IoT World Today

MAY 21, 2020

Key Takeaways from This Article: COVID-19 has unveiled the fragility of a global supply chain predicated on lowest-cost principles. Many product components are sourced from Asia, which experienced a major slowdown in production in early 2020. Companies can weigh risks based on multifactor analysis and act on data nearly in real time.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 29, 2020

As you all probably know the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed. And I came across lots of articles about what a chanllenge the 2018 Winter Olympics was. Here you have a Logistics analysis of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. We can read more about this here. It’s just 7 minutes and it’s very interesting.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 2, 2020

An article in Wolf Street shared numbers released by the FTR Transportation Intelligence for 2019. Monitor Daily quotes Act Research’s President and senior analyst, Kenny Vieth explaining the downturn: “After peak sales and build in 2019, significant declines are ahead in 2020, as heavy-duty sales and build follow the net orders trend down.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2021

For example, if your cost of goods sold for 2020 was $250,000, and your average inventory on hand was worth $25,000, your inventory turnover ratio would be $250,000/$25,000 = 10, meaning your entire stock of that particular SKU turns over around ten times per year. Using the previous example, dividing 365 days by 10 gives you 36.5

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The main reason is that importers of consumer goods have learned from the Covid-19 pandemic and are now ordering their products on average one week earlier than they did in 2020 or before the pandemic. This can be seen in an analysis of 80 Setlog customers and brands on October 14th.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive career choice. That event was the global COVID-19 pandemic, which erupted during the first half of 2020. Warehouse Manager.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We hope you enjoyed viewing Rob’s 2020 video with Deborah Dull on the topic of circular supply chains or reading the transcript of that interview that we published recently. So, for example, I saw an analysis from one of the big five consultants, and they had the output from every continent, and there was just no number for Africa.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2020

For example, the seemingly unstoppable Amazon surprised pundits by reporting lower year-on-year profits in the third quarter of 2019. . For example, general merchandise retailer Target, and consumer electronics giant Best Buy have been enjoying gains in online sales in 2019.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

In this article, you’ll: Learn the top safety guidelines for warehouses. We’ll talk more about specific risks later in the article, but briefly, warehouse workers commonly face hazards associated with: Forklifts and other material handling equipment. million reported warehouse injuries and illnesses in 2020, down from 5.7%

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 29, 2021

What’s covered in this article: Capacity and labor shortages. For example, warehouses can take advantage of the Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS) to recover up to 85% of existing floor space when compared to standard shelving. The impacts of consumption shifts on the supply chain. Batch Size and JIT.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In this article, you learn what are the various reefer freight data indices available in SONAR, who in the freight market relies on these indices, what the indices tell freight market participants, and real-world scenario analysis of using SONAR refrigerated shipping indices to better understand the freight market. RHAUL.ATL = 50.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For example, ULSDR.CHI shows the average wholesale price of diesel in the Chicago market while ULSDR.USA shows the average wholesale price of diesel nationally. For example, the Atlanta market is supplied with diesel by Colonial Pipeline, which runs from the Houston area to the New York region. SONAR Tickers : ULSDR.USA , ULSDR.CHI.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MAY 3, 2020

On the 28th of April 2020, the FMC issued its final rule on its interpretation of the Shipping Act prohibition against failing to establish, observe, and enforce just and reasonable regulations and practices relating to or connected with receiving, handling, storing, or delivering property with respect to demurrage and detention. Conclusion.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 28, 2023

According to the Business of Sustainability Index , despite intense inflation since 2020, 66% of general US customers and 80% of young adult (ages 18-34) US customers surveyed in 2022 are willing to pay more for sustainable products/companies that embrace sustainable practices. Consider the clothing industry as an example.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This is not only fulfilled by an analysis by ‘force exploration’ undertaken within the Integrated Investment Plan, but a detailed study of strategic concepts for operations and the logistics requirements necessary for them to occur. So too have a range of commentators, in an array of articles and across different media. 3] Marles, R.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This article, which is focused on the different types of artificial intelligence used and the types of problems they are solving, is aimed at helping practitioners cut through the hype. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. Artificial intelligence is beginning to be used to update the data.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

There were many articles written on achieving 'No breakdowns' by implementing emerging concepts of Preventive and Predictive maintenance, however there were gaps. The number of connected devices is expected to grow from a current figure of 10 billion to 25-50 billion by 2020. Hence, its time to move on to intelligent maintenance.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A year before, in 2014, a Harvard Business Review article pointed out that supply chains were becoming increasingly global and complex and consequently more at risk than before. For example: Japan earthquake 2016. One source reports disruptions increased over 60% between 2019 and 2020. US-China trade war 2018.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5

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Turvo

AUGUST 24, 2021

Examples would be some traditional forms of material handling equipment. Supplier diversity took on an entirely new meaning in 2020. Data collection and analysis can be accurately applied to the network. It highlighted the need for innovation and modernization within the industry.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For example, you might: Diversify your supply base , so you’re not too reliant on a single source. For example, at Logistics Bureau, our consultants have extensive experience setting up 3PL contracts and providing guidance to clients during implementation, reducing the potential for relationship breakdowns further down the line.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In addition to the already limited supplies, in October 2020, an Asahi Kasei semiconductor facility specializing in ADC and DAC components caught fire. According to a new analysis , Deloitte expects the semiconductor shortfall to endure until early 2023.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

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. While some recovery has been made, employment levels are still short of February 2020 levels by 33,000 jobs. million employees.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

One of the most popular articles we’ve ever done is our look at analyst group Gartner’s annual ranking of the Top 25 Supply Chains. The slideshow that follows, then, is our coverage of Gartner’s rankings, which includes both comments from Gartner’s analysts as well as our own analysis, based on independent reporting. Media Type.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Given low inventories and dwindling spare capacity, the oil market cannot afford large supply disruptions,” said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo in a Reuters article. shale or Iran, for example. In the US, for example, natural gas accounted for 40% of total utility-scale U.S. electricity generation in 2020.

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PINC

JULY 20, 2020

Coming off a very strong year in 2019, the logistics industry is proving itself to be both adaptive and resilient in the face of major adversity in 2020. Yet in mid-2020, that all seems like history,” Kearney points out. For example, sales of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are estimated to double to $27 billion by 2025.

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