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7 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends to Watch in 2018

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It’s also the time when I start to think about sharing my thoughts on trends for the coming year , but of course, stop short of trying to make predictions. The 7 Trends for Supply Chain Pros to Watch in 2018. 2018 Trend #1: Increased Focus on Cost-to-serve. 2018 Trend #2: Big Data and Advanced Analytics in the Cloud.

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DHL Supply Chain’s Digital Transformation in the Warehouse

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In 2018, DHL Supply Chain announced its plans to deploy emerging technologies in 350 of its North American facilities. Of course, we subsequently share interesting insights in Logistics Viewpoints articles. Brian provided me with insights into some specific warehouse automation and robotics examples.

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Online Learning is Growing Exponentially—And it’s Here to Stay

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Article Summary. Whereas online courses and programmes were previously managed as a separate entity, they are now an integral part of most academic systems. percent from 2018 to 2026. The study showed that upwards of 30 percent of American students enrolled in at least one online course in 2018.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Here are some more details from the article: Dubbed “Shipping with Amazon,” or SWA, the new service will entail the tech giant picking up packages from businesses and shipping them to consumers, according to people familiar with the matter. Unless, of course, the shared data is crappy, inaccurate data. and FedEx Corp.”

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Product Returns: The Hangover Headache of E-Commerce

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All of the headlines leading up to Christmas were about how retailers and parcel carriers were struggling to keep up with the record amount of online orders and deliveries for the holidays (see WSJ article UPS, Overwhelmed by Online Orders, Warns of Delivery Delays and Reuters article Surging online orders slow Wal-Mart delivery network ).

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

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We are seeing it now in terms of truck drivers and warehouse workers, and Walmart is an example of a company that has been trying to get ahead of these shortages by offering higher wages and on-the-job perks. But I just read an article about another labor shortage Walmart is facing: store managers. Founded in 2018, The Kroger Co.

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6 Supply Chain Trends from 2017 and their Ongoing Progress

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2018 Update: How Did the Trends Progress? As this article proved extremely popular, I thought it worth adding a few updates to follow progress on the six trends. Depending on the response received by the latest updates, I may revisit this article yet again with additional updates to Trends #4, #5, and #6.