Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

It’s taking semiconductor firms more than twice as long as their peers in other industries to hire personnel such as technicians or mechanical engineers, with the typical process stretching to about three months, according to an analysis of the top 50 chip producers in the US by Revelio Labs, a labor-market data analyst.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Appropriately Prep for All Major Sales and Promotions Black Friday, Cyber Monday, the sale space in between, and the final Christmas countdown are four key periods your ecommerce brand must prepare for. After all, it is not going to help your cause for Black Friday if you place orders from the manufacturer the Friday before.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A clear vision for how the market and the fleet can work in unison is at the heart of fleet management within the trucking industry. Of course, that all depends on seeing the activities that are occurring, benchmarking current carrier operations and continuously improving. Streamline data capture and analysis.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 29, 2021

The pandemic has sent the retail industry on a K-shaped trajectory — the final straw that has sent many retail chains into bankruptcy while also contributing to a surge in sales for many of the leading chains. Using SONAR data in contract negotiations with carriers and 3PLs. . Evaluating truckload to intermodal conversion. .

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 7, 2023

Margins remain challenged in many industries, and strategic finance teams are scouring their companies’ profit and loss statements looking for opportunities to trim costs. Even after the long series of contract rate cuts that began in July 2022, transportation managers and supply chain leaders still have a cost-reduction role to play in 2023.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Because it’s so immediate, SMS should be used sparingly, for time-sensitive information, such as prompts to revisit an abandoned cart, or notifications of a sale starting or ending. Of course, what you say is just as important as how you say it. Like email, if abused, customers quickly learn to say STOP.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The pandemic has impacted industries differently across the board. While some businesses and entire industries like hospitality and travel have been shutting down, others like consumer staples, technology and safety products/PPE are thriving like never before. Did you have frequent stock-outs after adjusting your forecast?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

But high data quality is not the only crucial factor. Equally important for the data models are the experiences of people and the requirements of consumers. He wanted to talk about industrial AI, demand forecasting, and a bit about ChatGPT. He wanted to talk about industrial AI, demand forecasting, and a bit about ChatGPT.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In a move to reduce the size of its sprawling delivery operation amid slowing sales growth, Amazon has abandoned dozens of existing and planned facilities around the US. Amazon said that its solar installations will come back online after inspections are completed. There is good news and bad news for the trucking industry.

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Ship Monk

JULY 27, 2022

We’re talking, of course, about demand forecasting, or the process of predicting customer demand for a product or service. Put simply, demand forecasting uses a variety of data to foresee customer demand and inform major business decisions, from launching new products to finding the perfect 3PL partner. What is Demand Forecasting?

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The week after Christmas typically sees the largest number of returns, around 17.9% of total holiday sales in 2022. holiday sales last year, according to the National Retail Federation. of total sales. of total sales. “Let’s hear it for peak return season!” said nobody, ever. But it’ll be upon us before we know it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 11, 2022

Even if your transportation management system ( TMS ) is ingesting carrier EDI information directly, the data you receive is often hours after that fact, leaving you to “best-guess” actual delivery times. It collects and stores data from a variety of sources. Customer satisfaction suffers. You don’t know what you don’t know.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Consumer smartphones are being used more and more in the industry, but unlike handhelds, they cannot deliver what employees really need. Especially in any industrial environment, the question arises: what is better – consumer smartphone or classic data collection device? From the beginnings till now. Smart, but short-lived. “In

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MTS Logistics

MAY 27, 2022

We experience such diverse supply chain disruptions that tracking the data on U.S. Maxx and Marshall’s owner TJX reported sales that were below estimates in May. Of course, we may still experience more factories in Asia not operating at 100 percent capacity, further trucking shortages, port issues, etc. Furthermore, T.J.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

Let’s take another look at how procurement, computing power, industry 4.0, cyber security, advanced robotics and automation became top priorities for research, development, and implementation throughout the past year’s operations in the manufacturing industry. . Industry 4.0 Essentially, the use of Industry 4.0

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Stord

JANUARY 11, 2022

From our daily engagement (and years of deep industry experience), these are some of the issues that should prove most impactful this year, and some ideas on how to overcome some of those challenges. For example, the price of 42# linerboard has gone up 35% in the last 12 months, over the course of 4-5 price increases.

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WorkWave

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The WorkWave User Conference is always an exciting time of year, giving users the opportunity to meet with the WorkWave team directly, attend a wide range of informative sessions, network with their peers in the industry, and have plenty of fun along the way. So don’t delay—register for WorkWave User Conference 2020 today !

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 30, 2023

Tender acceptance can range from 98% to just 75% over the course of a freight cycle, causing disruptions to supply chains that result in charge-backs, stockouts and lost sales. This is a standard practice in many industries, from energy to agriculture and metals and mining. How bad is the problem for shippers?

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

The answer is to benchmark your freight, of course. It simply means checking your company’s rates paid for freight transportation against those borne by its peers in the same or similar industries and shipping scenarios. So how can you be sure you’re getting the best freight rates possible?

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ShipLilly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For a long time, industry experts and observers suggested that e-Commerce was the next big thing and that it’s here to stay. After all, they would be one of the key modalities for quickly transporting goods from different parts of the globe. Of course, that expectation could only hold if the upward trend in e-Commerce continued.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

In this article, written by Markus Kammerhofer, Director Sales Retro, TGW Logistics Group , we look at the most important factors for a successful retrofit intralogistics project. Expansions are particularly important for companies that experience strong growth after go-live. Of course they have to budget for it.

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ShipLilly

JUNE 28, 2021

Returns are a significant issue among the electronics Industry, where they comprise $10 billion worth of additional cost every year. Use of Data and Information. Having a centralized location for data processing can help to handle returns cheaply and liquidate any inventory that is left behind.

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LandLink

JANUARY 15, 2020

Nailing down exact numbers on return rates is notoriously difficult, but compiled data from separate sources paints a bleak portrait, especially for online retailers. In fact, how you deal with returns, before and after purchase, can differentiate your brand, create a competitive advantage and even make you more profitable. In the U.S.

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Forto

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Because one thing is certain: These days are an excellent opportunity for you to boost your sales and compete with your rivals. After all, these two days are only two of the biggest sale days in the e-commerce. billion in online sales in 2018. billion in online sales in 2018. That is an uplift of 23.3

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Booming online retail is expected to add well over £5bn to a total of £79bn e-commerce sales this year in the UK, according to analysts at Edge Retail Insight. Whilst the lockdowns have dealt a devastating blow to high street footfall, there has been a surge in shopping from home.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 31, 2018

It is essential in organizing activities in the transportation industry effectively and efficiently. The challenges that the transportation industry faces are enormous. Government regulation that touches on aspects of volume and carriage is another force that’s in play in the industry. Download White Paper.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

If yours is not one of those businesses, and you’re confident in your KPI suite and the relevance of the data it provides, congratulations! Of course, you can have as many other metrics as you like, but the KPIs are the ones that should form a catalyst for action. If your KPIs are common ones, it shouldn’t be a problem, of course.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s also the time when I start to think about sharing my thoughts on trends for the coming year , but of course, stop short of trying to make predictions. Ask questions later” approach to multi-channel and omnichannel strategies in their haste to avoid losing sales to ecommerce giants like Amazon.

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Women in Trucking

MARCH 12, 2019

If classic movies like Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Tin Men (1987), Used Cars (1980)—or more recent hits like Wolf of Wall Street (2013)—have taught us anything, it’s that sales is not for those of a weak disposition. Some attributes typically associated with sales remain important and probably will be for some time.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Today we continue our “Top Blog Posts” series, after covering the top posts in manufacturing , supply chain , logistics , and transportation so far, by bringing you a subject all of us must focus on: Business. Why all Bosses need to Hear This ONE Thing : I had data. Read the Full Blog Post. Can they Handle it?

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GlobalTranz

JULY 26, 2016

Everyone seems to be clamoring to get on the big data and analytics train. Part of this drive toward more interest in analytics in distribution and manufacturing comes from the ability of analytics to reduce inefficiencies dramatically and increase productivity in both physical and virtual sales environments.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Green supply chain management practices can be included in every link of the supply chain from material sourcing and selection, product design, manufacturing processes, product delivery, and even product disposal after the product’s useful life. Of course, cloud-based technology has the added benefit of being accessible from almost anywhere.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Especially in any industrial environment, the question arises: what is better – consumer smartphone or classic data collection device? To be sure, consumer smartphones are increasingly being used in industries such as retail and logistics, and they are certainly creating numerous advantages. Smart, but short-lived. “In

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FLS Transport

AUGUST 20, 2020

And some capacity was expected to leave the market after a really tough 2019 for carriers…. Considering that it’s now August and we’re normally in the middle of a summer lull, a snapshot of the freight industry shows an unsettled market: Volume is up 34% over 2019 and 38% above the 2018 value. Source: DATA Trendlines.

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Forto

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Because one thing is certain: These days are an excellent opportunity for you to boost your sales and compete with your rivals. . After all, these two days are only two of the biggest sale days in the e-commerce. . billion in online sales in 2018. billion in online sales in 2018. That is an uplift of 23.3

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 25, 2015

Not surprisingly, when the employee taking on these responsibilities becomes over-burdened, he or she is most likely to become less efficient in regular work assignments—and, unfortunately, very often without succeeding in yielding the desired freight costs management results after all. Contact Network Development. bean counter").

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Do they have strong software and IT capabilities for managing mass supply chain data? The risk that comes with that, of course, is what can happen to your “baby” if you completely entrust its growth and care to someone else. More “old school” 3PLs may rely on manual data pushes from their accounts. Epic eCommerce Integration.

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