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Inoculating 2021 E-Commerce with Fulfillment Best Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

These shifts led more fulfillment teams to identify and embrace emerging best practices as part of their 2021 planning. They studied the value of getting inventory closer to customers. Leveraging every competitive strength remains critical in 2021, when any one of these trends can wreak havoc on an unprepared shipper.

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Issues Impacting Chemical Bidding and Benchmarking Carrier Rates in 2021

CLX Logistics

Each year, bulk truck and mode managers, transportation managers, and executives develop budgets to address new or different needs – but 2020 was unimaginably volatile, and 2021 has shown little signs of settling. The post Issues Impacting Chemical Bidding and Benchmarking Carrier Rates in 2021 appeared first on CLX Logistics, LLC.

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Trends 2021: Warehouse Automation

Logistics Business Magazine

How has the pandemic impacted warehousing and logistics operations in 2020, 2021 and beyond? This acceleration will continue in 2021 and beyond. Zebra’s warehouse vision study states that typically 50% of ecommerce warehouse employees are picking orders and that 40-70% of their time is spent moving between picking locations.

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Scaling the Supply Chain: A Comparative Analysis of Logistics in SMEs and Startups

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

To provide a comprehensive overview, the author draws from various academic studies, reports, and surveys to shed light on the latest trends and best practices in supply chain management. A recent study by the World Bank (2020) found that SMEs face higher logistics costs as a percentage of sales (21.3%) compared to larger firms (16.9%).

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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2021, for the tenth consecutive year, Saint-Gobain was named one of the world’s 100 most innovative companies, according to the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator ranking. Brazil, the single largest country in which the company operates in Latin America, has experienced significant benefits by optimizing its transport routes.

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Three Logistics Imperatives for Managing Uncertainty in 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

As I write this in the fourth quarter of 2021, there’s just no telling what the new year will bring in terms of emerging logistics challenges. 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.

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Rise of the Industrial Data Scientist

Logistics Viewpoints

Research from ARC Advisory Group in 2021 on the Convergence of AI and IoT (AIoT) report and The State of AI Research by research specialist Vanson Bourne accurately describe the current state of AI in the process industries. The Current State of Industrial AI in the Process Industries.

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