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Is it too Early For 2022 Predictions?

Logistics Viewpoints

Many major challenges of 2021—capacity constraints, ecommerce growth and driver shortage—are rolling over into 2022 and, in addition, the environment and machine learning are becoming more important for logistics and supply chain professionals. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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10 Steps to Surviving & Thriving in a Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

The capacity crunch is starting to take hold of the shipping industry. However, this capacity crunch is likely to exceed even the worst capacity crunches in history, says Karen Sage of Talking Logistics With Adrian Gonzalez. Know the Causes Is the Starting Point to Thriving in a Capacity Crunch. Click Here. Go “Green.”.

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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

The shifts over the last decade are profound: Is the answer a Supply Chain Center of Excellence? So, creating a Supply Chain Center of Excellence might sound like a good idea to start. Today, 56% of global multinational companies greater than 5B in revenue have a supply chain center of excellence. Lack of executive buy-in.

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Realizing the Value of Supply Chain Optimization for Tire Manufacturing

DELMIA Quintiq

Provide procurement more negotiation power with suppliers of materials and services, as well as the ability to automate purchasing and production decisions based on real-time price and market data. Accomplish operational excellence and higher production quality while reducing costs, leveraging Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM).

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Implementing Last-mile Delivery Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

To remain competitive, retailers and carriers must excel in the crucial last-mile delivery stage. To Build or To Buy Companies looking to implement new or improve existing delivery technology face a crucial decision: should they build an in-house platform or buy an existing solution from a vendor?

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Top Supply Chain Challenges for CPG companies in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

The classical approach involves functional silos, sequential decisions, and Excel and people to render a plan executable. For instance, the solution should optimize availability, fulfillment, source determination, routing, warehouse handling, and production capacity together and concurrently, focusing on minimizing Total Cost to Serve.

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The Future Of Retail: Technologies Enabling Q-Commerce Growth

Logistics Viewpoints

Millions of shoppers, like my Dad, are not going back to their old habits because there are now faster and more convenient ways for buying daily household needs. It excels on a union of E-Commerce mobile apps and last-mile delivery innovations. It also provides an excellent part-time employment opportunity with flexible shifts.