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7 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends to Watch in 2018

Logistics Bureau

It’s that time when idle chatter at the office Christmas lunch turns to debating what next year will bring, especially among logistics and supply chain professionals, for whom it seems every New Year brings new challenges, trends, and disruptive innovations. The 7 Trends for Supply Chain Pros to Watch in 2018.

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Q: What are the latest trends in logistics education, and how does your program address them? Gerard Burke, Georgia Southern University: A continuing trend is the challenge to attract students to pursue a career often perceived as humdrum. Experiential learning is another trend seen as valuable to both hiring companies and students.

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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics

Logistics Bureau

From the use of archived data on tapes for sales analysis, Wal-Mart went to a system that made each individual sale from each Wal-Mart outlet available for scrutiny in fewer than seven minutes. Everyday Challenges in Warehouse Operations.

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State of Global Logistics: Delivering above and beyond

247 Customs Broker

The collection provides analysis of the key trends affecting the overall industry, and is split into five surveys investigating the freight forwarding, motor carrier, express and warehousing sectors as well as the increasingly important topic of “environment and ethics” in global logistics. Three trends to watch.

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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

Step 2: Gap Analysis – Customer Requirements and Supply Chain Trends. Now you know what your customers genuinely expect from your outbound and reverse supply chain, so it’s time to undertake a gap analysis. Naturally, the first part of this task will be to research and clarify those key trends.

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LTL Market Analysis and Insight for Q4 and Into 2019

GlobalTranz

Consistent growth and higher rates are two common factors in any LTL market analysis today. To conduct a full LTL market analysis, let’s take a closer look at what to expect in the coming months. Of course, higher demand for LTL carriers will result in reduced capacity so that rates will increase. According to John D.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

And of course most can’t. Of course, consumer brand companies are especially at risk from being tarred with an anti-sustainability brush. Of course we all need to up our game. There is a need to optimize every component of logistics by following the latest trends and technologies.