Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations. The payoff is well worth it.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

percent year-over-year (YOY) from June 2020 to June 2021. In February and March 2021, Texas saw their lowest temperatures in years and were not prepared for the intense weather conditions that they experienced. Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey , 59.7 According to DAT , the flatbed load-to-truck ratio is up 169.3

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Hamburg-based startup driveMybox more than doubled its sales in 2021 compared to the previous year and is on a strong expansion course. Aaron Spandehra, CBDO, points out: “June to December 2021 was more than satisfactory for us. In the meantime, driveMybox is not only on the road nationally, but also internationally.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A growing number of European warehouse and distribution centre operators see driverless forklift truck technology as the optimum solution to the staff recruitment and employment cost challenges they are facing, writes Jason Zhang, VisionNav Robotics ’ Head of Sales – Europe.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Instead, they can use today’s information to create near real-time demand forecasts, allowing for immediate adjustment of production and distribution to meet changing demands. For example, the aeronautics’ giant, Lockheed Martin, has embraced augmented reality during the manufacturing and repair processes, explains Industry Week.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 16, 2018

As part of an annual effort, Accenture surveyed 30 A&D companies, encompassing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as well as tier 1 and 2 suppliers. A&D companies led all but two of those sectors in the share of respondents vowing to adopt blockchain technology by 2021. So why is A&D so bullish on blockchain?

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

By contrast, the third-party logistics model is where a manufacturer retains oversight of its supply chain but outsources such processes as warehousing, shipping, packing, and distribution to a 3PL provider. However, growth is expected to normalise from 2021 onwards. The best example of a 4PL model is Amazon.com. Coles Collect.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 29, 2017

By 2021, 22.5 billion in 2016, according to a BI Global Intelligence survey. headquarters for its warehouse distribution systems in Newport News, Va. For example, if a truck hits an object with substantial force, it might send a text or e-mail to a supervisor. billion devices will be connected to the IoT, compared with 6.6

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

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. The Crucial Role of Trading Partners. At SodaStream, which provides 1.5

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GlobalTranz

MAY 6, 2021

Let’s take a closer look at what your organization needs to know about last mile visibility to enable true supply chain resiliency and thrive through 2021 and beyond. Because it’s in this area where using a storefront as a distribution center can make a difference. First Things First: What Does Last Mile Logistics Mean.

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The art of designing and managing supply chains, facilities, warehouses, transportation and distribution for organizations that don’t specialize in logistics management, contract logistics encompasses a broad range of services that allow companies to do what they do best: grow their own businesses. billion by 2031.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

They could of course do both – cutting back on eating out, for example, reducing hospitality trade demand, but investing more in entertaining at home and thus buying more groceries. Bulk storage and distribution, perhaps somewhere in the Midlands, works very efficiently in times of normal, steady demand. Thirdly, location is key.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 29, 2021

As global supply chains continue to be disrupted, businesses have opted to increase inventory through forward distribution to accommodate e-commerce demand. Logistics Programs For Produce Season Read more about what challenges the 2021 produce season creates for shippers and how an inbound logistics program can help.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

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

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

between 2020 and 2021. Yet strangely, a recent survey by retail systems specialist Brightpearl found that 69% of retailers are not using tech solutions to automate and process returns. Drapr, for example, claims this can reduce returns by 26%. In the US last year, 20.8% Capturing that data is the first hurdle.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

As a result, across the beverage industry, SKU numbers have proliferated noticeably in recent years and this has left many manufacturers and distributors struggling to find the space needed to store growing ranges within their existing warehouses and distribution centres. Over the same period, vacancies for warehouse jobs were up 143%.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, some of the challenges it posed to manufacturing and distribution were new. For example, before the pandemic, companies could get by with analog machines, paper-based systems, and disconnected point solutions. I should know. I grew up in manufacturing. The pandemic made that impossible.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

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

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The market has grown from $36.08bn in 2016 to $128.33bn in 2021 – a gain approaching $100bn in about half a decade. Their layout and processes are often unsuited to the emerging distribution model, populated as it often is, by racks of pallets and a wide range of automated materials handling equipment. A route map forward.

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Locus

JUNE 21, 2022

Goods move from the manufacturers to a distribution partner’s hub in the first mile, from distribution centers to retail outlets and facilities in the second mile and from sales hubs to their final destination in the last. In 2021, retail e-commerce sales amounted to approximately $4.9 In 2021 alone, over 2.14

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

According to the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics Super Bowl survey, 184.5 During the peak of the 2021 holiday season, there was a lot of concern that popular toys would not make it to consumers on time. million US adults said they planned to tune into the big game. That’s all for this week.

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