Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

After months of dire predictions, many in the financial community are lowering the odds of a recession in the next year. But “9% of the companies didn’t simply recover in the three years after a recession — they flourished, outperforming competitors by at least 10% in sales and profits growth.”

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The value of overall sales rose 0.1% retail sales rose less than forecast in September, as a broad-based increase was overshadowed by a drop in restaurant receipts that may reflect the impact of Hurricane Florence. The value of overall sales rose 0.1% The value of overall sales rose 0.1% after decreasing 0.5%

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Predictive Analysis in Logistics and Supply Chain: How to Apply | Image source: Pexels In logistics, predictive analysis is simply the process of identifying and forecasting patterns, trends, and behaviors in both human and machine learning approaches, data, and algorithms. This ratio increased to 54% in 2022.

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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. If you’re making a big ask, such as wanting me to fill out a survey or refer my friends, then I’d like to hear from your founder, not some AI bot.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

While high, the shipping costs typically paled in comparison to the lost sales due to inventory shortages. Over 50,000 supply chain professionals rely on our research lead’s weekly freight rate update, which includes a data-driven overview of current freight market conditions. The Weekly Freight Update. View weekly update.

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Locus

OCTOBER 21, 2022

According to McKinsey’s latest consumer pulse survey, Spending in March 2020 was down by 18% as compared to two years later. According to United States Census Bureau data , advance estimates for U.S. retail and food services sales for September 2022 stood at $684.0 billion, which was an 8.2% year-on-year increase in June 2022.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2018

The 2017 holiday sales on a seasonally-adjusted basis showed the strongest growth since the 2012 holiday season. in December after a 0.8% jump a month earlier that reflected broad-based gains, according to the median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists before Jan. in December after a 0.8% in the week ended Dec.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

According to an April survey by shipping and mailing company Pitney Bowes, online returns cost retailers an average of 21% of order value. Data can be used to optimise operations across the whole returns journey and is the catalyst for more efficient returns. Estimations vary over how much money retailers lose to returns each year.

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Ship Monk

JULY 27, 2022

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 percentage do they account for in overall sales? 1 Market Research – Market research gathers crucial customer data by means of surveying.

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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. After bottoming out in April 2020, retail sales went on a tear.

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UL EHS- Sustainability

APRIL 2, 2020

You need to create personalized learning paths and automatically push training out based on a variety of employee data points – time employed, job role, department, or anything you can pull from an HR/employee system. Due dates can be defined in relation to any date-based person property (for example, 90 days after hire date).

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In a conversation with Everstream’s chief data officer, the executive told this writer that the company was using artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data to solve this n-tier problem. The company had access to huge amounts of trade data, for example. It is not enough to have data; you need the right kind of data!

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Stord

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Customer expectations have become more demanding, brands are adding more sales channels into the supply chain, and 2020 showed us that we need to be prepared for sudden changes to supply and demand patterns. When each platform and its data is siloed, it’s hard to react to sudden changes in supply and demand.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 1, 2023

Connecting demand signals, order flows and inventory data across those chains enables new algorithmic decision-making that can optimize Walmart’s supply chain for flexibility and responsiveness. Enterprise software sales cycles alone can take six months. To learn more about FreightWaves SONAR, click here.)

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 20, 2022

A survey SYSPRO fielded during the early days of the pandemic showed that 47% of businesses were unable to function because operational staff completely relied on on-premises resources, and 37% were unable to provide the remote work capabilities they required. A year later we asked manufacturing CFOs how their strategies had evolved.

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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. This means that you can target very specific parts of your demand data and dynamically run different scenarios in those conditions to measure its effect.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

And while this definitely points to an industry making strides, a recent Procurious survey found that 75 percent of women in supply chain experience gender-based adversity. This is after Amazon already closed or paused 66 facilities last fall. The data show Canadian exports to China also reached a historic high of $27.9

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

FACING DISRUPTION AFTER DISRUPTION. Just look at the Associated Builders and Contractors’ Confidence Index, which is now positive for sales, profit, and staffing level expectations for the next six months. Issues such as these are causing supply chain disruption after disruption, resulting in increased costs and delays.

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GoShip Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

When it comes to supply chain and logistics, analyzing customers’ preferences can set the tone for your transportation volumes and sales growth. The quantitative method relies on already existing sales data and previous demand tests. Collect the data. Analyze received data. Stock issues avoidance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Data from the U.S. Commerce Department shows that online retail sales jumped 32.4% Preliminary results from a Lucas-commissioned survey of 350 companies in the US and UK found that the majority of the companies are already employing AI in one way or another within their warehouses and distribution/fulfillment centers.

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IoT World Today

DECEMBER 12, 2018

After several years in a row of warm rather than meteoric growth, there are fewer people making that claim for 2019. Amazon has convinced 60 percent of its Prime members to buy at least one Amazon Echo and 30 percent of its non-Prime customer base has one, according to survey data from Business Insider.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

And in the most emotional finish of the day, Henry Richard finished the race nine years after his brother, Martin, died during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. And this comes nearly 9 years after Jeff Bezos predicted drone deliveries might reach the market in four to five years. A truly inspiring Marathon Monday as always.

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Locus

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A survey predicts that e-commerce sales in India will hit the $100 billion mark for the first time in 2023. Let’s say you are making a call after office hours to get information from the delivery company. Because it is now after office hours, no one answers your call. Delivery Order Incomplete. Custom Delays.

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WorkWave

JANUARY 24, 2019

The 2019 AHR Expo Exhibitor Economic Outlook Survey , sponsored by the ASHRAE Journal , suggests that this will be a good year for businesses in the industry. of the exhibitors responding to the survey rated their business prospects as “good,” while 28.6% of exhibitors expect their sales to grow by more than 10% and 41.3%

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A Forbes report quoted data stating that store traffic in 2020 fell by 30% as compared to 2019. According to a McKinsey report, the year-on-year growth of e-commerce sales as a percentage of total sales was 3.3X share of chain retail sales by 2023, up from 30% in 2021. for the United States in 2020. growth last year.

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Locus

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Online shoppers are growing in number year after year, and so are their delivery expectations. In 2021, retail e-commerce holiday season sales in the United States amounted to about 213 billion US dollars. Forecasts suggest that online sales for the holiday period would grow by about 2.5 percent in North America in 2022.

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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. This means that you can target very specific parts of your demand data and dynamically run different scenarios in those conditions to measure its effect.

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Logistics Marketing Advisors

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Every couple of years, Logistics Marketing Advisors does a survey of professionals who make or influence purchasing decisions on logistics products or services. This year, we surveyed 100 buyers online and then followed up with direct interviews with 10 of these respondents to dig a little deeper. OK, that’s the bad news.

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Driver detention is a top concern for truckers finds a 2020 Workhound survey. Communication can be a dying art form with all the new technology and easily accessible data that it offers. Another huge aspect of communication (and data) is making sure that your internal communications are safe. COMMUNICATION. CUSTOMER SERVICE.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

It is only natural and the first response to this question is often an investment in sales or marketing to generate net new customers. Many companies think they can adopt a tactic like content marketing or social media or buy an ad or list and immediately reverse sluggish sales or lagging market adoption. What Inbound Organizations Do.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 24, 2021

Manufacturers must ask themselves how they can maintain their business after the crisis ends and successfully adjust to the new situation. According to a survey from McKinsey, 39% of industry leaders are enhancing industry 4.0 COVID-19 — Impacts And Challenges For The Manufacturer. Optimization. Advanced Technology.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 4, 2020

While logging into a shipping data analytics engine like FreightWaves SONAR is an excellent way to keep tabs on the market, there’s another opportunity to stay in the know without being tied to a desk. Then after that, I’ll provide what the team decided as the top freight podcasts around the industry to listen to. Freightonomics.

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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

APRIL 3, 2015

After all, outsourcing typically refers to sending jobs overseas. First the massive data breach in which thousands of American shoppers’ financial information was jeopardized. After all, unless a business is in the business of logistics, then it is not a forte that comes naturally. Target Corp. Rechannels Logistics.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Today we pick up our series on all things Electronic Data Interchange or EDI by busting the common myths around implementing an EDI Integration program. The truth is, many myths have circulated throughout the business world, and electronic data interchange is the focus of quite a few of these myths. Truth: It Increases Productivity.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

There were 10% fewer manufacturers in 2011 than in 2008—a record low since 1977, when the Census Bureau started collecting Business Dynamics data. 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. safety requirements.

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 8, 2023

We know there’s a lot to worry about, but we hope you’ve given some thought to what happens after those orders start rolling in. Centralize customer interaction data. Product reviews and post-purchase satisfaction surveys are also good sources, as long as someone is reading them. Hmmm, what are you forgetting?

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