Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2020

In April I discussed the widespread impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on supply chain and fulfillment, and provided a WMS market update in which I predicted a market downturn in 2020 to be followed by a rebound in 2021. During the process of developing my WMS market forecast, I made assumptions for each quarter of 2020.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Insights from Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020. Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020 offers some guidance. AIMMS in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020. Our recent survey showed that only 17% of organizations make it a priority to invest in innovation. Network Design.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 16, 2025

Well, if we learned anything from 2020 is that predicting in January what will happen in the weeks and months ahead is a fools errand. Well, if we learned anything from 2020 is that predicting in January what will happen in the weeks and months ahead is a fools errand. Here we are at the beginning of 2025.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Problems with the global supply chain are not new, but they are somewhat unprecedented at the level they have climbed to in 2020. The supply chain coronavirus issues have pushed the supply chain — and many suppliers — to their breaking point. Fortunately, there is time and opportunity for the supply chain to recover.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 17, 2022

In fact, pool construction jumped by approximately 20% from 2019 to 2020 – resulting in the need for a whole lot of chlorine tablets. Back in 2020, the world’s chlorine market was valued at around 99 million tons. However, chlorine production took the biggest hit when a major chlorine plant caught fire back in 2020. The result?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2020

On Monday, May 25, 2020, as the Massachusetts economy opens in its multi-phase plan, barber shops […]. But that is not the only important thing happening on Monday. It is also my birthday. And while this is exciting, there is still one more important thing happening.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2021

All around, 2020 lessons learned are fueling improvements in this new year. Fulfillment professionals also made great strides in 2020, driven by necessity, and many lessons can be applied in the year ahead to keep customers happy and operations on track. Others adjusted throughout the year to improve or struggled mightily to the end.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 1, 2020

According to Manufacturing.net: “Supply chains make up an essential aspect of most businesses today, with 70 percent of industry professionals predicting that the supply chain will spearhead better customer service before the end of 2020. So as the year has.read More.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 25, 2024

Year-over-Year Performance of Lenovo Compared to the B2B Technologist Peer Group The first part of the story is Lenovo drove considerable improvement in margin in a tough period of 2020-2023, but the company is underperforming the market on margin. Lenovo posts a 2% average margin compared to the industry average of 6%. but declining.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 20, 2021

The supply chain shocks of 2020 brought this challenge into focus. Inventory management has always been challenging. How much should we hold? How much is too much? How much is too little? Too often, inventory is viewed from an aggregate position, likely driven by finance, who are concerned about working capital implications.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

They struggled to regain margin in the pandemic despite the very low cost of fuel in 2019-2020. The average company in the pandemic took eight months to align its organization to shifts in demand and rethink supply strategies. Figure A: Beverage Industry Aggregate Industry Trend 2014-2023 Figure B.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2023

Everyone remembers back in 2020 when the pandemic hit. It was a scary time for the entire world but incredibly overwhelming for those working hard to keep global supply chains running. Not only were factories shut down, but ocean ports were congested, vessels sat offshore for weeks waiting to unload, capacity on ships and planes.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Footnotes [1] Joseph Shamir, “ 2020: Uncertainty calls out for resilience ,” Supply Chain Digital, 30 November 2019. [2] 5] Paul Maplesden, “ 7 techniques to build supply chain resilience ,” TechTarget, 29 May 2020. [6] There are AI solutions that can help companies become more resilient.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 1, 2022

Reliance Partners has been featured in Inc.com each year from 2016-2020 as one of the fastest growing privately-held companies in the US. In addition, Inc.com recognized Reliance Partners in 2018-2020 as one of the Top 50 Workplaces while Fortune also recognized Reliance Partners in 2017-2020 as a Top Workplace in America.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Nearing the end of 2020, Maersk has remained true to that goal. Their 2019 annual investor report explained the strategy as “based on creating additional value to our existing customers,” which, in 2020, has driven multiple acquisitions. By the end of 2020’s H1, that number had increased to 41%. Efficiency by unifying entities.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2024

That is so 2020. I laughed because I never got Covid in 2020 (or in 2021 or 2022), even though everyone in my family had gotten it (some of them more than once). A friend said that to me earlier this week when I told him I had come down with Covid. I was beginning.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

During 2020 and 2021, most companies were focused on managing the disruptions caused by the Covid pandemic. In 2022, having a bit more room to breathe, companies started to reflect on the lessons learned from the previous two years (e.g., we need to make our supply chains more resilient). This year, it seems like companies.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

3] Staff, “ How to Optimize Your Supply Chain in 2020 ,” Thomas, 6 January 2020. [4] ” River Logic Blog, 14 August 2019. [2] 2] Staff, “ What is supply chain optimization today? ” SAP Explainer, 19 August 2024. [3]

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away. I then want to illustrate the point by sharing some client experiences in 2020. (I My focus was simple. Let me start by making my argument.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I attended my first Visibility conference in 2020. In 2020, the company had expanded beyond providing over the road visibility to providing end-to-end visibility across multiple modes and regions. In 2020, the visibility had just expanded beyond tracking shipments to providing yard visibility. But the message is now much bigger.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2021

My colleague Steve Banker published an informative article in 2020 about this extensive initiative Ahold Delhaize’s Supply Chain Transformation (forbes.com). In the first three quarters of 2020, Ahold Delhaize USA reported a 115 percent increase in online sales.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

In the last quarter of 2020, it became clear cargo rates weren’t coming down anytime soon. Prices climbed even as ocean carriers deployed 99% of all of the world’s container ships to keep up with the demand. Enter, a global container shortage. Then add some serious problems to the mix. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The chart below shows that the index decreased to a value below zero earlier this year, for the first time since 2020. The Freightos Baltic Index: Global Container Freight Index shows that rates over the last six months are in-line with the historic average between 2016 and 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 27, 2022

This above-trend growth is primarily a result of the longer-term factors influencing the markets’ growth, supplemented by a surge in pent-up demand from COVID-19 related hesitancy in 2020. A number of factors are currently influencing both the growth of the market and the shift in WMS users’ requirements and priorities.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 20, 2022

Chances are the first half of 2022 didn’t go exactly as planned, just like in 2020 and 2021. Unlike the Super Bowl, there are no funny commercials or halftime shows to keep us entertained. So, the question now in the supply chain locker room is, what adjustments do you need to make to.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The survey responses were divided into three periods: 2013-2015, 2016-2019, and 2020-2022. (I Many followers answered my surveys, and over the past six months, I mined the data to try to answer the question of what we can learn from the past decade to improve planning. Rethinking Work The winds of change should help us redefine work.

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AIMMS

AUGUST 3, 2020

However, one-third of SCP leaders cite “the lack of effective decision making in the S&OP meeting process as the most critical problem to solve for their function’s overall performance” (source: Gartner, Improve S&OP Decision Making Through Scenario Planning , Supply Chain Research Team, 4 May 2020).

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 11, 2025

His commitment to doing business the right way led him to launch Linkage Logistics, a freight brokerage based in his hometown of Fishers, IN in March of 2020. Since then, he has worked as a freight broker, operations manager, business development leader, and entreprenuer in multiple segments of the industry.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

From 2006 to 2020, Chris played key leadership roles (including Chief Strategy Officer from 2010-2020) at Coyote Logistics (a UPS Company), a leading provider of non-asset based 3PL solutions across North America and Europe. He earned a B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, an M.Eng. About Pickett Research.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 3, 2021

According to McKinsey, the fashion industry’s economic profit fell by about 93 percent in 2020, while the beauty industry remained relatively protected as consumers around the world have found entertainment and mood boosts from new cosmetic products.² dollars in 2020 to about 2.25 trillion U.S.

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