds up. But the run down of those inventories in the last few months also meant less importing and a relatively short and subdued peak season this year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

ARC Advisory Group did a study on the supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) a couple of years ago. Shipment/inventory tracking can tell you whether a shipment will be on time, but not whether everything that was supposed to be on that shipment is there. appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. That is fast growth.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. The two U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Just two days before Thanksgiving, FreightWaves reported an “all-time-high 93 ships” were waiting there. Even if much of their sought-after inventory remains stuck at sea, merchants still need to move products that are available, and this brings its own set of relentless challenges. They face higher costs.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. These core assumptions are no longer true.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Accenture Acquires Global Logistics Consulting Firm Flo Group Global based consulting and other services firm Accenture has reportedly acquired European based global logistics consulting services firm Flo Group. The deal reportedly will further enhance Oracle’s logistics software deployment capabilities across Europe.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Regardless of what it was (new tube of toothpaste, dog treats for your pup, or a new filter for your water purification system), logistics is the system behind getting it into your hands. Inventory management. expecting same day delivery, two-day shipping, etc.) What is a logistics startup? Warehousing and storage.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Background For some time now, Supply Chain Matters has published viewpoints on the disruptive threat that online platform provider Amazon will and has had on both online and physical retail, but also package logistics, transport and last mile product fulfillment strategies surrounding many industry sectors.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 28, 2022

Proper inventory management can make or break ecommerce brands: Have too much stock and you’ll rack up storage costs and tie up cash flow. That’s why it’s crucial to track inventory management KPIs consistently. . What are KPIs & why are they important for your inventory management? Inventory KPIs.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we highlight published September 2022 indices of global supply chain volatility ( GSPI ) and US Logistics Index ( LMI ) activity trends along with our view of the implications. Logistics Managers Index. The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The election is over, but the race is just starting for logistics providers. From Amazon to hyper-local retailers, 2017 will be a year of intense scrutiny and pressure on logistics providers. Fortunately, your organization can get ahead of the learning curve by knowing what trends in logistics to watch for this year.

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Freightos

MAY 13, 2019

They build internal tools and then offer them as a service – just like Amazon warehouses were first used for their inventory and then opened up for FBA sellers, trucking will go the same way. From a logistics perspective, I think she’s on to something. The Logistics of Dominance. This success made way for logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 15, 2023

Generative AI in Practice With little imagination, it is not difficult to see how this technology can be a game-changer for a logistics service provider (LSP). Overnight, the system has already recognized the shipments due out, the carriers in play, available inventory, staff, orders in progress, traffic and weather patterns, etc.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

In Part 1 , we covered the complexities of logistics management in the automotive industries and the change in thinking about how to manage logistics. Disruptions and Remedies Terence: Let’s continue discussing how automotive supply chain executives can better manage logistics needs/requirements.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. A growing number of logistics operators and industry observers see the snarls bottling up supply chains this year extending deep into 2022. Alibaba Group Holding is facing a new challenge to its e-commerce dominance in China from a seemingly surprising source.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

The ongoing impact of the pandemic brings greater challenges and obstacles with increased consumer demand, limited resources, shipping congestion, and labor shortages. IoT is making a mark on more and more industries, including logistics. Logistics companies are also leveraging IoT and automation to create more efficient processes.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 10, 2022

In our Supply Chain Matters commentaries focused on online customer fulfillment and especially the 2021 holiday fulfilment period, we cautioned retail and consumer goods supply chain management teams to be watchful for the bullwhip effect in inventory planning and replenishment needs to support expected customer demand.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Harry Drajpuch and Joe Lynch discuss leading a logistics biz turnaround. Throughout his long, successful career, Harry has led multiple logistics business turnarounds. Harry Drajpuch is a 30+ year logistics industry executive with a breadth of executive management experience. Europe and Asia.

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