LandLink

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

A new generation of shopping options through e-Commerce and m-Commerce (mobile commerce) has made supply chain management a vital area of concern for many businesses. It is particularly critical for manufacturing companies, which are heavily dependent on the supply chain partners to deliver their products.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

Logistics providers have discovered that sustainability in the supply chain delivers a good ROI. For a long time now, corporations and their supply chains have been required to prove that they are acting in a sustainable, environmentally-friendly way. We are in the middle of everyone’s supply chain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In the last year, the UK’s cold storage industry capacity has topped 40 million cubic meters, for the football fans amongst you that is the equivalent to the bowl volume of 35 Wembley Stadiums. Cold storage fires have the potential to be devasting, posing a threat to life, destroying business operations and be detrimental to the supply chain.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 27, 2020

This is their secret, money-making-sauce, the strategy that allows for a wide distribution of fixed costs and lowers their break-even point. In 2005 Amazon launched a little thing called Amazon Prime, a membership program with perks which is now enjoyed by roughly 150 million global paying members.

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Transporeon

APRIL 2, 2019

Shipping industry consolidation is also causing ocean freight rates to rise. Merger and acquisition in the shipping industry reached a historically high in 2016. Deciding to improve your tender management Tough market environments require a solid shipping procurement strategy. Waiting a while could bring contracted rates down.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Industries. Industries. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Supply Chain Management. Contact Us.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

.” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. The current market trends indicate that the manufacturing industries are poised to reshore back to the United States in a big way.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The Internet’s large-scale global penetration has spawned an increasingly large number of technology and web-savvy consumers, creating a huge opportunity for both industrial manufacturers and their end customers. Manufacturers will be able to improve their inventory due to the information presented by both supply chain and operations data.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 30, 2016

2015 was a different year for the logistics industry. The prices of fuel continued to drop, and growth in the logistics industry slowed to a painstaking crawl of less than So, let’s take a closer look at what findings were released within the 2016 State of Logistics (SOL) report and how they impact current and future logistics processes.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Supply chain risks are reduced. Since 2005, U.S. As many as 87% of industrial CEOs view environmental impact of their operations as a major concern, per a PwC report. As delivery speed is increasingly important, closer proximity to consumers, supply chain expediency, and convenience of doing business become priorities.

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Transporeon

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The consolidation in the shipping industry will mean less competition as each carrier now controls a greater market share with the ability to better price and plan, with potentially rising freight rates as a consequence.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

These examples are from retail, but I sense that the same customer empowerment phenomenon is happening broadly across everything we do at Amazon and most other industries as well. Amazon’s trucking fleet is expanding rapidly; it launched in 2005 with the purchase of thousands of trailers used to shift goods between fulfillment centers.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2022

He is the former author of the monthly Cass Transportation Index Report , speaks regularly at industry conferences, and has advised supply chain leaders and executives of both public and private carriers, shippers, and 3PLs on operations and strategy. LTL Future: Pricing. LTL Future: Modal Mix. LTL Future: Ecommerce.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 23, 2021

He is the former author of the monthly Cass Transportation Index Report , speaks regularly at industry conferences, and has advised supply chain leaders and executives of both public and private carriers, shippers, and 3PLs on operations and strategy. LTL Future: Pricing. LTL Future: Modal Mix. LTL Future: Ecommerce.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Industries. Industries. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Supply Chain Management. Contact Us.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 18, 2021

E-commerce giant Amazon has impacted the logistics industry in a myriad number of ways and is single-handedly responsible for dictating present-day consumer preferences and the urgency in freight movement today. Amazon has encouraged consumers to expect overnight deliveries, a trend that shook the supply chain industry.

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CH Robinson Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2021

At this time last year, global supply chains were already in trouble. Due to lean inventory strategies, many manufacturers only keep 15-30 days of inventory on hand. Additionally, the United States and China were in the midst of a trade war, which further complicated the flow of goods through the world’s supply chains.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 17, 2024

The promise of unlimited, same-day, or next-day deliveries for one low price was introduced as Amazon Prime in 2005, and every retailer on the planet frantically scrambled to adjust their pricing strategy and offer free shipping, 2-day shipping, or some combination thereof. We can only focus on our part in it.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Industries. Industries. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Supply Chain Management. Contact Us.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 23, 2019

An unprepared military offers political leaders few options, corrupts strategy, is inefficient and ineffective, and poses a national risk. There is no guarantee that the architects of strategy will heed the results of planning as events outpace the products of industrious minds, or proclivities and politics prevail. 4] Betts.,

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 7, 2018

Industry analysts noted that this is designed to replace the current congestion pricing model with an appointment-based system that uses a single flat fee on both daytime and nighttime container moves. Patrick Burnson is executive editor for Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review magazines and web sites.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

After experiencing an incredibly challenging two years in the global logistics industry, I think we can let go of any expectation that the supply chain landscape will ever return to “normal.” By that, I mean that extreme uncertainty on both the demand and the supply sides will continue for the foreseeable future.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. So it is startling to think about manufacturing without tooling, assembly lines or supply chains. Read Full Post.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Editor's Note: This guest contribution the Cerasis blog comes from our friends over at Fronetics an inbound and content marketing company who specializes in marketing for companies with a keen value adding business model for those in the supply chain and logistics industries. Supply Chain Planning Starts with Looking Back.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

MH&L’s Editorial Advisory Board tackles some of the toughest topics facing the supply chain today. That’s why we went to the experts—the members of the MH&L Editorial Advisory Board—and asked them to weigh in on that subject, and on several other of the most pressing concerns to supply chain professionals.

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