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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. In 2013, Target experienced a data breach that exposed the personal information of 40 million customers.

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Autonomous Planning in Supply Chain: 4 Must-Haves for Next-Generation Platforms

Logistics Viewpoints

It is one of those high-end brands with global recognition, and to my surprise, the manufacturer’s own website did not have any stock and no indication on when it would be available. Can they be enhanced with new information? I recently changed continents and realized that my favorite hair styler wouldn’t work in the U.S.,

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Collaborative Logistics’ Role in the Emergence of the Physical Internet

Material Handling & Logistics

Zach Zacharia , an associate professor of supply chain management at Lehigh University, is part of a team developing a handbook on the physical Internet. Before they made the breakthrough in 1955, shippers had no choice but to pay about $16,000 to transport a single consignment. In many ways, they are forerunners to it.

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Carbon Emissions in Logistics: The Road To Green International Freight

Freightos

With more technology, information, and tools at their disposal, it’s become a lot clearer to industry players how they can make a difference without breaking the bank. Air freight emits nearly 50 times more emissions per kilometer than ocean transportation. Green Freight Handbook (EDF). Carbon Freight Emission Statistics.