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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. In 2023, Amazon experimented with new logistics strategies and technologies to quickly fulfill and deliver orders, and these changes paid off big. The faster delivery times this year specifically may be attributed to changes in Amazon’s logistics strategy. That’s all for this week.

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Sustainable Transformation is Data Driven – Driving Profitable Supply Chains from Resources to Retailing

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As a result, organisations are investing in foundational technologies to provide a system of record for traceability, product innovation platforms to enable ecosystem collaboration to support closed-loop design principles, and dashboards and analytics to optimise the use of resources. Sustainable Transformation Requires Digitalisation.

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Predictability in a Time of Uncertainty: Machine Learning in Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

Large swings in supply and demand for different product categories and changes in distribution patterns left logistics managers grappling with the biggest challenge of their careers. Challenges that were made all the more difficult by one of the most basic yet complex questions in logistics, “How long will it take to get there?”

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Planning to Win: Optimizing Inventory to Meet Business Objectives

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Optimization is peak efficiency, using the perfect balance of inventory and resources to service customer demand without incurring any unnecessary costs or waste. Optimizing is meaningless without an inventory optimization objective. Of course, inventory optimization is infinitely more complex than yacht racing.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

Unlike some of the other trends articles we have covered at Logistics Viewpoints, which take a deeper dive into technology and application specific trends, this article looked at the top trends executives need to be paying attention to before their strategic planning meetings commence. Top Five Transportation Trends ; Chris Cunnane.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The leaders agreed to launch a pilot program for a supply chain early warning system to exchange information about possible disruptions to key production and logistics networks. The post This Week in Logistics News (October 21 – 27) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. The new program reduces the time it takes to fulfill an order by up to 25%, the company said, and it can identify and store inventory up to 75% faster. Even if they’re eco-conscious, many say they don’t have the resources to meet the tracking and reporting demands.