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Navigating the Loading Bay’s Hidden Risks

Logistics Business Magazine

One survey found that 64% of businesses across materials handling, distribution, or fulfilment had forgone business worth more than 25% of their revenue in 2022 because of staffing issues. Recruitment challenges. For the reasons mentioned, recruiting new employees to replace the logistics workforce has proven extremely difficult.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Apple may consider re-routing production out of Shanghai and Kunshan to factories elsewhere, such as Shenzhen, which currently is not under lockdown. A spike in COVID-19 cases in some countries, which is causing factory shutdowns and port delays, added to corporate woes as soaring freight and transportation costs are pinching profit margins.

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Blockchain in Supply Chain: 2 Ethereum-Based Projects That Demonstrate How Blockchain Can Improve Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

On top of all that, billions if not trillions of dollars worth of potential working capital are tied up in illiquid assets such as 90-day invoice payouts or even the real estate value of, say, a warehouse or factory building. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Mini Case Study: Walmart. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool. Supply Chain Strategy.

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Do Shopping Trends Drive Singles’ Day Sales?

Locus

A study by Harvard Business Review in 2019 found that products that were marketed as sustainable grew 5.6 Factory audits, CO2 reporting on the supply chain, and compliance with regulations are some of the ways in which visibility can be ensured. times faster than those that were not.

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Making warehouses more productive and fairer

Logistics Business Magazine

Distribution and fulfilment operations are under increasing pressure to perform – but labour availability is tighter than ever. But it is all too true, and nowhere more so than across the logistics and distribution sector. A ‘pick’ in a distribution centre may have 30 or more time-study elements. The demands of ecommerce.

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Manufacturing Mobility Movement: The 5 Pillars & Why Executives Must Pay Attention

GlobalTranz

Do executive level decisions influence the small processes in a factory, or is the world simply ready for a new type of manufacturing industry? A recent study found that 80 percent of respondents, discovered in a survey by Packaging World magazine, own a tablet, asserts Apriso's Transformation Manufacturing Blog.