Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Because switching from JIT to JIC is at best only a tool to address short-term problems and risk. Change can creep imperceptibly, so sometimes it takes a major event to wake us up. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

While this creates tremendous value , it also br ings the inevitable risk that certain event s can have far-reaching consequences that influence supply chain s more than ever before. Most often , these events force demand and resource usage to fluctuate. This leads to insightful and resilient thinking.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 13, 2022

As corporations become increasingly focused on ESG initiatives, their supply chain and logistics partners respond with tools and services designed to help them grow sustainability and other goals. Inbound Logistics. Sandra Beckwith. Jun 13, 2022. Others are societal. Leaf Logistics Inc.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 6, 2021

Demand for transportation capacity has sustained record highs for nearly a year since the initial COVID-19 lockdowns. For instance, online shopping of essentials has increased the burden on e-commerce companies, but companies that serve the restaurant and event industries have seen dramatic declines in demand. Crisis Management.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 6, 2021

Demand for transportation capacity has sustained record highs for nearly a year since the initial COVID-19 lockdowns. For instance, online shopping of essentials has increased the burden on e-commerce companies, but companies that serve the restaurant and event industries have seen dramatic declines in demand. Crisis Management.

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 28, 2023

As the name implies, trend research looks to forecast future events mostly based on consumer behavior, which drives shifts in the needs, wants, and expectations of the market. Businesses can find trends and events that could have an impact on their sector by looking at these six categories.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 17, 2021

The Covid-19 uncertainty highlighted just how capacity-constrained the market is and how any regional disruption could set it off. However, because supply and demand can barely be predicted during this pandemic, shippers have been forced to rely on the spot market for flexibility and added capacity. Image Source: [link].

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

As importers scramble to get their backlogged orders out of China, and as ocean and air carriers have slashed capacity during the shutdown, rates will likely jump dramatically until that backlog is cleared. . But this spike put capacity on container ships at a premium, pushing freight rates way up as well. The Trade War Impact.

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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 5, 2018

As we do every December, we avoid “year in review” content and instead aim to help readers prepare for the year ahead through our annual virtual summit —an online educational event that puts the current market realities into context and offers logistics professionals practical advice to help streamline operations. Nearly every U.S.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

How can businesses boost capacity and still deliver a fairer outcome for staff? Peaks are no longer simply associated with the predictable Christmas or Easter periods, but are now far more frequent and exaggerated, triggered by unexpected events, such as a random remark on Twitter.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

There’s an older term now being applied to supply chains for this capacity: antifragility. A survey by boom! of supply chain professionals found that their number one wish to increase work satisfaction is better, integrated tools. If organizations expand their capacity to learn they grow stronger with each crisis.

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IoT World Today

MARCH 27, 2020

These tools will become the foundation on which supply chain managers gain insight into their markets and erratic supply and demand trends. According to a 2018 Statista survey, visibility into that chain is a significant organizational challenge for 21% of supply chain professionals.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 14, 2018

In the event, the postal service as well as private parcel carriers managed to deliver the Christmas surge. Working with our customers was key to manage the volume of flow and capacity,” he says. We need to have the tools in place to help our customers—not just to deliver their goods,” says Vitale.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Planners are buried in tedious tasks using legacy, fragmented technology, which 48% say doesn’t help them do their job effectively, according to a survey by the boom! Asthma rates by region could be relevant for a life sciences company, whereas for a retailer festivals and events near stores might be more predictive. Global Network.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

But for that special class of disruption, the low-probability, high-impact events like natural disasters, epidemics and other upheavals, organizations don’t know how to mitigate the risk and successfully manage their supply chains, and are now trying to find their way through the minefield of issues and challenges with no clear solution.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 3, 2019

These include GBA DaaS, a tool designed to support Suzuki’s E2E Tracking and Forecast System with live GBA data (E2E refers to the exchange of information or transaction by websites). Further surfacing is about to start on another site with 1,800-unit capacity. Looking into Brexit from Europe.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2022

While much of the industry continues to face trucking capacity challenges, CPG’s driver-facing teams continue to build its network with a focus on comprehensive compensation plans that include four-figure sign-on bonuses, 24/7 support services, and state-of-the-art technology.

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3PL Links

JULY 7, 2023

In this regard, a global survey highlights that data quality rather than data processing presents the biggest challenge for businesses. The information set must include Business Intelligence tools and be different in decision support. One can relate human capital, technology, new manufacturing tools, management, etc.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2019

According to the 2017 MHI Annual Industry Report , released in April 2017, 80 percent of executives surveyed believe that digital supply chain will be the predominant model within five years. Predictive can help harness demand patterns, capacity levels, product tracking, transportation performance, and product-return activity.

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Transporeon

AUGUST 8, 2018

To find out more about the transformational journey of digitization in the chemical industry, Transporeon Group recently joined forces with Germany’s largest technical university, RWTH Aachen, to conduct a unique survey of the current status and future of digital logistics. “In

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The Logistics Academy

JULY 19, 2016

Being able to increase warehouse capacity during busy periods, and reduce it when business is slow, will enable 3PL business to maximise cost-effectiveness, regardless of the particular demand cycle they are in but also provide extra value to the customer. This also ensures that money is not being wasted on additional warehouse capacity.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In 2017 and 2018, Kenco surveyed supply chain leaders to learn how they approach innovation. One question the survey explored is how companies set priorities for their investments. Visibility tools emerged as the number-one target for investment. These technologies provide the raw data that fuels visibility tools.

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Transporeon

AUGUST 8, 2018

To find out more about the transformational journey of digitization in the chemical industry, Transporeon Group recently joined forces with Germany’s largest technical university, RWTH Aachen, to conduct a unique survey of the current status and future of digital logistics. “In

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Transporeon

AUGUST 7, 2018

To find out more about the transformational journey of digitization in the chemical industry, Transporeon Group recently joined forces with Germany’s largest technical university, RWTH Aachen, to conduct a unique survey of the current status and future of digital logistics. “In

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

According to a recent survey , almost half (49%) of all UK businesses have found it more difficult to export to the EU since Brexit regulations came into effect. This is going to be a vital tool in an uncertain post-Brexit delivery landscape. Preserving consumer trust and loyalty.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

. Sheffi starts, for example, with the extreme pressures coming from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), notably Greenpeace, about which one environmentalist says “When Greenpeace reaches for its toolbox, it tends to find only one tool, and that’s a mallet.” Julie Leonard.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. . Surprised to see Home Depot fall off the list; thought they were winning with Sync?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

We watched as customers adopted new warehousing and transportation processes, new delivery modes, new technology tools and even entirely new network models that helped them succeed in the constantly changing “next normal” state that characterized 2020 and 2021. More Than Ever, Acting Sustainably Makes Good Business Sense.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

However, companies that have already integrated supply chain operations with third-party tools may be able to avoid failing the tests. Unfortunately, this confluence of events means that simply getting the raw materials needed for your products could become much more challenging throughout 2017.

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