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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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Our 2018- 2019 Network Design Survey showed that the majority of organizations are still relying on spreadsheets (nearly 60%) and gut feel (15%) to make network design decisions. What we’re seeing is not just a trend towards changing materials/part suppliers, but also warehousing and logistics suppliers. .

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

The State of Supply Chain 2016 Trends. A 2016 Accenture survey, reports RF Gen , explained how more companies are taking advantage of AI benefits through linked supply chains. Most importantly, agile methods allowed for faster decision making across a virtually limitless stream of issues, and this trend held true throughout the year.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 1, 2023

In taking the opportunity to make strategic investments in digital supply chain tools during a market downcycle, when capacity is loose, freight costs are low and customer demand looks shaky, Walmart was bucking the trend among large shippers. Enterprise software sales cycles alone can take six months.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 4, 2020

And one of the easiest ways to keep up-to-date with the latest news and trends is to follow the available top freight podcasts. In this blog post on the top freight podcast, I will first provide the top FreightWaves podcasts from the FreightCasts team headed up by the legendary Timothy Dooner. Subscribe to "Point of Sale".

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GoShip Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) found that about 16.6% of retail sales in the US were returned in 2021, and up to 10% of these returns were fraudulent. Return fraud is detrimental to sales and overall profitability. And, if applicable, demand that customers provide their signatures after receiving their orders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2021

Certainly, supply chain constraints are a partial cause of the current above trend inflation. Look no further that the blog of the Whitehouse Council of Economic Advisors for commentary on the connection between supply chains and inflation. Supply shortages, low inventory to sales ratios, and hiring lags are noted as factors at play.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Nexant conducted a survey of the plastics industry , in collaboration with Plastics News , to understand reshoring trends and the effect on the North American market. Nexant received about 200 survey responses from compounders, fabricators, equipment suppliers and toolers. And, after building the new U.S. manufacturing.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Guest Post By Bob Ferrari, Executive Editor, Supply Chain Matters blog. Wealth Management.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. There were approximately 220 blog posts in 2014, and over 200,000 page views on those posts alone. Top Manufacturing Blog Posts for 2014.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 30, 2023

An ecommerce conversion rate is the percent of visits (or sessions) to your website that result in a sale. Each of the analytics tools mentioned above offers customized reporting that can help you make sense of the data and identify trends over time or problem areas that you should explore. What is an Ecommerce Conversion Rate?

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Locus

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In 2020, the total returns in the US accounted for $428 billion in lost sales, which was a whopping $761 billion in 2021. The total returns in terms of lost sales in 2021 were larger than the US federal government’s national defense spending in 2020. The post 5 Ways To Ace Last-Mile Reverse Logistics appeared first on Locus Blog.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

The new year will then bring series on trends and on the state of some of the business functions and technology used in proper transportation and logistics management. We hope you continue to enjoy our blog posts as we are now proud to announce over 20,000 blog subscribers and over 100,000 monthly visits! .

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates. ” I had not heard the story of how Greenpeace went after Nestle’s KitKat brand in 2010 over its palm oil sourcing, though each candy bar contains just a minute amount of the oil.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 23, 2014

We pick up where we left off yesterday from posting the Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts for 2014 by page views from the Cerasis blog by featuring the Top 10 Supply Chain Blog Posts in 2014. Top Supply Chain Blog Posts for 2014. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

Hot “gobs” of molten glass every couple of seconds come down chutes attached to giant ovens and settle into molds, after which a plunger type device pushes into the mold to form the shape of the finished glass piece. Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net. What do you say?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

However, modern technologies are dramatically changing procurement trends and how procurement professionals operate and their role in the company. Why Is Technology Driving Procurement Trends and the Role of Procurement? After all, proposed solutions do not cost a company anything beyond data review until implementing those solutions.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2015

Yesterday we had said we concluded our most popular blog posts by category for the blog posts written from our major categories for 2014. We featured out of our 200 plus blog posts in 2014, over 50 blog posts in the manufacturing category. Top 11 thru 20 Most Popular Manufacturing Blog Posts of 2014.

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