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The Evolving Warehouse: Prepare Your Warehouse for Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

Construction of manufacturing plants and new warehouse sites were also postponed or canceled entirely due to market uncertainty. According to the CBRE Global E-commerce Outlook 2021 report , e-commerce growth will require another 330 million square feet of warehouse space in the United States by 2025.

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Warehouse Labor Woes Are Worse than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

Warehouse Labor Woes are Worse than Ever. Contract logistics – companies that provide warehousing services – certainly falls into that category. The Warehouse Labor Shortage. The warehouse and transportation industry had a record 490,000 openings in July. Eight percent of warehouses have a surge of over 100%.

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Global Supply Chain Volatility Continues to Moderate But Not Inventory and Warehousing Costs

Supply Chain Matters

This index compiles 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog. Interestingly, Transportation Utilization is the outlier here, as both utilization metrics in the index were up significantly in September. ”. for September. for September.

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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

The Company was attempting to gain economies of scale by grouping manufacturing technologies within a common infrastructure to reap the benefits of a co-generation facility, a centralized warehouse, and a talented administrative team. We explore the concept of holistic inventory strategies focused on the form and function of inventory.

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Primer for Control Layer Technology Platforms Applied to Warehousing and Customer Fulfillment Processes

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides a first installment in a four-part technology market education series where we address the evolving use of Cloud based control layer technology platforms applied to warehousing and customer fulfillment processes. This initial posting provides readers with an overview and primer for this type of technology.

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The Coolest Supply Chain Boutique Consultants

Logistics Viewpoints

My colleague Clint Reiser has completed a study on warehouse management system (WMS) boutiques. Bricz is a consultancy with a focus on all things warehousing – appropriately headquartered in the logistics hotbed of Atlanta. Open Sky Group is perhaps best known for being Blue Yonder’s largest dedicated WMS partner.

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5 Reasons to Leave Your 3PL with Shane Hanson

The Logistics of Logistics

Shane is Founder and CEO of Square1 Distribution & Logistics , a 3PL Warehouse that focuses on the Beauty and Packaged Food sectors. He is the Founder and CEO of Square1 Distribution & Logistics, a 3PL Warehouse that focuses on the Beauty and Packaged Food sectors.

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