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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

If you haven’t attended recently, it is an unmatched display of warehouse automation, robotics, and software systems. The Promise and Peril of Generative AI for Supply Chains ; Polly Mitchell-Guthrie ( Kinaxis ) “Our rules of thumb are no longer up to the challenge.” How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation?

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The Top 100 Logistics Companies with Seth Clevenger

The Logistics of Logistics

Despite a challenging economic environment and less favorable market conditions, the largest third-party logistics companies in North America continued to grow last year. Shippers have replenished their inventories after struggling with supply chain bottlenecks during the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

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How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

Logistics Viewpoints

As an engineer, former solutions architect and now CEO of a leading supply chain technology company, I have a real affinity and respect for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and their teams, without whom successful enterprise technology deployments would be impossible. That covers “on-time.”

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Here’s Why Supply Chain Convergence is the Future of Ecommerce

ShipBob

Many business owners experienced what a disruptive environment truly feels like when supply chains around the world were challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The thing is, it doesn’t necessarily take a global pandemic for supply chain operations to falter. So, what can you do to strengthen supply chains?

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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

We’ve seen how the lockdowns in Shanghai snarled global supply chains. In addition, retailers are struggling to move inventory initially ordered in the first quarter of 2022 to make way for back-to-school and holiday merchandise. Bottlenecks from future COVID-19 variants are possible. Weather events might also be factors.

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Kinaxis Completes a Strategic Acquisition

Supply Chain Matters

At the beginning of 2022, our published Ferrari Consulting and Research Group Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains included among others, a prediction that a heightened cycle of acquisition activity among enterprise and specialty supply chain technology providers will occur.

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Another Peloton Supply Chain and Customer Service Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

The saga of fitness hardware and services provider Peloton Interactive took yet another turn last week with an announcement of the pending closing of the company’s owned North American warehouses and the shedding of field customer support teams, along with other moves. Inventory Glut of Bicycles.