QAD

MARCH 23, 2023

Today, the choice for CPG manufacturers and supply chains is clear: future-proof with digital manufacturing technologies that can meet the customer where they are or be left behind. I discussed this topic in a recent article for Food Logistics , and wanted to share additional insights here.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As 2022 kicks in, the manufacturing sector is being shaped by technological change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Digital, connected and smart systems are on the rise, while at the same time manufacturers face challenges such as the ‘Great Resignation’ and clogged-up supply chains – as well as increasing demand for sustainable products.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 24, 2024

In 2024, the logistics and supply chain industry will continue its transformative journey, driven by technological advancements and growing consumer expectations. These technologies can examine huge portions of data from multiple sources, and recognize patterns and tendencies that would be impossible for humans to discern.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

As part of our ongoing commitment to keep our blog readers updated on what’s happening in the supply chain and logistics world, we’re launching a regular industry news roundup, which we’ll release periodically. That spells big trouble ahead for food producers and agricultural enterprises reliant on such commodities.

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RFgen

MAY 23, 2024

With rising material costs, controlling costs and ensuring efficiency have never been more critical for manufacturers and distributors. Above all, manufacturers of building materials must effectively manage raw materials and finished goods while upholding high-quality standards to ensure availability for building projects.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Supply chain optimization and attracting talent will continue to be top-of-mind for manufacturers. Artificial intelligence (AI) is most likely to transform the manufacturing sector. Manufacturing has changed dramatically in recent years. With recent advances, AI will accelerate to become outsized in manufacturing trends in 2023.

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AB&R

JUNE 11, 2024

Businesses must be prepared to comply with FSMA 204 regulations by January 20, 2026. Machine Vision combined with temperature sensors have the potential to transform food traceability, improving manufacturing defect detection by up to 90%. The post Food Safety: A Top Priority for food Manufactures appeared first on AB&R.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

This evaluation also needs to consider sourcing the technology, implementation and support services necessary to enable the desired outcomes. This becomes increasingly important when we look at the overall digitalization trend, with factory data expected to grow by 400% from 2021 to 2025 (source IDC Manufacturing Insights).

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Companies can leverage social media to obtain consumer behavior analytics while also monitoring the industry, news and other sources that can indicate potential supply chain disruptions like the passing of a new regulation. 7] It should be clear that resiliency is built on a foundation of data.

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Locus Robotics

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By Rob Press, Content Marketing Manager, Deputy In the supply chain, warehouses play a crucial role in receiving products from the source, storing them safely, and delivering them quickly and efficiently. This eases the efforts required for logistics staff scheduling and makes operations more flexible.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2023

The Announcement Commercial aircraft designer and manufacturer Airbus announced plans t o double the production of the company’s final assembly production capabilities within China. Such scope requires a domestic manufacturing presence both politically and economically from a supply and production output perspective.

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Unleashed

JULY 5, 2022

Logistical and supply chain issues Beyond these trends, the alcohol industry has been hugely disrupted by logistical and supply chain issues. The ready-to-drink market proved its resilience through the shuttering of the hospitality industry, as consumers purchased RTDs as an easy, flavoursome home-consumption option.

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Shipsy

AUGUST 3, 2021

As per an online report, the global third-party logistics (3PL) market was valued at around USD 1trillion in 2020, and it is expected to reach more than USD 1.75 trillion by 2026, registering a growth rate of 8% during the period (2021-2026). But what exactly is a 3PL and how does it impact end-to end logistics operations?

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

This update provides added developments related to aircraft manufacturer Boeing, and to current U.S. After deliveries were suspended for upwards of two years because of a series of quality and manufacturing process issues, Boeing has plans to ramp production to five per month in late 2023 and to 10 per month in the 2025/2026 timeframe.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 14, 2023

As per an estimate , in 2020, its worth was $253 million and predicted to grow up to $3,272 million in 2026. This empowers all partners to follow the excursion of items from the source to the end client progressively, upgrading responsibility and lessening the gamble of misrepresentation or fake products. All this data has a timestamp.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 28, 2021

For coffee manufacturers, the story is slightly different. However, we should note that the data on manufacturers also includes tea products, which represent about 17% of the sector. However, we should note that the data on manufacturers also includes tea products, which represent about 17% of the sector. Profit margins: 3.1%.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

If you’re the operations, supply chain or logistics manager of a manufacturing firm, knowing who your trading partners are — and that you’re engaging with authorized suppliers and customers — is critical. Furthermore, manufacturers in the US, must take into account deemed export laws.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 17, 2019

ERPs bring together planning, purchasing, finance, inventory, human resources and many other aspects of your business. Billion by 2026. For manufacturers, distribution and transportation businesses looking to counter market pressures like tariffs and labor challenges, these efficiency gains are important to reducing overhead spends.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

Welcome back to the Friday news roundup, where we are excited to bring you all the logistics news you’ve been craving. Any earn-out is expected to be paid in fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026. battery manufacturing. The post This Week in Logistics News (December 31 – January 6) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 17, 2019

ERPs bring together planning, purchasing, finance, inventory, human resources and many other aspects of your business. Billion by 2026. For manufacturers, distribution and transportation businesses looking to counter market pressures like tariffs and labor challenges, these efficiency gains are important to reducing overhead spends.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The first subscription commerce companies made it to the mainstream by mastering technological, marketing, and logistics demands. Because subscribers purchase from you so often, you have the opportunity to collect rich data on their behavior and preferences. Challenge #2: Complicated operational logistics.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The first subscription commerce companies made it to the mainstream by mastering technological, marketing, and logistics demands. Because subscribers purchase from you so often, you have the opportunity to collect rich data on their behavior and preferences. Challenge #2: Complicated operational logistics.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

With online retail penetration projected to reach 25% by 2026, that means 75,000 stores could be forced out of business by that same year. Limited available warehouse space poses challenges At the same time, the available warehouse space for the logistics sector is tight, with just 7.3%

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2016

Consumers no longer wish to choose between online ordering/home delivery and purchasing in-store. Now they want to choose from any combination of ways to purchase and receive the goods they want. While talking technology, retail companies will need plenty of it to meet the challenge of last mile distribution in 2026 and beyond.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In the report, ATA projects the shortage to reach 50,000 by the end of 2017 and if current trends hold the shortage could grow to more than 174,000 by 2026. That’s true, but so are these troubling trends and statistics from ATRI : Source: “Analysis of Truck Driver Age Demographics Across Two Decades,” ATRI, December 2014.

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Stord

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Large e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Shopify are investing in warehousing robotics directly; Shopify recently purchased a maker of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that guide workers through warehouse aisles and light up when they’ve reached the next item to pick. At least 1.3

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

A Gartner report suggests that by 2026, over 65% of short-term decisions within supply chain planning will be automated or autonomous. I see more strategic decisions (close a plant or DC, enter a new product category, change in strategic sources) more in this category as well (which is different than what I show in figure 4).

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Original article: Warner’s Top Transportation & Logistics Influencers. In light of the global environment in the past year and a half, we listed the top transportation & logistics influencers. The road hasn’t been easy for the transportation and logistics industries. miles of freight is expected to reach 7.67

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Vinculum

JUNE 15, 2020

Warehousing is critical in movement of goods from manufacturer to the end customer. Traditionally warehouse was mainly thought as a storage location where items were procured from manufacturer and supplied to retail stores (mainly bulk operation) as end customer buy from stores. during 2019-2024. billion in 2018.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Further, an overall corporate cost cutting initiative calls for $11 billion in savings by 2026 in order to afford the transition to electric powered vehicles. The IG Metall trade union has begun labor contract negotiations among a number of German based manufacturers to include BMW, Mercedes-Benz , Siemens and other companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. In 2020, brewers bought more than 41 billion aluminum cans and bottles, making aluminum the single most significant input cost in American beer manufacturing. That data’s from a survey by the return logistics company goTRG. “Is that something you can speak to New York about?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2025

Just-in-time (JIT) inventory models, lean supplier networks, and offshore manufacturing reduced expenses but left companies exposed to disruptions. The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing geopolitical shifts demonstrated the risks of relying on single-source suppliers and minimal inventory buffers. Resilience is now taking precedence.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 18, 2024

According to Gartner, by 2026, an impressive 75% of global enterprises are expected to adopt decision intelligence practices for supply chain decision making. This segmentation allows for more targeted production and logistics. This results in more efficient use of resources, reduced transportation costs, and improved delivery times.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

To sum up the forecast, the Conference Board has forecast fast growth for this year, a bit higher than what would be considered normal growth through 2026, and they then see growth falling to traditional levels from 2027 through 2031. The Conference Board and the World Bank are the two organizations best known for global forecasting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

These tariffs will raise costs, disrupt supply chains, and force companies to rethink sourcing and logistics strategies. or shift sourcing to Mexico and Canada under USMCA. Establishing regional manufacturing hubs helps companies mitigate tariff exposure while benefiting from proximity to key markets.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 28, 2025

The per share purchase price represents a 27.0 Tive Secures $40 Million in Series C Funding B2B supply chain logistics visibility technology provider Tive has closed a $40 million Series C funding round. Additionally, the company expects to be profitable by 2026. per share in an all-cash transaction. a provider of A.I.-

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