Now, That's Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2021

During a year when e-commerce sales skyrocketed, the global pandemic impacted supply chains around the globe, and transportation capacity contracted across most modes, while companies worked to get their logistics strategies realigned with this “new normal” operating environment. What’s in Store for 2021?

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Here are six contract logistics trends that all shippers should be watching in the year ahead: More companies are realizing the value of contract logistics. in 2021 and that the sector will post a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 5% over the next four years. billion in 2021 and that it’s expected to reach $505.3

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3PL Links

APRIL 26, 2023

Revolutionizing the Industry: Discover the Top 3 Logistics Trends for 2023! We’ve created this list of the top 3 logistics trends for 2023 to help you on your way to supply chain sustainability. Nevertheless, with in following quarter, this strategy will need to be carried a step beyond.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2022

A recent survey of 200 supply chain management professionals across companies with 500+ employees, conducted by Edelman Intelligence, has found market insights, confidence levels and trends for this peak season and beyond. Offering consultative guidance in supply chain strategy. A single point of contact for execution.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 1, 2022

Paluzzi spent 10 years at Coyote Logistics overseeing technology product strategy and delivery before joining Logistics Dynamics as Chief Information Officer. He joined Reliance Partners in 2021 and has been leading efforts to drive big data and Insurtech initiatives across the enterprise to deliver a smarter insurance experience.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

This is a significant shift from late 2021, when 93% faced serious disruptions. It converged with a trend of both airlines and ocean liners investing far more heavily in their fleets over the past fewyears. In other words, this is a far cry from 2021 and its dramatic capacity shortage.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The year 2021 has proved it once again that Tom McCarthy was right. Enterprises that did not adapt to new trends faced the brunt of COVID-19 pandemic. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. Rewind to 2021! Rewind to 2021!

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 31, 2022

We recently surveyed CFOs and finance executives in the manufacturing and distribution sectors to study how the pandemic has impacted their businesses. Managing cash flow and margins remains a key objective for US finance leaders, based on our survey in 2020, 2021 and now into 2022. 3. Improving visibility into performance.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 2, 2023

To provide a comprehensive overview, the author draws from various academic studies, reports, and surveys to shed light on the latest trends and best practices in supply chain management. A recent survey by Accenture (2021) revealed that 72% of SMEs and 78% of startups are actively investing in digital supply chain solutions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Europe leads this trend having reduced offshore procurement by a quarter since 2021. Investment across the industry reflects this trend and while OEMs’ total investment in supply chain sustainability is on par with last year, suppliers’ annual investment has significantly reduced by 17%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. January and February 2021 were characterized by repeated winter weather events nationwide. Your supply chain must be capable of adapting to all types of threats.

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CH Robinson Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2021

Robinson experts provided in-depth analysis of current supply and demand trends, our updated forecast, and the impact of global import volumes on North American freight transportation. Some larger carriers are clearly interested in supporting the testing of autonomous trucks as part of their long-term business strategy. webinar, C.H.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As I write this in the fourth quarter of 2021, there’s just no telling what the new year will bring in terms of emerging logistics challenges. Certainly no company could have foreseen the shutdown of the global economy in the early months of 2020 — or the continuing effects of COVID-19, such as port closures, throughout 2021.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2023

We are looking at three different Chinese Years in 2020, 2021 and 2022. said Cathy Morrow Roberson, Founder and President of Logistics Trends & Insights LLC during a webinar organised by Container xChange on the Chinese New Year analysis and predictions. There is a lot of inventory with retailers and manufacturers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

The latest trend report from the optimisation specialist INFORM reveals a positive development in internal logistics in German production companies. of the surveyed companies. A mere 7% of those surveyed are able to provide information about the costs of individual transport jobs when asked.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Eva van der Pluijm-Kok, Director, Research & Strategy at Prologis , commented: “During Q3, we saw a record low of 3.0% This trend already pointed towards increasing demand for space and for inventory stock up early on. “In in vacancies in Europe. US net absorption reached a record high of 115 million sq ft (10.7

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Regardless of their size, companies are reassessing their global supply chain strategies. and European companies to reevaluate their supply chain strategies. A study by PwC found that 66% of surveyed executives anticipate higher supply chain costs as a result of diversifying away from China. M VIETNAM 1.86 M SOUTH KOREA 901.88

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In 2021 we find governments and organizations now grappling with these predictions and how best to deal with the outcomes of these predictions. According to McKinsey , the value of goods traded globally has tripled to more than US$10 trillion since 2000, and because of recent events, they are having to re-evaluate supply chain strategies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations. The payoff is well worth it.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 10, 2023

However, based on first-quarter earnings calls, many companies, including manufacturers, retailers and transportation companies, missed the mark on their forecasts as they struggled to become more agile in adjusting their resources to align with evolving consumer and economic trends. Big-box retailers like Best Buy, Walmart Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If 2020 and if 2021 proved anything, it’s that the omni-channel selling environment is here to stay. of all e-commerce sales in the US during 2021. But, as we know, supply chain conditions were far from perfect in 2020 and 2021. Another powerful omni-channel market force continues to be the “Amazon effect.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The ongoing difficulties that many companies are experiencing when trying to secure ocean cargo transportation has forced companies to rethink their strategies. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists was for a shortfall of $70.8 percent for 2021, and by 5.9 Retailers are certainly taking notice of this trend.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

And while this definitely points to an industry making strides, a recent Procurious survey found that 75 percent of women in supply chain experience gender-based adversity. A central part of Amazon’s ultrafast delivery strategy is its network of warehouses that the company calls same-day sites. The company’s Supply Chain 3.0

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Locus

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In 2020, the total returns in the US accounted for $428 billion in lost sales, which was a whopping $761 billion in 2021. There was a 178% jump in merchandise returned between 2020 and 2021. The total returns in terms of lost sales in 2021 were larger than the US federal government’s national defense spending in 2020.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

What’s driving the change in ocean shipping and how does SONAR help shippers see the trends The import boom appears far from over, and it will have implications long after this wave of unprecedented orders subsides. And it’s critical to see what’s happening within the chart of the week. Download the White Paper.

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CH Robinson Logistics

APRIL 19, 2021

Seasonal factors that cause the transportation market to tighten, plus new considerations for 2021. ACT Research estimates that roughly 3% of the truckload demand forecasts for 2021 can be attributed just to replenishing the inventory gap, and it will take much or all of 2021 to accomplish this. As of February 2021, the U.S.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Actionable advice from 2021 Top Companies for Women to Work For in Transportation. Oct 29, 2021. One of the most common trends among WIT’s Top 100 companies was the establishment of employee resource groups (ERGs), often employee-led voluntary committees that represent a specific group of individuals. FreightWaves.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2022

GlobalTranz works with manufacturing shippers every day to move their goods and streamline their logistics strategies. In an ever-changing landscape, the ability to be flexible and adjust your strategy as needed is what makes a manufacturer successful. But with every challenge, there is an opportunity to innovate and grow.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) is a type of business-to-consumer retail sales strategy where a business will market, sell and ship a product directly to the customer, writes Will Lovatt, General Manager and Vice President, Deposco Europe. Unfortunately though, warehouse facilities in general are struggling to keep up with this trend.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

Although the comparison is with a particularly buoyant largely post-lockdown Q4 2021, that doesn’t mean the volumes of goods in the system which need warehousing, is necessarily lower – this year’s goods, now with luck on the High Seas, were often ordered back in the Spring. And, short-term rates can often be highly competitive.

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Locus

MARCH 20, 2023

The survey conducted by MetaPack highlights that more than 90% of customers consider delivery a crucial factor when making online purchases. There’s also a growing trend of customers prioritizing fast delivery options. Another survey by Deloitte found that 63% of consumers are willing to pay extra for same-day delivery.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The trend is to not simply respond to problems, but to analyse data and simulate scenarios proactively to enable customers to have maximum availability. Some 81 percent of those surveyed in an IT study carried out in 2021 with 1,451 decision-makers reported that they were seeing more cyber threats during the pandemic.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 17, 2017

So, let’s take a look at how our predictions for the first four manufacturing technology trends (Predictive analytics, 3D Printing, and VR) to watch for in 2016 stacked up. In fact, 97 percent of manufacturers cite the IoT as the most important technology to impact the industry, explains a survey by Zebra Technologies, reports Macrofab.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

However, growth is expected to normalise from 2021 onwards. And the trend towards online shopping continued, with the company reporting that online sales for the financial year ending June 2020 grew by 18.1 The market is also growing across a wide range of commercial sectors, including the following: 1) Food and Perishables.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

between 2020 and 2021. To determine the appropriate returns strategy retailers need to understand what is going on and tapping into returns data may unlock some important insights. Zara has let the genie out of this bottle, and the policies and strategies retailers adopt around returns may prove critical. In summary.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

According to a March survey conducted by the Institute for Supply Chain Management, nearly 75% of U.S. To better manage the sheer multitude of vendors and reduce the overall risk of shortages and disruptions, organizations need a holistic strategy that typically includes the enlistment of a 3PL partner. Nearly 75% of U.S.

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