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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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 23, 2013

2013 Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Embracing Global Logistics Complexity to Drive Market Advantage. The key results of this study by BVL International on trends and strategies in logistics and supply chain management are summarized, as follows. Key Trends.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 3, 2023

After almost three exhausting years of back-to-back supply chain disruptions, it would be nice to think that someday we’ll return to a “normal” state where demand patterns were easily predictable, supply conditions were consistent and consumer expectations were stable. They need to understand data, systems and how they interact.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

2020 will live long in the memory as a year that was overshadowed by a remorseless pandemic causing untold disruptions for the container, logistics and ports industry across the world. On June 23rd, an Egyptian court seized the ship and its 18.300 containers, after the Suez Canal Authority filed a 900 million compensation.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

From technology to retail, there is a high chance that many of the consumer goods to be found in the average household have come from or through a Chinese port. The threat of sudden lockdowns continues to loom over procurement teams.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2023

Launched in 2020, CommodityWatch AI uses real-time news and event monitoring and predictive analytics to forecast supply, demand, and pricing trends out to three months for commodities including but not limited: gold, silver, aluminum, copper, caustic soda, cobalt, helium, paper, and tin. What factors will impact commodities in 2023?

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog unveils a summarized overview of our annual prediction themes for industry and global supply chains for the year 2023 and beyond. Looking Back Summary- Prediction Themes of the Past Three Years. Current Year 2022.

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

We’ll also highlight emerging technologies that we believe can have an outsized impact on global supply chains. In 2021, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen optimistically predicted that inflation would be transitory. Over the last 2 years, Supply Chain teams have been struggling to procure and manufacture enough inventory.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

Online retail has become essential as has online customer fulfillment logistics. Other multi-functional work teams were forced to work remotely, finding innovative means to access business and operational systems, or collaborate with key suppliers on the “ triage ” of impacts.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights two additional May 2022 indicators of supply chain volatility as well as logistics services trending. logistics trends reinforce a shifting tide along with concerns as to what to expect in the second half of 2022. US Logistics Managers Index. compared to April value of 69.7,

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 18, 2013

Logistics complexity – in the form of fragmented channels, increased product variations, and consumer demand for customized solutions – has been increasing, according to a global study published recently by BVL International, a worldwide supply chain and logistics membership organization. 3. Cost pressure. 4. Globalization.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

Contract manufacturing services provider Foxconn Technologies Shenzhen factory complex has temporarily suspended operations. That former is the hub of high tech, consumer electronics and telecommunication product supply networks along with specialized apparel manufacturers. Nearly every U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

Now the New York Minute is reflective of Russia waging war in Ukraine , precipitating a significant war footing on the European continent, the most significant since World War Two , including a widescale refugee crisis as Ukrainian citizens are forced to flee their homeland. Additional Thoughts.

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QAD

APRIL 27, 2023

Earlier this year, QAD hosted a live webinar to explore and analyze the trends that are likely to dominate the procurement world over the coming months. It’s no secret that procurement teams have an amplified role within their businesses and that many are left with questions — our goal was to offer answers.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). Overcome supply chain challenges – and maximize margins in the face of inflation – with retail planning software and demand forecasting tools. How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers. Chain Store Age ). Chain Store Age ).

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SCMDOJO

MAY 7, 2024

Like a master architect, this powerful tool unveils the hidden physical infrastructure, supplier relationships, and overall network design that form the bedrock of supply chains. By accurately predicting demand fluctuations, they optimized their inventory levels, reducing carrying costs and improving order fulfillment rates.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Research and Consulting Group thru its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog, provides a reassessment of our prior prediction related to supply chain ESG strategy and action plans over the next 2-3 years. Multiple reports last week indicate that climate scientists are increasingly deeply concerned.

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

In the global economy, it's nearly impossible to predict all the possible factors that will affect a particular supply chain. Digital tools , e-commerce, and e-commerce fulfillment services boomed due to restrictions on movement. The supply base, no matter how meticulously put together, depends on numerous external factors.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2022

More Cloud Based Technology Providers Providing Cautionary Outlooks. Last week in a prior published mid-year assessment published by our research arm, we revisited previous published 2022 predictions assumptions related to now prevailing global economic, financial and manufacturing outlook perspectives. The forecast for U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Background Within our research arm’s previously published industry and global supply chains predictions advisory published at the start of this year, we predicted that manufacturers would up their efforts this year in restoring more direct control and added resiliency in their direct materials component and outsourced manufacturing strategies.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2022

However, he also pointed out that automation is not likely anytime soon – as I’ve pointed out in previous blogs , the technology is simply not safe yet. The recent spate of oligarch killings are also a sign that he is becoming desperate, and it is certain that the outcome although drawn out, will not leave Russia unscatched.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

This week’s address was overshadowed by the newly occurring and deeply concerning Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the looming risk of a land war occurring once again on the European continent. and NATO will jointly undertake in severe sanctions and other measures directed at Russia. ” Modified U.S. Trade Policy.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog provides an overview of our 2024 annual prediction themes for industry and global supply chains. Significant changes and impacts across the supply chain focused technology landscape in various dimensions.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This is not only true for financial investments, but also for supply chain and logistics predictions. Like I said last year, making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target: sometimes you get lucky and hit the mark; other times you miss the bullseye by a mile.

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