GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

As we head into a new year it is a good time to take a look at the coming year and see what it may hold in the way of trends. We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. Do you have the right people in place?

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Locus

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Between the Covid-19 waves, a trend emerged in the US and the rest of the world that earned the popular name of ‘revenge shopping’. Now almost two years since the black swan event, the trend continues, evolving into much grander, ‘revenge festivities’. retail and food services sales for September 2022 stood at $684.0

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 6, 2021

The social network’s increase in popularity has given rise to viral trends, as user-recorded videos spike in popularity dragging certain products along with them. After slime-making became an Instagram fad in 2016, Elmer’s Glue sales doubled. How do you plan for a social media-driven demand spike?

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Ship Monk

JULY 27, 2022

Demand forecasting helps you: Optimize inventory Align with your operational strategy Analyze demographic and product trends Surprise and delight customers Protect yourself against financial risks Prepare for peak season. What percentage do they account for in overall sales? Which products sell the quickest? Which sell the slowest ?

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FLS Transport

MARCH 3, 2021

Volumes snapback quickly after winter storms. Volumes plummeted 25% after winter storms Uri and Viola ran havoc across the U.S. This hasn’t been a two day event, it’s turning into a two week… plus… event. But does that mean for the retail sales that have been pioneering our economy forward for over a year?

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CH Robinson Logistics

APRIL 2, 2021

This year’s produce season is felt after a series of events impacting transportation. What’s more, is that these are likely not the last of the events to disrupt transportation. Online food sales are up 300% since the beginning of COVID-19. Following both of these events, warm weather and grilling season are upon us.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 7, 2023

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. Unforeseen externalities like weather events, infrastructure issues or congestion in other modes can suddenly emerge to have an impact on rates and service.

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EazyStock

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For the past ten years, Black Friday has seen sales increase annually and is one of the most important sales occasions of the year. The surrounding days are also sales-focused, including Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Successful sales during this period come down to many factors.

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EazyStock

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For the past ten years, Black Friday has seen sales increase annually and is one of the most important sales occasions of the year. The extended Black Week sales period sees increased pressure on companies to get ahead on their demand planning and ensure they have the necessary inventory.

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EazyStock

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For the past ten years, Black Friday has seen sales increase annually and is one of the most important sales occasions of the year. The extended Black Week sales period sees increased pressure on companies to get ahead on their demand planning and ensure they have the necessary inventory.

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WorkWave

MARCH 3, 2022

Some businesses adjust hours to accommodate fewer sales. If you’re not sure whether your business experiences an off-season, take a moment to review total sales — and total foot-traffic numbers if you run an in-person business. If possible, take a look at sales and traffic totals over a multi-year period.

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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.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 6, 2022

The international trade show for the intralogistics industry was able to build on the success of its previous events with numbers edging back up toward pre-pandemic levels. “A At peak times on the second day of the event, 3,000 industry professionals streamed through the turnstiles at the entrance within 10 minutes. Some 36.5%

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 21, 2013

News & Events. |. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. « ROP using APO CTM | Main | Use of Predictive Analytics in Supply Chain » Managing After-Sales Service by coupling CRM and Asset Management. Social Media in Supply Chain.the new trend!

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 4, 2024

With the recent stress placed upon the supply chain in recent years and the changing political alignment across the globe, we are seeing a trend for supply to be bought closer to home which has resulted in Australian MTO manufacturers attracting significant capital input and flourishing. MRP manages the spread of demand across the suppliers.

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MTS Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2020

As a result, different industrial sectors have been affected, such as the wine sector, following the cancellation of some local, national and international events. The consequent wine surplus in France has not only been fostered by the loss of sales following the pandemic, but also the significant fall in orders from the U.S.

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WorkWave

MARCH 27, 2023

Work with community leaders to sponsor events where you can discuss your brand’s focus on the community. With the right messaging, good PR can help bolster both your marketing and sales figures. They can also help you navigate economic or seasonal trends that might affect business.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

While we have published predictions about supply chain technology trends at the beginning of the year in past years. Commerce Department shows that online retail sales jumped 32.4% 2021 Supply Chain Technology Trends to Watch ; Steve Banker, Chris Cunnane, and Clint Reiser. Data from the U.S. How can this be?

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Carter Logistics

MARCH 10, 2021

Written by Richard Kenney, Sales Manager, Midwest. In 2021, the Food Shippers of America did have a virtual webcast event that featured Mr. More people working leads to increased spending, and both retail in-store and online sales will continue to be strong; a trend online pushed higher by pandemic infused need to shop online.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Autonomous Mobile Robots ( AMRs ) offer a cost-effective solution that will help remove much of the risk, smooth the spikes and ensure continuity of service to customers, writes Frazer Watson, VP-Sales UK/Ireland at mobile robot designer and manufacturer iFollow. Not so long ago peak in retail meant Christmas.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

Has your company ever suffered problems with, implemented, or even considered implementing a sales and operations (S&OP) planning process? More to the point, though, for S&OP to be effective, it matters not whether a company uses Excel spreadsheets or the latest best-of-breed sales and operations planning software.

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MTS Logistics

JULY 24, 2020

Consumers were focused on essential items to survive so fashion just became an after-thought. And, since events are canceled or postponed, such as weddings, celebration parties and vacations, these caused another hit on demand. Notable growth in e-commerce included: H&M reported online sales jumped 36% between March and May.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

While ecommerce has experienced boom after boom, 2022 has proven to be an interesting year in its already storied history. 2 Analyze Your Past Data and Compare It to Current Trends. How did your ecommerce business’s regular sales compare to seasonal sales last year? Ecommerce growth is expected to be up about 2.5%

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2021

On the breadth dimension, we have a spectrum that includes point solutions out to alerts over a much broader range of events. EDI messages that a shipment will be late, for example, not uncommonly arrive after the shipment has already arrived. This set of capabilities is beginning to be called “Sales & Operations Execution.”.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The findings indicate and reinforce an industry-wide consensus of the decline in the lustre and appeal of Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) e-commerce events among consumers. A similar trend was also seen in Germany, from 90% in 2020 to 79% in 2021. Similarly, the findings also align with Adobe’s analysis, which pointed to a 1.4%

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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. Then after that, I’ll provide what the team decided as the top freight podcasts around the industry to listen to. Subscribe to "Point of Sale". “ WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Listen on FreightWaves.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

drop in sales while non-store retailers (mostly E-Commerce providers) achieved 14.8% increase with their sales in the U.S. I have to forecast my avocado sales, including seasonal patterns and promotional effects. According to OECD, during the pandemic, brick-and-mortar retail services such as food services saw 7.7%

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

However, when analysing the current state of the market, we can see two distinct trends. On the one hand, the market is softening and the capacity crunch is reducing after tightening in 2021 and the first half of 2022. An empty shelf isn’t just a lost sale for someone – it’s a reason for customers to switch to another brand.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

For example, the reverse logistics process includes the management and the sale of surplus as well as returned equipment and machines from the hardware leasing business. Normally, logistics deal with events that bring the product towards the customer. Any process or management after the sale of the product involves reverse logistics.

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GoShip Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

When this happens, many small business owners sell unavailable items on backorder and ship them to the customer after replenishing their inventory. The sudden increase in demand can be because of seasonal events like holidays, extreme weather, or social media trends. Out-of-stock vs backorder.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has forecast that holiday sales during November and December will grow between 8.5 Additionally, NRF estimates that online sales will increase between 11 percent and 15 percent to a total of between $218.3 percent and 10.5 percent over 2020 to between $843.4 billion and $859 billion.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Koerber Supply Chain’s ‘Elevate’ event in Prague was an opportunity to discover how software and technology address the unprecedented complexity in logistics. We are not a house of brands,” Anton Du Preez, EVP Sales EMEA stated. I asked Du Preez to comment on other key trends in automation. David Priestman reports.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. This is after Amazon already closed or paused 66 facilities last fall. According to a recent report, the company canceled, closed, or delayed 99 fulfillment facilities, impacting nearly 32.3

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 25, 2022

Japan is a country with many different facets and passions, but it is also one of the world’s birthplaces of e-commerce, with a mature market and well-defined trends. On the one hand, the September event confirms Sitma’s support for in-person trade fairs and, on the other hand its commitment to the Japanese market.

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MTS Logistics

JUNE 15, 2020

In order to become successful in today’s global marketplace, exporters should provide their customers with appealing sales terms supported by suitable payment methods. The ultimate goal is getting paid in full and on-time for each export sale. This presents the least risk to a seller while having the most risk to the buyer.

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Bringg

DECEMBER 27, 2017

With ecommerce sales reaching $23 trillion in annual sales worldwide, customers are relying on better and faster deliveries for all sort of goods and services. These are some of the key industry trends in delivery logistics and supply chain management which will take center stage in the upcoming year: 1. Real-time Visibility.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Rob O’Byrne makes an early start with his round-up of supply chain and logistics trends that might make industry headlines in the coming year. His observations include trends in first and last-mile logistics, and the increase in SMEs entering global markets. 2020 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends: What’s Around the Corner?

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