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3 Ways Technology Can Enable Retailers to Enhance Deliveries in 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

A Statista study found that in 2020, the furniture and appliance e-commerce global market volume was $383.2B. The trend of purchasing big & bulky items online will continue to grow, with Statista predicting 35% of furniture sales worldwide will be made online by 2025. How do deliveries impact consumer experience?

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Predicting the next turn in the freight cycle

FreightWaves SONAR

Freight markets feel stuck in unseasonable doldrums with volumes low, capacity loose and rates in a trough after supply chain activity cooled post-COVID. In the same way, freight markets can reach balance after a very slow, gradual move, and then start steadily accelerating in a new direction. per mile by Aug. container import.”

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

For instance, a bot never needs to take a mandatory break after 10 hours on the road or pass a drug test. What’s more, bots don’t require paychecks, benefits, vacations, training or other workforce overhead. An impressive case study to be sure, but alas, the cost of the technology is still prohibitive for most companies.

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Predictive Analysis in Logistics and Supply Chain: How to Apply

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After this, having trustworthy data is useless if the predictive insights cannot be adequately interpreted. Predictive analysis is a branch of data analysis that makes predictions about patterns, behaviors, and habits based on past and present data using statistical methods and machine learning algorithms.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. A monumental after-effect has been the subtraction of years of training knowledge from the domestic U.S.

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How Automated Guided Vehicles Transform Material Handling

Conger

The Benefits of Implementing AGVs in Your Operations Components and Types of AGVs AGV Navigation Technology Choosing the Right AGV Solution for Your Needs Ensuring Safety and Compliance in the Workplace Real-World Applications and Case Studies Overcoming Challenges with AGVs Conclusion Understanding Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) What is an AGV?

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Post-COVID Ecommerce is Booming, But Logistics Issues Abound

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While the pandemic has helped ecommerce companies increase sales immeasurably, it has, at the same time, disrupted the global supply chains that so many retailers rely on and, by accelerating ecommerce sales growth so quickly, placed immense pressure on distribution networks. Product Availability. 3PL Decision-Making.