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This Week in Logistics News (June 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

bans exports by Oregon freight-forwarder in warning shot to industry Container losses fall to record low Warehouse wages rise to average of $18.99 Rising warehouse wages are driving up demand for technology and automation to reduce labor costs, according to a study from the Nevada-based third-party logistics provider (3PL) ITS Logistics.

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February LMI Report Points to Inventory Surges

Supply Chain Matters

Administration are becoming either a noted concern or inventory hedging opportunity area for global based manufacturers and materials procurement teams. Once more, the spike in inventory levels reportedly led to increased inventory costs, along with warehousing prices. import tariffs, including likely retaliatory tariffs. respectively.

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Experts Unfold Top Supply Chain Technology to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

In the near-term, hosted software and cloud computing are making sophisticated warehouse, transportation and labor management systems accessible to organizations that could never support the significant capital investment required to discretely license the same software. Connected devices can also support the warehouse worker (i.e.

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

Supply Chain Matters

The Logistics Managers Index Report® , compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported a September value of 61.4,

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The Most Overlooked Cloud Opportunity

Talking Logistics

3PLs with warehouses in Nevada and Tennessee with Automotive connections. And many software users also have a short-sighted perspective of cloud, viewing it simply as a procurement option, no different than deciding between buying a car or leasing it. It’s not what we do ,” is their usual response.

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Two Indices of Supply Chain Activity Noting Supply Chain Volatility Trending

Supply Chain Matters

The Logistics Managers Index Report ®, compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported an April 2022 value of 69.7

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June 2023 US Logistics Managers Index Drops to a Revised Low

Supply Chain Matters

Consequently, the warehousing capacity metric increased a reported 6.8 Further, the added evidence of increased warehouse capacity levels will have an effect on previously rather high levels of warehouse contracting and leasing rates. The June value of 45.6 declined 1.7 percentage points from the May value of 47.3,