Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2022

Amidst ongoing uncertainty caused by COVID-19 lockdowns in Asia, war in Europe, scarce raw materials and steep inflation, companies are stockpiling inventory as never before in the hopes of mitigating future supply chain shocks. As soon as inventory hits the yard, it gets lost in a shuffle of trailers.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2019

With the national warehouse vacancy rate hovering at record lows and warehouses bloated with inventory pulled in from China during 2018 to get ahead of impending tariffs, companies can combine flexible storage options with advanced technology to create an end-to-end supply chain solution that works. during the third quarter to $7.21

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Shippers need more labor to keep their transportation and distribution activities moving, but employees are becoming harder to find and more expensive to retain. They need new trucks, new warehousing space, new micro-fulfillment facilities — but high interest rates and rising real estate prices make them reluctant to invest.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

On top of all that, billions if not trillions of dollars worth of potential working capital are tied up in illiquid assets such as 90-day invoice payouts or even the real estate value of, say, a warehouse or factory building. An ecommerce fulfillment warehouse in the USA sends the wrong packages to customers. Download white paper.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2023

According to the June report summary , the primary driver of the latest decline was the inventory metric, which reportedly contracted 6.5 Both metrics contributed to the overall contraction in the LMI along with contracting price levels for transportation. Transportation utilization reportedly dipped a hefty 9.5

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ShipBob

APRIL 15, 2024

That means you must see a sufficient return on your inventory investment. In other words, you need to make more money selling your inventory than you spent to acquire, store, and fulfill orders with it. In this post, we’ll cover what GMROI is and why it’s important for your retail inventory management.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 28, 2024

We noted that Amazon has impressed the industry with its comeback that has been facilitated by an operational and supporting inventory management strategy that focuses on localized fulfillment and order delivery, with higher margins and lowered costs. warehouse space. warehouse space. as localized fulfillment centers.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the specific case of China , a prolonged real estate housing economic crisis coupled with budget stressed consumers led to lowered expectations for Singles Day performance. Judging from the amount of inventory that has been planned and now front-ended, expectations as to volume levels remain high. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 6, 2022

Inventory levels reportedly increased more than 33 percent during the quarter, a reflection of what was described as an aggressive buying strategy amid supply chain disruptions. In September, the company initiated an effort to hire an additional 20,000 workers across more than 250 distribution, fulfillment, and transportation facilities.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 24, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights that companies that sublease excess warehouse or office space is a normal occurrence in business settings, but when Amazon moves in that direction, it can send a shock wave to the industrial real estate ecosystem. double that of two years earlier.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This includes identifying discrete business problems within the temperature-controlled logistics space and developing the requisite applications to enable the safe and efficient storage and transportation of food. Due to customer demand for faster transit times, food inventory must be stored closer to customers. Eric Ristow.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 29, 2018

Supply chains can affect virtually any industry, including healthcare, food service, education, retail, and corporate real estate providers. Inventory risk is higher. Leverage existing information, like AIDC technologies, to protect inventory. Remember to include company-owned transportation assets.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Coming out of Y2K, more logistics operations focused on improving labor management, transportation management and green initiatives such as advancements in lighting technology, safety features with automated dock ramps with trailer locks and more. Investments in Transportation solutions is imperative.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2021

This includes identifying discrete business problems within the temperature-controlled logistics space and developing the requisite applications to enable the safe and efficient storage and transportation of food. Due to customer demand for faster transit times, food inventory must be stored closer to customers. Eric Ristow.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 3, 2022

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. Our Rating: 5/5 2. Our Rating: 4.9/5

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RELEX Solutions

DECEMBER 3, 2019

While traditional inventory limits may not apply to many online retailers, they still need to make smart, data-driven decisions about what to stock if they want to attract and retain a loyal customer base. E-commerce inventory management should never be approached as a one-time or even as a periodic decision. But is that a good idea?

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 14, 2022

The national vacancy rate for industrial real estate is a very low 4.7% The pandemic-related rise of eCommerce, combined with companies holding onto more inventory to guard against supply chain disruptions, has led to a tight real estate market where companies are battling for available space. and falling.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2016

Meanwhile, eCommerce is catalyzing significant changes in retail real estate as more companies vie for warehouse space and transportation services to meet a growing number of online orders, explains Alexander Frei and John Morris of Area Development. Warehouses Renew Focus on Inventory Control.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

Global transportation is at the forefront of sustainability efforts. The effort would raise $5 billion through “mandatory contributions” by containership companies in a push to decarbonize the maritime transport sector. And while most people think of over the road trucking first, ocean freight is making waves.

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20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2022

These demands bring the need for changes in e-commerce freight forwarding, such as: Ability to process more inventory. This has resulted in high demand for warehouse real estate in highly populated cities. Companies are already using drones to manage inventory tracking and transport small items through the warehouse.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 4, 2024

These investments include supplier order commitments, inventory building and capital expenditures. As noted in our April Global PMI highlights , China ’s policymakers are looking to the country’s manufacturing sector to offset existing declines in the country’s consumer and real estate markets. up from the 51.4

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RFgen

JANUARY 6, 2016

Companies like Uber, Lyft and Airbnb provide services without having to pay for the physical assets of traditional transport and hotel organizations. Warehouse management solutions need to make the most out of inventory operation assets. Instead, they connect customers to products and assets through modern technology.

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RFgen

JANUARY 6, 2016

Companies like Uber, Lyft and Airbnb provide services without having to pay for the physical assets of traditional transport and hotel organizations. Warehouse management solutions need to make the most out of inventory operation assets. Instead, they connect customers to products and assets through modern technology.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

front that retailers and certain businesses may have procured too much inventory , and now that these inventories have arrived, the challenge will be not to exposed to a decline in consumer buying activity in the months to come. There is further growing evidence on the U.S. percent of GDP to 6.2

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

Quiet 3PF partners with leading brands to deliver agile and scalable inventory optimization and fulfillment solutions. We use strategic real estate planning to design warehouses in close proximity to consumers and retailers, better enabling same-day and next-day delivery. Kevin Nolan and the Nolan Transportation Group Story.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2024

As noted in our April Global PMI highlights, China ’s policymakers are looking to the country’s manufacturing sector to offset existing declines in the country’s consumer and real estate markets. Average input costs were reportedly rising in June driven by rising raw material and transportation costs. slightly higher that 51.7

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SupplyOn

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), with around 34,000 employees, a transport network of over 3,000 kilometers and almost a half billion passengers per year, is the national railway company of Switzerland, consisting of the four divisions Passenger Transportation, Cargo, Infrastructure and Real Estate.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2017

When it comes to the logistics industry, whether it's transportation management contracts or warehouse contracts, there are a million moving parts, and as many questions. In the below is a real world example of a consultant coming to a third party logistics company with the goal of choosing a warehouse and 3pl provider. 3PL Answer 6.

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Locus Robotics

APRIL 19, 2024

April 19, 2024 4 Reasons to Automate Your Warehouse Mezzanines with Robots Mary Hart , Senior Content Marketing Manager Warehouse managers know that acquiring more real estate these days usually isn’t feasible with soaring rents, so they’re choosing to stay in their brownfield (current) facility.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 10, 2017

Aside from that being one of your busiest times of the year, the movement to eCommerce and omnichannel shopping has made accurate demand planning impossible and inventory allocation harder than ever. He’s in charge of inventory management across its distribution and fulfillment network. The holidays are coming.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

This not only brings the manufacturing closer to home, it reduces the transportation costs and also shrinks the length of the supply chain. Local manufacturing, or on-demand, means creating only what is needed, as opposed to stocking materials and keeping an inventory, all of which need to be managed to optimize cost.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 24, 2021

The supply chain is transforming fast and by drastically altering how companies design, source, manufacture, transport, and service goods, digital innovations can increase competitive flexibility. Due to e-commerce, the conventional positions of retailers, distribution centers, and transport companies have changed drastically.

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Tompkins Blog

JANUARY 6, 2014

How to understand the impacts of e-commerce. In my informed view, there are three key paths to increasing shareholder value – all of which lead back to the supply chain.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 6, 2017

In order to truly optimize the last leg of delivery, retailers must get products closer to customers, in more facilities, so they can deliver products with the most cost-effective method of transportation, ground delivery. However, creating a larger fulfillment network with fixed real estate is expensive.

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Elementum

APRIL 25, 2016

In a recent report, analysts from a real-estate brokerage firm estimated that an increase of US $1 in average hourly wages could add over US $1 million in annual costs to a warehouse operation with 500 employees. Where will logistics companies go from here? million in 2015, up 110% from 2014.

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EMERGE App

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The quick answer to this question is yes, inventory is a current asset. Inventory is composed of the products used in the manufacturing of the final product. Inventory is classified as an asset in a company’s financial statements because it is used to create the products sold to generate revenue. Current Assets Defined.

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FLEXE

MARCH 27, 2018

In the not too distant future, we could see major changes not just in retailing and transportation, but also manufacturing and real estate. Retailers are having to process customer orders 24/7, all while trying to manage the optimal inventory selection in physical stores. ADAPTING REAL ESTATE FOR ECOMMERCE.

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