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Strategic trends

Supply Chain Movement

This will deliver procurement savings and enable them to develop electric trucks jointly. The post Strategic trends appeared first on Supply Chain Movement. Automotive manufacturers Toyota and Daimler recently signed a letter of intent to merge their truck divisions.

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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. About Jeff Tucker.

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Navigating Uncharted Waters: SMB Importers, 2024 and Red Sea Crisis Lessons

Freightos

For example, the Freightos Baltic Index indicates a 69% increase to North America’s East Coast and a staggering 226% to Northern Europe since the crisis began. It converged with a trend of both airlines and ocean liners investing far more heavily in their fleets over the past fewyears.

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Warehouse Automation: Top Five Factors Impacting Adoption

Logistics Viewpoints

If interested in receiving a full table of contents, please contact Conrad Hanf ( chanf@arcweb.com ) if you are located in North America, Latin America, or Asia; or Ann-Kathrin Blech ( ABlech@ARCweb.com ) if in Europe. As an indication of the longer-term e-commerce growth rate, the US Census Bureau’s $870.8

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The supply plan will include the procurement plan for their raw material supplies (Tier 2) needed for their finished goods suppliers (Tier 1). COVID accelerated a long-term trend toward consumers buying more goods online.

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10 Key Issues The Hackett Group Says Will Impact Supply Chain Transformation in 2021

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What Will Impact Procurement Processes in 2021? The research encompasses organizations across industries and sectors, with focus on North America and EMEA. However, because of the trend toward digital transformation, organizations have had to invest substantially in new technologies.

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Top Transportation & Logistics Influencers

The Logistics of Logistics

In addition to having a weekly column in Logistics Viewpoints he also has a regular Forbes column where he covers imperative industry topics including important trends, developments, and any recommended actions professionals in the industry should take. Podcast, which focuses on trends and innovations in supply chain and logistics.