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Warehouse Automation: Top Five Factors Impacting Adoption

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group’s Global Warehouse Automation Research study is now complete and available for purchase. The research process includes an analysis of large amounts of information and interviews with executives from numerous warehouse automation providers; and concludes with the publication of ARC’s research study. Growth Drivers.

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2023 Supply Chain Priorities, Perceptions, and Initiatives – Preliminary Results

Logistics Viewpoints

In addition, the Board asked executives what steps they were taking in response to the war in Ukraine. And it appears that the combination of labor and inflation in the form of warehouse labor cost inflation is currently the highest concern for 2023 among the listed warehousing related external factors in ARC’s survey.

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2023 Mid-Year Check-In: Current Status of Supply Chains and What’s Next?

Logistics Viewpoints

I believe our findings capture the pulse of North America logistics operations and the executives’ perceptions and priorities going into the second half of 2023. And recent disruptions, including the war in Ukraine, placed supply chain resilience as a priority on the top of the agenda for CEOs.

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COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict Global Supply Chain News Capsule March 23 2022

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters March 23 rd edition of our COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict News Capsule, we provide updates to ongoing industry supply chain developments and disruptions of concern to our reading audience. West Coast ports and in inland warehouses earlier. East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test. Canadian and U.S.

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

The Logistics of Logistics

Now, it’s also important to realize that produce grown in North America may not be subject to lockdowns in Shanghai, but there’s another factor at play. Further, Ukraine supplies more than one-half of the world’s neon gas necessary for printing circuits on computer chips. But back to the overarching point.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4 The authors noted that it was unclear as to whether the conflict in Ukraine and associated disruptions to ocean shipping made for the difference.

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The 4 Drivers of Ongoing Supply Chain Disruption in 2022

AB&R

Shipping Delays & Costs The most heavily trafficked shipping routes fall between Asia and North America and Asia and Northern Europe. Experts believe that the current climate has reset warehouse labor and trucking wages, and they may not come back down. A lack of workers has led to fierce competition between businesses.