Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Companies have fewer experienced employees who are knowledgeable about their operations, processes, and safety procedures to lead by example. One survey found that 64% of businesses across materials handling, distribution, or fulfilment had forgone business worth more than 25% of their revenue in 2022 because of staffing issues.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

For example, the Freightos Baltic Index indicates a 69% increase to North America’s East Coast and a staggering 226% to Northern Europe since the crisis began. It took time for the situation to normalize, especially for complex products like semiconductors that require a lot of moving parts in the global supply chain.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 13, 2022

For example, you may want to consider how your operations have gone over the last 12 months. Key challenges that might mark 2022. For example, container costs have risen ten-fold when compared to statistics recorded two years ago. Unfortunately, 2022 could be as challenging or even more challenging than its predecessor.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 19, 2022

Meanwhile, a recent survey conducted by the trade association, Logistics UK, noted 13% of respondents report severe warehouse staff shortages, with a substantial decline in the availability of forklift drivers cited as a major problem. IMHX 2022 takes place from 6th-8th September at the NEC, Birmingham. This represents some 12.5%

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2021

At the end of August, for example, 44 container ships were stuck outside of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California. In surveying the global ocean market right now, Bennett says there’s not much additional tonnage available. Covering the Demand. Add this year’s estimated 8.0% Planning is obviously key,” says Chrapko.

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Kanban Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Available North Carolina warehouse space The current state of warehouse vacancy in the burgeoning eastern North Carolina region – where Kanban Logistics is located – remains low, though not at the historic lows seen in 2022. The Charlotte region, for example, currently has a warehouse vacancy rate of 4.3%.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 21, 2022

The study, conducted by Economist Impact, surveyed executive-level participants representing businesses in 26 major countries across the globe. For example, 42.5% of executives surveyed in South America and Africa respectively identified higher transport costs as the top limitation for increasing exports. This compared to 19.9%

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

For example, how might preferences relating to the convenience, cost and speed of delivery affect different consumers? For example 80% of 18-34 year olds are likely to take some form of action against a delivery problem – this could include complaining in detail on TikTok, or telling family and friends to avoid a particular brand.

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 27, 2022

billion loss for 2022 and that industry-wide profitability will emerge at some point in 2023. “We When passenger planes were grounded during the pandemic, for example, air freight capacity shrank accordingly. Talk of a possible recession emerged midyear and got a bit louder and more emphatic as we progressed through 2022.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 5, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll walk through some of the obstacles to medium-term demand planning, consider how high-frequency supply chain data can help fill the informational gaps that companies are grappling with, and then look at a real-world example of how the data in FreightWaves SONAR can give insight into the goods economy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

So, what does the 2022 Thanksgiving holiday look like? In a recent NielsenIQ survey, 91 percent of consumers indicated they are planning on celebrating US Thanksgiving this year with a majority (83 percent) either staying at home (59 percent) or local (24 percent) (within 50 miles of their home). Boston, and Chicago.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2023

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, 91% of consumers reported to taking the supply chain into consideration when making a purchase, an increase from just 45% before 2020, according to an Oracle survey. Instawork’s 2022 survey, found that 73% of warehouse operators couldn’t find enough labour.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Companies knew this, which is why 93% of senior supply chain leaders surveyed in May 2020 by consulting firm McKinsey planned to increase inventories of key products and materials while also diversifying their supply base and localizing or regionalizing both supply and production.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This article provides an overview, based on a survey of over 1,200 small businesses, of how small and midsize businesses have weathered the storm, and how a changing – and potentially recessionary – market is impacting their outlook. By the time they peaked in June 2022, they were over 30% higher than pre-COVID.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A recent customer survey proved that driveMybox is seen as a strong and reliable partner that can react flexibly to requests, even in times of strong fluctuations and disruptions in the supply chains. Heilig and Spandehra anticipate significant revenue growth in fiscal 2022 based on expected macroeconomic and industry-specific conditions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

network this year after its initial success at select facilities in 2022. The rate rose to $8,607 on April 1, 2022, from $3,174 a year earlier. In its January survey of grocery executives and consumers, Grocery Doppio, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based West Coast was $2,618 as of Feb.

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

My preferred measure of demand for truck transportation is an index I’ve developed with my colleague Yem Bolumole at the University of Tennessee that uses data from the Census Bureau’s and Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Commodity Flow Survey to calculate implied demand for truck transportation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

That is why we have conducted extensive surveys and analysis. Q: Can you give some specific examples? Spatially constrained warehouses in urban environments, for example, rely on high scalability of picking systems. And so we are especially excited about LogiMAT 2022.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Research by McKinsey found that US consumers’ holiday shopping is starting earlier and lasting longer this year, with most starting in October or earlier and 40% intending to start in November, compared with 35 percent in 2022. Pallet and bin shuttle systems for automated storage and retrieval are a prime example.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

billion in 2022. One example is UPS Healthcare developing a system and opening facilities to move medicines safely. For example, a recent study showed categories such as meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy with significant spending declines in 2022 as consumers sought more shelf-stable and affordable items.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 27, 2021

51% of the respondents in a global Reuters survey felt that the most perplexing challenge is the unpredictable nature of consumer demand. billion by 2022. According to a report issued by Zion Market Research, the compound annual growth rate is at 21% between 2016 and 2022. Simple Examples of Predictive Analytics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In 2022, Prologis announced a goal, which will be submitted to the Science Based Targets Initiative for validation, to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. The report highlights the importance of stakeholder engagement and quantifies the social impact of the 74 projects surveyed.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 13, 2022

Jun 13, 2022. Nearly two-thirds of businesses responding to the 2020 Gartner Sustainability Survey said they were pressured by customers to invest in sustainability initiatives while 48% said pressure was coming from investors and 48% cited regulators. Inbound Logistics. Sandra Beckwith. DROP AND HOOK.

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Ship Monk

JUNE 16, 2023

For example, if your ecommerce brand asks for a birthday or birth month under the guise of special annual rewards, a customer will know to expect a free gift with purchase or discount at a specific time of year, which is a great incentive/prompt to shop then. This is just one example of how a tier system can be structured.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Following COP26, 90% of world GDP is now covered by net-zero commitments for 2030, and according to Forbes, “sustainable, resilient operations” are the number one business trend for 2022. A report by Avery Dennison which surveyed more than 5,000 fashion buyers from across the U.S., Sustainable savings.

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Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 29, 2021

After yet another unpredictable and unstable year, many hope 2022 will bring more stability back to the industry. What will we see going into 2022 and beyond? One example is UPS Healthcare developing a system and opening facilities to move medicines safely. For example, the congestion at U.S.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

A recent study by the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society in partnership with Kearney revealed that 35% of firms across a range of industries surveyed in Europe and North America have a supplier diversity programme, and a further 18% intend to develop one within the next three years. Progress, yes, but not nearly enough.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

A recent study by the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society in partnership with Kearney revealed that 35% of firms across a range of industries surveyed in Europe and North America have a supplier diversity programme, and a further 18% intend to develop one within the next three years. Progress, yes, but not nearly enough.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey , 59.7 The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) released a survey recently showing 93 percent of more than 1,400 respondents reported higher costs for materials, parts, and supplies. Lumber shortages continue to be a significant problem nationwide. According to the U.S.

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Ship Monk

MAY 18, 2023

Stat 1: “Porch pirates stole from 49 million Americans in 2022.” Stat 4: 74% of 1,000 consumers surveyed said they’d experienced a product or service problem in the past year. Example Customer Complaint: “Hello, I received an email saying my package was delivered, but I haven’t received it yet.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 11, 2024

And when we feel uncertain, humans tend to look for examples of what others in our situation have done. We’ll give you some examples of social proof, and we’ll even rank them in terms of trustworthiness. Social Proof Examples, Ranked Social proof can take many forms, and they’re not all equal. What is Social Proof? Some of it?

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 3, 2023

When transportation businesses have to cope with a variety of routes and elements that significantly affect their operations, such as weather, traffic, and seasonality, that is another example of predictive analysis in action. This ratio increased to 54% in 2022.

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CH Robinson Logistics

MAY 10, 2022

According to a 2020 survey by ATRI , 20.6% Robinson offers drop trailer programs that over the past four months (January 2022-April 2022) has averaged over 40,000 available loads and in 2021, moved nearly 500,000 power only loads. For example, C.H. Track and reduce non-revenue generating miles.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 28, 2023

According to the Business of Sustainability Index , despite intense inflation since 2020, 66% of general US customers and 80% of young adult (ages 18-34) US customers surveyed in 2022 are willing to pay more for sustainable products/companies that embrace sustainable practices. Consider the clothing industry as an example.

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ShipLilly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The same patterns were reported regardless of whether one used August 2022 or August 2021 for comparison. American ports managed 2,220,331 twenty-foot equivalent units of imports in October 2022. For example, Long Beach was down by 2.7% That is a vastly different take from September when things seemed ominous. Volumes were 7.2%

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

To ensure that more truck drivers are back home in the evening, for example, the forwarding association Elvis wants to set up a meeting network for full truck loads. The best of the best also differentiate their recruitment strategy – for example, according to generations or potential groups such as newcomers or foreign workers.

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ShipLilly

MARCH 20, 2023

Elsewhere, the Bank of Canada business survey for the 4th quarter of 2022 indicated that there were still price adjustments pending and that many of these relate to previous supply disruptions. For example, data from the Institute for Supply Management showed that commodity shortfalls in some product categories (e.g.,

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