Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2024

Amazon in the news: Amazon’s Prime orders are getting delivered faster and faster Hawaiian Airlines slowly adds freighters for Amazon business Walmart in-store AI is giving employees advice on how to sell products USPS delivery unit proposal sparks service, cost concerns for shipping partners White House earmarks $1.5B

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. And with that, I bid you adieu, and let’s move on to this week’s logistics news. Cargo imported into the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 8, 2018

E-commerce has presented wholesale distributors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with a crown opportunity for growth, but it comes at the cost of transitioning from single-channel shipping. Some of these, reports Channel Advisor , include: Multichannel fulfillment has an increased cost in comparison to traditional shipping.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

They implemented a simple planning technology with an outside-in channel-centric model (Ship to model definition). Most supply chain planning deployments cannot use channel data because the model is a “Ship from model” not a “Ship to engine.” Seven elements drive success: The team is clear on the mission.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The Move to LTL Digital Shipping. How New LTL Technologies & Processes are Changing the Shipping Game. Companies that invest in AMR can reap significant savings, and for comparison purposes, Amazon saves approximately $22 million in each fulfillment center that uses Amazon Kiva Robots, says Jim Romeo of Robotics Business Review.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2021

Right shipping boxes article and permission to publish here provided by Dan Martin. Choosing the right kind of shipping boxes may be more complicated than you think. These boxes should be able to withhold the external factors during shipping. Durable boxes maintain the quality and integrity of the shipped items.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Shipping companies added capacity, but now containers are stuck in port. During the peak of port congestion in 2021, as many as 30 ships were waiting to enter an Oakland berth. Shipping’s peak season usually starts at the end of June when importers begin ordering products for the back-to-school and holiday seasons.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For this blog post, never mind the comparison. Most supply chain models are “ship from” models based on orders. A Point of Sale forecasting system requires a “ship to” model based on the channel. This exceeds the 55% previously reported in the Supply Chain Insights surveys. The trend is clear.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2021

Another shipping crisis strikes, threatens Black Friday shopping. Volansi completes first-ever autonomous ship-to-ship drone delivery. In comparison, Tesla is substituting alternative chips and writing new firmware to work its way around the chip shortage. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

We need to understand all the individual incremental cost drivers and how to monetize their costs to compare each option’s cost objectively. An often-overlooked cost differentiator is hard versus soft cost. Separating these two costs fosters quicker analysis and buy-in.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

In all, the acquisition will add more than 350 temperature-controlled vehicles and four million square feet to the UPS Healthcare global footprint, offering customers access to faster shipping times, greater production flexibility, and offerings to help them attract new business. For comparison, they spent $3.4

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TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

Supply Chain Disruptions and Risk Mitigation The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in long-distance supply chains, with shipping delays, port congestion, and material shortages disrupting operations worldwide. Automated fulfillment centers designed for faster order processing and shipping.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2021

While large national networks comprise a significant percentage of transportation service providers' shipping options, several challenges present if these are the only OTR freight transportation sources considered, including. Easier comparison of rates, timeliness, availability, and services. Better optimization of? strategic roles ?within

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

22 Tips for Offering Profitable Free Shipping! Shipping solution article and permission to publish here provided by Rashmi Sharma. When it comes to choosing a shipping solution, businesses need to be resourceful and smart. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Infographic). billion U.S.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

However, the comparison with the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing is flawed, because rather than being in disguise, the digital players are simply outright competitors in the relatively traditional logistics market. The post Wolves and ships appeared first on Supply Chain Movement. martijn.lofvers@supplychainmedia.nl.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The low rates that triggered Hanjin’s bankruptcy in 2017 quickly became a thing of the past, as surging demand, congestion, and a litany of global shipping catastrophes pushed ocean freight rates into the stratosphere. While high, the shipping costs typically paled in comparison to the lost sales due to inventory shortages.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Look at the 72 ships off the coast of Long Beach (up 65% from a year ago). Does anyone want to wager with me how many of those ships have inventory that is not really needed in the supply chain? Comparison of Inventories Across the Years. Could Outside-in Thinking Help?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

2021 came with a new set of challenges as global and local supply chains were hit by raw materials shortages, accompanied by longer lead times and higher shipping costs, lack of labor, and the pent-up demand actualizing as record-breaking sales. We can say things have changed, and the pandemic is not just an anomaly event after all.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This difference can have catastrophic consequences for the success of your business, including lost revenue for returning the product, processing the return, shipping out the correct product, and time spent in addressing the issue at your customer service center. Order Fill Rate Drills Down Into Order Fill, Line Fill and Unit Fill.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Days of Inventory Comparison. The problem is that the manufacturing lines are 125% utilized, and there is an ongoing struggle to produce tonnage, much less ship the right product from the production lines to customers based on orders. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Price Lookup and Comparison. RPA can routinely search for pricing data on specified materials and structure this data in a way that makes conducting comparisons easier. MAERSK the integrated shipping company, for example, has implemented RPA to achieve significant ROI.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 17, 2025

Consumers have embraced e-commerce for price comparisons, ease of purchase anytime and anywhere, and for those participating in subscription services such as Amazon Prime, free shipping, and other benefits. Amazon Global Logistics shippers ship ocean cargo from China directly into the Amazon fulfillment network in the US, UK, and EU.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It examines multiple objectives and factors like shipping costs, location-specific operational behavior, and store demand, and then analyzes every permutation – in subseconds. 1 – Ship Cost The first component is ship cost. #1 1 – Ship Cost The first component is ship cost. What do we mean by expected revenue ?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2023

One area of concern for the long-term health of the world is the use of packaging in both the manufacturing and shipping of products. By comparison, 85 percent of orders are accomplished in one delivery for those at the 75th percentile.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

Price of Ocean Shipping Business Continuity. While I do not want to give away all of the insights from the report, here, I share a comparison of the best performance in the peer group while sharing the results of a larger, more well-recognized competitor, along with the industry average. Baby formula. Semiconductors. Toilet Paper.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The only bright note is that shipping costs will be a fraction of what they were over the last several years. Container Import Volume Year-over-Year Comparison. Figure 1: U.S. Source: Descartes Datamyne. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2021

International shipping industry article and permission to publish here provided by Daniel Choi. Even during the epidemic, the shipping industry’s significance in the value chain and the transportation of resources and goods worldwide was emphasized, probably most prominently. The Shipping Industry During Pandemic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Shopping today often includes online product research, comparison price shopping between sites, online customer reviews and more – arming consumers with a wealth of knowledge before they even set foot in a store. The post Personalization is Paramount – Finding Success in the New Age of Retail appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

Note that the ratios are better than absolute numbers because it helps in the comparison of large and small companies and performance across currencies.) Amazon can now deliver almost every category of item to your home with no shipping cost for Amazon Prime customers. E-commerce is a more profitable form of retailing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 8, 2013

The table above is a comparison of three Consumer Products Manufacturing leaders—Kimberly-Clark, Procter & Gamble, and Colgate—on driving year-over-year performance. Another example is the work that we are doing on collaborative shipping. We want to tie VMI and collaborative shipping together. Driving Innovation.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

We’ve rounded up the top 20 logistics technology innovations changing the way over $18 trillion dollars of goods are shipped annually. Big ships : Super-container ships with 20,000 TEU capacity will drive increased efficiency, particularly in countries and areas with the few ports that can support the mega-ships.

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Logility

JUNE 23, 2023

Your customer service and operational costs will always be impacted by your need to ship orders across the country.” Furthermore, multi-horizon integrated business planning facilitates the analysis and comparison of multiple scenarios all at once from an adaptable and meaningful perspective.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Reports indicate that returns are higher when products are sold online, with an average return rate of 30% for ecommerce purchases, in comparison with 10% for brick-and-mortar sales. According to a study by Narvar , 75% of consumers have been given a refund without needing to ship back the product. Image source: Shipping Easy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

For Liam, his conventional forecasting process uses a ship-from model based on orders, with an FVA improvement of 1.29%. In comparison, the improvement for a sell-in forecasting model using channel data was 7.36%. in inventory value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

Most companies cannot get to data by customer on orders shipped incomplete to understand root cause analysis. Measurement of demand accuracy incorrectly (comparison of units sold versus units forecasted monthly at a high level in the demand hierarchy). Comparison of Pre and Post Recessionary Levels of Inventory by Industry Peer Group.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

In other words, if your shipping your own goods, you’re competition. Let’s Talk About Boats, Ships, and Trucks. By comparison, that’s almost as large as the15th largest US passenger fleet. That’s not surprising, given that Amazon’s shipping costs grew from $11.5 Amazon’s logistics hiring plans. Amazon Fulfillment.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2016

Furthermore, some data may be of minimal use without comparison to and identification of trends and collaborations between data from other transactions within a given warehouse or transportation system. However, most of today’s data goes unused and represents a lost opportunity to the company.

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