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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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. According to a recent article in Forbes , 48% of consumers today prefer a hybrid shopping model that combines online and in-store components. But, as we know, supply chain conditions were far from perfect in 2020 and 2021.

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IoT World Today

MAY 24, 2021

Key takewways in this article are the following: As technology and geopolitical risks converge, cyberthreats of all kinds become more prevalent and costly, from ransomware to trade-and-tariff wars. In 2020, for example, a conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan created supply chain issues downstream. Prepare for the new world order.

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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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MTS Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

With a global economic slowdown – with growth expected to decrease from 6% in 2020 to a forecasted 2.7% According to the same WSJ article, “Warehousing and storage companies, which added more than 400,000 jobs in two years through the end of 2021, dropped 20,000 jobs from September to October.”

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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. Perhaps it’s time for your company to take a more scientific approach.

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FLS Transport

JANUARY 4, 2021

It seems most everyone is ready to put 2020 in the rear-view mirror. 2020 will certainly be a footnote in all our lives. It will be one of those times where we say, “well, in 2020…”. No one could have predicted the 2020 freight market. According to the FMCSA, 2020 saw the largest drop in drivers ever.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Rack prices set the general trend for retail prices. The entire trucking sector has an interest in the trends around diesel fuel price data, with individual markets of interest to those who buy fuel in those regions. Knowing the fuel price trends in various markets aids that process considerably.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2020

In the final analysis then, it would appear that Amazon’s financial-performance blip is neither a hint that the company is running into difficulties, or that there is any sign of a slowdown in online retail growth. If you need a little help to get that right, the team at Logistics Bureau is ready and waiting.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 30, 2022

Original Article: 55 Supply Chain & Logistics Experts You Should Follow on Social. Keeping up with a complex, multi-layered, global industry is harder than most people think, so we decided to share a list of industry experts who share perspectives, news, trends and timely data on a regular basis on Twitter and Linkedin.

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Turvo

AUGUST 24, 2021

Supplier diversity took on an entirely new meaning in 2020. Data collection and analysis can be accurately applied to the network. Without aligning your enterprise to these trends, building successful customer experiences will be downright difficult, if not impossible. Connect with Turvo today to get started.

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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.

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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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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The 1997 Defence Efficiency Review (DER) , a review now commonly associated with an over-ambitious efficiency agenda which led to near disastrous levels of logistics hollowness in an ADF on the cusp of twenty years of continuous operations, was a catalyst which brought a conceptual trend to reality. 13] Ashurst, T., & Beaumont, D.,

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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. One source reports disruptions increased over 60% between 2019 and 2020. New trends in supply chain management. For example: Japan earthquake 2016.

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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. Great article. Good article! Lora, great article! Excellent article. Mr, NHLS.

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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The app receives a picture of the customer, discerns the exact body measurements, sends the data to the nearest sewbot plant, and then directs the sewbot to create the customized article of clothing. Read: A New Age of Future Jobs and 10 Skills You’ll Need to Master in Order to Succeed by 2020. References. Brown, S.; Pierson, Ph.D.;

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Great article. Good article! Thanks for the article, but I know there’s a lot more to this issue than just the pay rates. Lora, great article! Excellent article. Let us know your thought at the Feedback section below. Mr, NHLS.

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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. There were only a few SCP suppliers with mature capabilities in this area a few years ago. Getting merchandisers to enter the attributes has not worked well.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 17, 2019

That’s why we’ve created this list of the top logistics and supply chain journalists and thought leaders that we follow and suggest you check out in 2020. . Paul Abbott is an expert logistician with more than 25 years working on articles for the supply chain space and more than four decades working as an award-winning journal.

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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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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. is no exception,” Kearney points out. Recovery Ahead. In 2019, U.S. business logistics costs (USBLC) rose 0.6

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