Consumer Goods Shipping Transportation 
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Walmart fines suppliers whose goods arrive late or who have not shipped everything that they committed to ship. Walmart is not the only big retailer with OTIF requirements, but as the world’s largest retailer, and a company with stringent requirements , Walmart’s OTIF requirements are top of mind for consumer goods companies.
Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Fuel prices and a shortage of drivers are putting transport logistics under immense pressure. The biggest challenge in the transport sector today: there just aren’t enough drivers. Big data for real-time optimizations in transport logistics. How can the fill level of goods be optimized? Look at the big picture.
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Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 2, 2021
Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. FourKites is a leading provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions. Not surprisingly, many of FourKites’ users work in transportation operations.
USC Consulting Group
MARCH 27, 2023
What’s on the road ahead for consumer goods manufacturing? Although the industry is multifaceted and varied, encompassing everything from household goods to food & beverage to apparel and more, most arms of the consumer goods industry are facing similar challenges. Supply chain woes. billion this year.
The Network Effect
OCTOBER 23, 2014
If you want to know ahead of time the changes awaiting the pharmaceuticals supply chain it is useful to extrapolate experiences from the consumer and retail sectors, which were dealing with the same trends and pressures long before pharmaceuticals (for example, the proliferation of distribution channels).
Alloy
JUNE 9, 2022
These orders generally arrive by the container and are transported directly from the manufacturer to the retailer’s distribution center. Brands don’t need to hold the inventory, may not need to arrange transportation and don’t need to forecast for that subset of products. The Challenges of Direct Import.
Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Much of the finger-pointing involved the movement of shipping containers into and out of port facilities. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed. More than 80 ships stretched to the distance — a new record. ”[1].
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