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The Top 6 Trends in Logistics Impacting Shippers in 2017

GlobalTranz

Although rate volatility is expected to stabilize in 2017, organizations must do more with fewer resources to survive. From Amazon to hyper-local retailers, 2017 will be a year of intense scrutiny and pressure on logistics providers. This graph shows how quickly the surge begin and rise in 2017. Consumers have power.

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Reduced trucking capacity – the shortage of drivers and its impact

Transporeon

Since the third quarter of 2017, many manufacturers have been regularly confronted by scarcity in the transportation market – a problem they haven’t encountered in years. In the first scenario, additional administrative effort and resources are required, which pushes up costs. Both of these scenarios are problematic for the shipper.

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Reduced transport capacity – the shortage of drivers and its impact on industry and trade

Transporeon

Regularly since Q3 2017, many shipping companies have been confronted by transport scarcity – a problem they’ve never known before. In the first scenario, additional administrative effort and resources are required which pushes up costs. Transport prices are also going up because of carrier rate increases since Q3 2017.

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Brand Values: How to Increase Your Customer Loyalty

GoShip Blog

Also, a 2017 study found that over 55% of Americans are loyal to brands with values that resonated with them. It is the strategy a company implements to wisely utilize natural resources and conservatively meet its operational needs. Customers love transparency.

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Why you don’t need perfect data to start implementing S&OP

AIMMS

As we wrote in a previous blog post , implementing Sales and Operations Planning has many benefits. We have over 20 sales subsidiaries and, at this stage, 3 different Distribution & Support Centers. This is a huge project within Boon Edam worldwide that requires a lot of our workforce and resources.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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. Let’s start with a basic but critical fact: for physical product companies, “sustainability is intimately connected with supply chains, the complex economic structures formed by companies that are using the global supply of natural resources to meet worldwide demand,” Sheffi notes. at ZipXpress.net).