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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

The peak season definition is a continued evolution of the seasons in transportation. Above-average holiday shipping seasons in 2020 and 2021 led to an above-average returns rate in the usual Quiet Season. Continued lockdowns over the emergence of new COVID variants left the Produce Shipping Season of 2021 in a panic.

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Key Warehouse & Contract Logistics Trends from 2020

Now, That's Logistics

“These and other factors contributed to some definite pivots in the contract logistics space in 2020.”. And while the supply chain movement improved near the end of the year, the worldwide vaccine distribution effort could strain the health care supply chain even more in 2021. What’s in Store for 2021?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

And while this definitely points to an industry making strides, a recent Procurious survey found that 75 percent of women in supply chain experience gender-based adversity. The Statistics Canada data show Canada imported a record $100,027,968,000 of goods from China last year, up 16 per cent from $86 billion in 2021.

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Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in January 2021, “ The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World ”, I highlighted that modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness. At SodaStream, which provides 1.5 At SodaStream, which provides 1.5

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Savings will focus on reducing fixed operating costs beyond product and transportation expenses that were “built up as a result of the rampant increase in transactions during 2020 and 2021,” McPhail said. percent in 2021 and 2.8 small businesses, from bodegas to florists, to deliver its packages by the end of the year. percent in 2018.

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How the pandemic has changed the supply chain

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In 2021 we find governments and organizations now grappling with these predictions and how best to deal with the outcomes of these predictions. Suez Canal blockage 2021. The pandemic has shown that companies struggle to have the correct distribution of parts in the inventory holding. For example: Japan earthquake 2016.

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Trusting the market will stay afloat

Automotive Logistics

Some of the main concerns expressed by ports surveyed by Automotive Logistics include finding more storage and handling capacity, especially given the growth that some of the bigger car handling ports are seeing, and at times when there are sudden spikes in volumes. . Where to put it all . Valencia port, meanwhile, has 412,000 sq.m