Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

Warehouses are turning to EV charging. It covers 37 states and parts of Canada through a fleet of more than 150,000 crowd-sourced drivers, it says. As the push to electrify driving grows, warehouse developers are increasingly focused on charging. FedEx sets earlier start date for peak delivery surcharges. 7-Eleven Inc.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2018

To gain insights on that question and more, Adelante SCM and BluJay Solutions conducted a web survey of supply chain and logistics professionals in March 2018. A total of 137 respondents completed the survey from Manufacturing, Retail, Logistics Service Provider, and other companies in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 26, 2017

IDC recently surveyed the global manufacturing landscape to compile a reporting profiling coming trends in manufacturing supply chains. These systems leverage cloud and machine learning but more generally analytics of all types to manage data coming from new and existing sources.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 24, 2017

A recent article suggests that, by 2018, only 30 percent of manufacturers investing in digital transformation will be able to maximize the outcome. That same study found only 5 percent of those surveyed were very satisfied with their digital progress so far. Possibly not. This is concerning. Drive for Efficiency. Final Thoughts.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 9, 2023

An interesting finding in the NRF and Appriss survey is that Buy online, return in-store (BORIS) return fraud is expected to be 48% higher than fraud in returns to non-store locations, which is “potentially spotlighting an area to further streamline data and process protocols when multichannel return processes are present.”

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

For example, according to a recent PwC survey, acquiring and maintaining talent is one of the top two risks for business executives. Source: Bloomberg.com. Leaked internal research reveals Amazon is at risk to run out of workers for its US warehouses by 2024. Yet 50% of these same executives are reducing headcount.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

[WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. To know the most difficult challenges as perceived by supply chain professionals, we turn to the SCM World’s 2017 Future of Supply Chain survey. GET YOUR COPY HERE. Download White Paper. The same could be said about natural disasters.

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LevaData

APRIL 24, 2019

The sourcing and procurement industry is facing a daunting challenge. According to our Cognitive Sourcing Survey 2018, a substantial majority (85%) of senior executives involved in direct material spend agree that companies must devise a data-driven, digitally-assisted procurement strategy to match the competition and compete in the industry.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

As we see from Deloitte’s CPO Survey in 2018, AI is only fully deployed in 2% of procurement organizations and is far from making any real impact at scale within the digital ecosystems procurement teams are so eagerly trying to build. I was there. In the exact same position, you’re in now. A skeptic. not so scary after all, huh? #AI

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2018

When machine learning is applied to inventory and supply and demand, forecasting becomes more accurate, warehouse management is improved by reducing under and overstocking and supplier management is made easier.”[3]. 1] John Ferraioli and Rick Burke, “ Drowning in data, but starving for insights ,” Deloitte Insights , 11 April 2018. [2]

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Enterra Insights

MAY 14, 2019

In Deloitte’s 2015 Supply Chain survey of 400 executives, only 38% of respondents say they have the competencies they need today. But many new developments focus on the warehouse. 2] Rich Weissman, “ Help wanted: The giant risk supply chain managers are ignoring ,” Supply Chain Dive , 23 July 2018. [3] Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 6, 2019

About the same time McKinsey was insisting investments in supply chain performance could have a significant business impact, the editorial staff at Materials Handling & Logistics (MH&L) magazine were reporting the results of survey conducted by Clear Peak Supply Chain Advisory Council that supported the McKinsey conclusion.

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IQMS

JULY 2, 2018

Manufacturers in the high-performance cohort captured in our latest survey are using real-time monitoring to aggregate metrics and gain a 360-degree view of manufacturing operations accessible from any mobile or handheld device. The graphic below from our survey shows the importance of real-time monitoring approaches over the next 12 months.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Smart factories, smart warehouses and smart transportation are becoming a reality as manufacturers invest in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), robotics and more. Source: JDA Intelligent Manufacturing Survey. Source: JDA Intelligent Manufacturing Survey.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Recently I had the pleasure of attending EBG Network’s 8th Annual Source to Pay Summit, which gathered some of the Nordic’s largest organizations and procurement profiles. Source: Deloitte’s CPO Survey 2018. Source and purchase goods and services from anywhere?—?around Source: Deloitte. around the globe?—?and

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Material Handling & Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Our annual salary survey reveals that the typical material handling and logistics professional earns $93,697. corporate/executive manager with a transportation/warehousing company with 36-40 years of experience, living in the North Central region and earning $137,000. Show me the money.”. The Nature of the Job.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 18, 2021

In a 2018 survey of 1000 shoppers , 89% said they have bought an item online and returned it. When the goods arrive back at the warehouse, an efficient process again saves money. This means that goods can be resold or repurposed more quickly, warehouse space optimised and inventory waste minimised. 3 examples) 1.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Author Michael Blanding ( @michaelblanding ) reports on the work of two researchers, Mercedes Delgado, professor at Copenhagen Business School, and Karen Mills, a Harvard Business School Senior Fellow, and how they unearthed a source of better jobs hidden in plain sight. He writes, “Call it the supply chain economy.”

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Source: “Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation & Logistics,” Jason Mathers, EDF, Ryder Innovate 2014. Bruce Tompkins validated and underscored many of the points discussed during the conference with research data from Tompkins’ Supply Chain Consortium survey.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 17, 2017

The push will be for manufacturers to get better about analyzing disparate data sources, sensing demand, actually predicting market drivers, and responding quickly and precisely to enhanced customer expectations throughout 2017. In fact, according to IDC, by 2018, 27.8% in revenue up from $22.6B of the market in 2013.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

However, they are not only an inconvenience to consumers but also a substantial source of lost revenue for both retailers and vendors. In a survey of retail buyers , 100% of participants reported said that a vendor’s ability to deliver product on-time impacted their willingness to work with them.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The sky and what’s beyond, an endless source of creativity and imagination for kids and adults alike. Warehouses promised lots of jobs, but robot workforce slows hiring (Los Angeles Times). are scouting potential sites, including busy roads near Denver International Airport, with a goal of launching in 2018.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Should supply chain delays occur, companies can more easily identify the source of bottlenecks and take action to improve processes. A variety of other technologies, such as robots and advanced warehouse management systems, leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for data-driven decision-making.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

For those working on digitalization initiatives, the survey showed that only 25% are leveraging digital technologies to think outside the box and reinvent their foundational delivery model. Strategic product segmentation, sourcing and inventory management. And 9% have not yet begun to actively implement digitalization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

Before the pandemic, in a study of logistics providers conducted by Fraunhofer IML, among those embarking on digitalization initiatives, only 25% of logistics providers in the Fraunhofer IML survey are leveraging digital technologies to think outside the box and reinvent their foundational delivery model. At SodaStream, which provides 1.5

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 24, 2022

Companies store data in the cloud, in data warehouses, in data lakes, on old mainframes, in applications, on drives — even on paper spreadsheets. A data pipeline refers to a set of data processing activities that integrates both operational and business logic to perform advanced sourcing, transformation, and loading of data.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Billion in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 10.78 Electric and solar-powered vehicles Biodegradable packaging Leveraging software to assess and minimize carbon footprints Eco-friendly warehouses with timers to calculate usage of resources. – Statista, 4PL market size from 2018-2027, Jun 2020. billion U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

For those working on digitalization initiatives, the survey showed that only 25% are leveraging digital technologies to think outside the box and reinvent their foundational delivery model. Strategic product segmentation, sourcing and inventory management. And 9% have not yet begun to actively implement digitalization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2023

The Locus Origin AMRs will be fully deployed in multiple of DHL Supply Chain’s 1,500 warehouses and distribution centers by the end of the year, according to a press release. million tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2018, a result that will serve as the baseline for measuring progress. The audit determined that CPW emitted 1.2

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6 River Systems

JULY 2, 2019

Many warehouses are seeking ways to leverage automation for better efficiency, but building an efficient automated warehouse system requires careful selection of the right technologies. Without interoperability, data remains siloed and you can’t benefit from a comprehensive, bird’s-eye view of your warehouse operations.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On February 3, 2022, Amazon announced its first price increase since 2018. Breaking it down, the three sources of the price increase appear to be 1) labor costs, 2) transportation (shipping) fees, and 3) member benefits – aka, content. ” Sourcing and retaining talent has also led to offering its employees increased pay.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

For instance, there may be a slow-moving bolt that will really come in handy when snow plows hit the roads, but you don’t want a warehouseful of those bolts during the summer. But by 2018, one Business Insider article declared “Black Friday is dead.” It cited that the number of people visiting stores that day had dropped 4.5%

Inventory Reduction 156

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

trillion on logistics and transportation services in the United States in 2018, an increase of 11.4% Overall, logistics spending in 2018 reached 8% of U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018, the highest level in a decade. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018, the highest level in a decade.

Cost Reduction Strategies 98

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 21, 2021

The new concepts require: digital supply chain execution capabilities in transportation, warehouse, labor and fulfillment digital control towers fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), data science and analytics strategic product segmentation, sourcing and inventory management effective pricing and promotions management.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 87

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

US-China trade war 2018. One source reports disruptions increased over 60% between 2019 and 2020. Source: McKinsey. This may even suggest much larger safety stocks and in some cases, a whole new sourcing agreement. Review sourcing and suppliers. For example: Japan earthquake 2016. Suez Canal blockage 2021.

Supply Chain Planning Software 116

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As I noted in a recent article, “Planning and optimizations are done in many departments within a business, such as supply, manufacturing, distribution, warehouse, transportation, budget, labor, and so on. Every step of the supply chain from sourcing to delivery requires seamless collaboration. Footnotes. [1] 4] Gonzalez, op.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 22, 2018

Bad data comes in many varieties, such as unwittingly duplicated records, illegitimate sources, and old data that haven’t been sufficiently updated. It’s easy to write these off as an insignificant blip on the radar — such as a surveyed customer who didn’t take the survey seriously or a flaw in your data recording. Footnotes. [1]

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