Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Here are some data that support my view. However, GEP And S&P Global publish the GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index based on data derived from S&P Global’s PMI surveys. The chart below shows that the index decreased to a value below zero earlier this year, for the first time since 2020.

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GoShip Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

With the hurdles of 2022 behind us, here are logistics trends 2023 you can expect in the coming year. A more recent regulation, issued by the International Maritime Organization in 2020, caps the greenhouse emissions of freight ships at 0.5%–2% Environmental Regulations. 2% lower than its former level of 3.5%. Rising diesel prices.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 15, 2021

And the trucking trends will reflect both the hope for a return of normalcy and the reality of some new, permanent shifts in the industry. With that in mind, it’s important to realize that carriers can use the top 10 trucking trends to find a long-term value-prop coming out of the most in-demand periods for carriers in history.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

But knowing what’s happening based on historic, peer and market data can help shippers figure out how carriers price freight loads. Here are a few things managers need to keep in mind when working with real-time freight data for pricing purposes. . Of course, it all depends on the ability to stay strategic. .

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 3, 2021

SONAR data show that the freight market for inbound Detroit loads is highly volatile based on auto production trends – inbound Detroit loads should be less expensive when OEMs are sourcing a lot of components as assembly volumes ramp up. Source: SONAR).

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Airfreight Logistics

MARCH 19, 2020

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in cargo tonne kilometers (CTKs), decreased by 3.3% in January 2020, compared to the same period in 2019. There was optimism that an easing of US-China trade tensions would give the sector a boost in 2020.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

According to Derrick Steiner of Digitalist Magazine , “Today’s leading companies are working very hard to be intelligent enterprises, capable of harnessing the power of end-to-end experience and operational data, to connecting their demand chain with their customers, who are social, mobile and shop in many channels, to their supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

As we head into a new year it is a good time to take a look at the coming year and see what it may hold in the way of trends. We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. Do you have the right people in place?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

These current factors, in addition to the atypical activity of the recent past (whipsaw demand pattern), render time-series trends less relevant than in more stable environments. So, what methods can we apply to better gauge future trends? Qualitative Review of Explanatory Variables. Review of Prior Impactful Events.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 7, 2023

The reason they’re doing this is that they lack granular market data on contract and spot rates and prevailing service levels. Let’s look at some data. That’s a deeply negative spread: In all of 2019 and most of 2020, spot rates were only 25 to 50 cents per mile below contract rates.

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Freightos

MAY 17, 2016

Five Tech Trends That Will Change Freight. And with daily headlines on new Ubers for X, new tech acquisitions, and the continuing crawl of technology into our everyday life, we’re focussing on five emerging tech trends that have the potential to reshape logistics. And, of course, Amazon looms with Amazon Flex.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Knight Frank ’s preliminary data shows that take-up of UK warehouse space in Q3 2021 totalled 15.7 This is 27% above the Q1-Q3 2020 total and puts the UK industrial & logistics sector on course for a record year, as the unprecedented levels of occupier demand looks set to ensure that the industry will beat the 51.6m

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 26, 2023

The curriculum now covers various dimensions of logistics, including procurement, production, transportation, and distribution, with increased emphasis on technology and data analytics (Fawcett & Waller, 2014). Supply chain game changers – mega, nano, and virtual trends – and forces that impede supply chain design (i.e.,

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 29, 2021

Using SONAR data in contract negotiations with carriers and 3PLs. . Of course, during that same period, many retailers performed extremely well. The retailers that performed the best over the past year were generally the ones that sold essential goods, such as food, or benefited from the trends of the hour, such as home repair.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Agile freight management is another go-to supply chain execution strategy Throughout 2020 the value of adaptability and flexibility within logistics was proven. Throughout the years to come, accurate data analysis will remain essential for effective truckload shipping. It’s that simple. Request a SONAR Demo.

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EazyStock

MARCH 22, 2022

Fluctuating demand and supply volatility have made accurate demand forecasting even more challenging for two reasons: Using last year’s sales data as a base for forecasts is a ‘no go’, as demand fluctuations due to the pandemic skew the data. Use appropriate historical data. Use qualitative data.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Many asset-based carriers utilize freight broker and data technology to recruit truck drivers and reel in new talent. The issue with recruiting and retaining truckers is that it is difficult to do so without understanding actual market trends and volatility. . So, companies are working on retaining the workers they already have.”

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Shipping and Freight Resource

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The data indicates that export volumes are going down month on month and import volumes are increasing, making it detrimental to the US economy and concerns have been raised by several quarters in the media. As per data from Shifl.com, the import rates did come down slightly at the end of October but seems to be rising slightly again. “

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Morai Logistics

MARCH 10, 2021

Yet, much of what the pandemic has spurred on isn’t a shift in supply chain trends but rather an acceleration of them. In 2020, that already incredible growth became even greater. This, of course, has implications all the way through supply chains. The Ecommerce Boom. The growth in ecommerce has been astounding.

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The Logistics Academy

OCTOBER 18, 2017

As global supply chains become more complex and customers more demanding, the race is on to develop software applications that can effectively manage and make sense of the zettabytes of data being generated by our digital world. By 2020, roughly 1.7 zettabytes). Top 20 Supply Chain Managment Sofware Suppliers.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

2020 was a critical year for small importers. Of course, COVID-19 has accelerated this trend, with more consumers working from home and ordering online, while it’s also become easier for sellers to source on Alibaba, import, and then sell on Shopify or Amazon.com. How does this help importers?

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Shipping and Freight Resource

DECEMBER 19, 2021

If 2020 heralded the serious onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, then 2021 was the year that the after-effects and side-effects of the pandemic really hit home and boy did it hit hard, sparing no one globally, least of all global supply chains. 2021 saw widespread disruptions in the industry globally, characterized by. trillion growing 0.7%

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

At its Annual General Meeting, KION Group reflected on a financial year in which the Group managed to navigate the coronavirus pandemic in robust shape: “The KION Group has remained on course even through choppy waters. In early March 2020, the KION Group developed and implemented a package of health and safety measures.

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CH Robinson Logistics

JULY 8, 2021

The number of small packages shipped in 2020 is estimated to have been 132 billion, which is a 32% increase over the 2019 volumes. One estimate suggests that during the 2020 holiday season, demand for small parcel exceeded available capacity by nearly 7 million packages a day. What are the critical trends emerging from the data?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A recent article in Logistics Viewpoints noted that UPS estimated that post-holiday returns were up 23% in 2020. Besides, failure of managing return logistics of such things may lead to an increased risk of exposing personal or company data. For example, ISO standards mandate the proper disposal of electronics to prevent data theft.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

If leveraged effectively, game-changing trends such as digitalization, e-commerce and the Belt and Road Initiative to increase infrastructure between China and the EU—the exact impact of which is yet to be fully understood—have the potential to add wind to the sails of global seaborne trade,” concludes Youssef.

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Freightos

MARCH 23, 2023

In the debrief department, Sea Intelligence’s Alan Murphy shared data confirming that – of course – surging demand was the trigger for the unprecedented ocean situation. What just happened??? The downturn may be painful (for some), but is not unusual. More (too much?)

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FLS Transport

AUGUST 20, 2020

As we entered 2020, it was supposed to be a year of moderate growth. The wild swings in volume and capacity since March have been shocking even for those that follow these types of trends. Rates were low and it felt like 2020 might be a repeat of 2019 with a capacity glut. The 2020 Peak Season is going to be brutal for shippers.

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

It brings together a long list of trends, enabling technologies, business frameworks and competencies that should be in your consideration set. The big theme of course, is the digitization of the supply chain and the implications it will have on business performance. Data availability and technology wasn’t what it is today.

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MTS Logistics

MAY 22, 2023

Due to freight rates skyrocketing in 2020-2021 and in the beginning of 2022, Asian polymers have been dropping in price to be able to compete with the other regions of the world. The best course of action in the polymer market is to wait and see what will happen, with a strong emphasis on global conditions.

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Now, That's Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

With these variables in play, ocean carriers are being forced to make some difficult decisions just as they’re also dealing with a global pandemic, major supply chain interruptions, and new limits on the use of sulfur in fuel oil used onboard ships (IMO 2020). When it comes to the exchange of information, it is of course problematic.”.

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ShipLilly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The renewed interest in the digitization of the sector was given further credence when Maersk indicated that during August 2020, about 41% of its spot bookings were arranged through the company’s online platform. The entry of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has added momentum to this trend. The shift towards instant quoting.

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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. These e-commerce trends are placing increasing pressure on logistics teams to keep up with demand volatility, provide incredibly fast delivery, and reliably fulfill all their promises to customers and consumers.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Back in the day, businesses relied on primitive computer networks to conduct electronic transactions through EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), enabling them to share invoices, order forms, and shipping confirmations. In 1994, Netscape developed SSL (Secure Socket Layers), a protocol that increased the safety of internet data transmissions.

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GoShip Blog

JULY 8, 2022

billion in 2020. Of course, slightly higher shipping rates are a small price to pay for the benefits you’ll enjoy from the relationship. A rolling forecast is a report that uses existing data to predict a business’ future performance over a specific period. The trucking industry is the lifeblood of America’s economy.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 27, 2021

In 2019 alone, 9,302 stores announced their farewells , sending both devoted shoppers and data analysts into a frenzy. Meet BOPIS, otherwise known as one of the most popular baby names of 2021 — we’re kidding, of course. Despite 2020’s disruptory coronavirus, O2O is here to stay. In-Store Pickups. As always, we’re here to help.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

According to the Centre for Retail Research (CRR), 2020 was the most troubled period for the UK high street in over 25 years. Racking and shelving specialist, Stanley , which has seen demand for storage solutions jump by a massive 50% in just nine months.

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