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Collaboration and Data Key to Timber Industry

Logistics Business Magazine

This included cooperating on policy matters affecting the industry such as the PPWR and working together to source high quality data to inform better decision making for the business. NWPCA Vice President of Public Affairs Jason Ortega, echoed the theme of international partnerships as he presented an update on his organisation’s activities.

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Forecasting: Getting Your Supply Chain Forecasting on Track in 2021

Morai Logistics

Supply chain forecasting is the difference between data-driven decision-making and floundering in the dark—here’s how companies can ensure theirs is as good as can be in 2021. What’s more, they present a number of vulnerabilities that are difficult to combat without modernization. Utilizing New Data is Key.

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TGW Presents the Future Fulfilment Centre

Logistics Business Magazine

For example, in the future, staff scheduling need not be handled by employees, but rather can be carried out by intelligent software tools via data processing. Keywords like full data transparency, self-learning and self-recovery are hallmarks of TGW’s Future Fulfillment Center.

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2021 – The Year of the Carrier and Supply Disruptions. Shipping and Freight Resource – Annual Review 2021

Shipping and Freight Resource

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.

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Inoculating 2021 E-Commerce with Fulfillment Best Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Fundamental shifts of e-commerce and consumer behavior took shape in 2020 and presented new and unprecedented challenges. These shifts led more fulfillment teams to identify and embrace emerging best practices as part of their 2021 planning. Business intelligence applied to a shipper’s own data can answer these questions and more.

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Navigating the Complexities of Global Trade in 2021

Now, That's Logistics

Coming off a challenging year in 2020, shippers around the world found themselves dealing with many of the same obstacles they faced during the prior year along with some international trade issues that could present more hurdles in 2021. 5 Tips for Success in 2021. However, if the walls begin to come down between the U.S.

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Live October 21: Owner-operators' 2021 business performance – and outlook for the rest of the year

Overdrive Online

Bring your business- and tax-related questions to this live webcast presentation and discussion with ATBS President Todd Amen, breaking down results from ATBS' analysis of owner-op revenue, income and cost data throughout the year thus far.

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