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Driving Warehouse Operational Excellence: Meeting the E-Commerce Challenge

Supply Chain Brain

trillion worldwide in 2019, according to Statista. Whatever turns out to be the medium-term course of the virus, it seems consumer habits will have been permanently changed by life during lockdown. If your warehouse operations weren’t e-commerce ready before, chances are you’re scrambling to make sure they are now.

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Freight Carriers Ramping Up Capacity to Meet With Post-Pandemic Import Surge

ShipLilly

According to information obtained from at least three executives from some of the largest container lines, there is a concerted effort to meet the surprisingly high demand from US shippers. However, this represents a 97% increment on a comparative period in 2019. However, the expectation is that they will do so in due course.

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Insights for Developing, Executing, and Monitoring your Parcel Freight to Meet Demand

CH Robinson Logistics

Customers now expect reliability, speed, and convenience in their small parcel delivery experience and a company’s ability to meet those expectations can even be a source of differentiation. The number of small packages shipped in 2020 is estimated to have been 132 billion, which is a 32% increase over the 2019 volumes.

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The Top 2019 Logistics Trends Shippers Should Know

GlobalTranz

2019 is shaping up to be a year in which warehouses and distribution centers continue the development and implementation of technology-based processes. Of course, any conversation on digitalization is incomplete without touching on the importance and role drones, and autonomous machines will have on the industry.

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What Are the Trends in LTL for 2019?

GlobalTranz

The year ahead will shake up the long-held standards for controlling freight spend and meeting customer expectations. For 2019, the trends in LTL will focus primarily on demand, rates, carrier and trucker expectations, the needs of shippers and more. That effectively means a doubling of e-commerce size by the end of 2019.

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Contract Logistics: What’s the Outlook for 2019?

Now, That's Logistics

Of course, keeping up with those order volumes on the manufacturing side isn’t easy. That trend could translate into more growth for the contract logistics field in 2019. Everything from high-tech electronics to consumer goods are being buoyed by the healthy economy and higher consumer confidence.”. A Flexible Fulfillment Option.

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3 Supply Chain Trends to Keep on Your 2019 Radar

Logistics Bureau

3 Supply Chain Trends to Track in 2019. However, this year hasn’t quite closed out yet (at the time of writing), so in the true spirit of just-in-time delivery, here’s a quick appraisal of three current trends that I believe will come on stronger, and perhaps become some of the most important to supply chain operators in 2019.