The Network Effect

JANUARY 24, 2025

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

Three months into 2025, we have seen a barrage of on-again, off-again tariffs that have supply chain and logistics teams reeling, as they must rethink everything from next weeks shipping route to their foundational network models. Since then, supply chain disruptions and volatility have only increased. The Ukraine-Russia conflict is ongoing.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2025

In April 2024, we asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — if they had experienced cargo theft or other types of freight fraud in the past year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2023

That means that we are getting ready for the annual holiday logistics bonanza. The National Retail Federation (NRF) has issued its annual forecast, anticipating that retail sales will grow between 4 percent and 6 percent in 2023, meaning sales will reach between $5.13 trillion and $5.23 trillion this year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2025

For instance, a logistics manager can monitor real-time data on inventory levels, customer orders, and transportation schedules to make better informed decisions and reduce lead times and costs while improving customer satisfaction. Public Sector : Government agencies are engaged with supply chains from multiple perspectives.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It’s no longer enough to just serve the customer, today’s retailers must roll out the red carpet too—especially at a time when customers are becoming more discerning about how and where they spend their hard-earned cash. Tech-enabled human touch will be a differentiating factor that separates the retail winners from the losers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As ecommerce grew at double digit rates, while in store sales grew at less than the rate of inflation, retailers were looking for a way to turn their stores into a competitive weapon. These new order fulfillment paths allowed retailers to rapidly grow sales. First, the rules used to enable an OOM system can be staggeringly complex.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2025

The 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 20% tariffs on Chinese goods are expected to increase production costs, disrupt logistics networks, and force companies to rethink supply chains. Retailers and e-commerce giants like Amazon are stockpiling key inventory, preparing for potential further trade restrictions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Logistics strategy as an enabler of new business models. The success of a company has nothing to do with its form, whether as solely online retailer, a startup or a company evolving from brick and mortar retail. They have changed the way they see logistics, and no longer view it as just a support process in their organization.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In a survey we conducted in October 2020, 91% of our Indago supply chain research community members, who are all supply chain executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies, either Agreed or Strongly Agreed that the time had come to transform the traditional transportation procurement process.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Earlier this morning I was thinking about something different, yet interesting to discuss in the intro paragraph of this week in logistics news. And now on to this week’s logistics news. “NRF has a long history of convening supply chain professionals to collaborate and develop resources that improve the retail industry.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 25, 2025

About Jon Doolen Jon Doolen is a seasoned business coach with over two decades of expertise in retail logistics, particularly specializing in final mile delivery and third-party logistics for home furnishings and luxury products.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 6, 2024

Mike Jarrett and Joe Lynch discuss shelf ready solutions: Jarrett’s logistics expertise. Together, they delve into how globalization has impacted the supply chain needs, particularly within the retail sector, and discuss Mike’s personal journey from working at established firms to founding his own logistics company.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

With the chaos of the 2024 holiday season descending, the National Retail Federation predicts U.S. The onus is on ecommerce retailers to control the controllables, and focusing on eliminating uncertainty from the consumer fulfillment process and optimizing the last mile is a smart approach. billion in sales.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

After 10+ years of writing the weekly news roundup, as well as a bi-weekly column for Logistics Viewpoints, today is my last day at ARC Advisory Group. Over these 10 years+ I have learned a lot about supply chain and logistics through conversations with end users, suppliers, and my colleagues. and Mexico, according to the notice.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. And they present a host of logistical challenges. The trucking industry is turning a corner after a prolonged freight recession that succeeded the Covid boom in transportation rate and services, according to logistics executives. Dozens more are awaiting delivery to China.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon is also kicking it up a notch in the grocery war being waged by retail titans. Produce goes bad and clothes go out of fashion fast, issues that add to the massive food and retail waste the world’s major retailers are on the hook to solve. That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2022

Today’s logistics teams are operating in an environment characterized by uncertainty on three fronts. Minute by minute, logistics providers are asking themselves: What do customers want? n retail customer operates over 1000 stores as well as multiple distribution centers (DCs) in the US. A North America?n

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Unlike some of the other trends articles we have covered at Logistics Viewpoints, which take a deeper dive into technology and application specific trends, this article looked at the top trends executives need to be paying attention to before their strategic planning meetings commence. Top Five Transportation Trends ; Chris Cunnane.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Agribusiness giant Cargill and retailer Target have responded to consumer demand for transparency in clothing and textiles by teaming up with a tech company that can follow the fabric around the world. and Brazil this year that will end up in products on Target shelves early next year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Retailers know firsthand how quickly the market can change. Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. The retailers feel the impacts of the recession fast and deeply.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bill Thayer and Joe Lynch discuss channel free logistics. Bill is the Founder and CEO, of Fillogic a l ogistics-as-a-service platform for retail that converts underutilized space at retail centers into tech-enabled, micro distribution hubs. Through 2020, Bill was the CLO of Century 21 Stores (an $800M retailer).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 28, 2024

In late 2023, Descartes conducted a survey of 1,000 supply chain and logistics decision-makers across North America and Europe across three sectors: manufacturing, distribution and retail; carriers; and logistics services providers. The study also provided insight into what companies are doing to address it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Often times at Logistics Viewpoints, we like to look to the future and highlight the key trends that we see in a given market, or make predictions about what technologies will emerge as game changers in the new year. It was a good mix of topics and authors, including a good number from our Logistics Viewpoints sponsors.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Like any Supply Chain, Retail Supply Chains have their own unique challenges. The retail supply chain is dealing with the consumer directly and the customer really is King. So everything in the retailer’s Supply Chain strategy needs to be focused on the customer, and of course the shareholders, that goes without saying.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

For instance, a logistics manager can monitor real-time data on inventory levels, customer orders, and transportation schedules to make better informed decisions and reduce lead times and costs while improving customer satisfaction. Public Sector : Government agencies are engaged with supply chains from multiple perspectives.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 1, 2022

And now to this week’s logistics news…. Micro-Warehouse Provider Pivots as Retail Consumer Market Shifts. The CNBC article states, “ As delivery times and consumer demand rose this year, retailers responded by ordering inventory earlier than usual. Philly Cheesesteak Delivered by Drone? Container Ship Leasing Trends Downward.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2023

Every December for the past four years, we have asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics professionals from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — “What is the likelihood of the. The post Supply Chain And Logistics: What Will Stay The Same In 2023?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The retailer plans to double the number of sites in the coming years and currently operates more than 55 dedicated same-day sites across the U.S. As more consumers shop online and send back more of those orders, retailers have moved to crack down on fraud. Retailers estimate 13.7

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The centers feature an automated, high-density storage system that, among other benefits, allow the retail giant to double the number of customer orders it can fulfill in a day. Retail groups this week are applauding a U.S. That’s all for this week.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Nate Shutes and Joe Lynch discuss helping logistics founders, which is exactly what Nate does with his podcast, The Bootstrapper’s Guide to Logistics. About Nate Shutes Nate Shutes is the host of The Bootstrapper’s Guide to Logistics podcast and is currently building a private community for logistics entrepreneurs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. and Israeli startups focused on logistics, the supply chain and customer fulfillment. and Israeli startups focused on logistics, the supply chain and customer fulfillment. More incidents are being reported at inland logistics hubs.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 28, 2024

2024 Walmart Marketplace Seller Summit,” Walmart announced new multichannel logistics and cross-border fulfillment services for sellers. Yes, Walmart, the mega-retailer, is encroaching further into the third-party logistics (3PL) space, just like Amazon has been doing for years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. per month on orders over $35 from Whole Foods Market, Amazon Fresh, and other local grocery and specialty retailers on the platform, including Save Mart, Bartell Drugs, Rite Aid and Pet Food Express. Alibaba has officially introduced its Logistics Marketplace, providing U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Near the end of 2021, I had the chance to make the early call on Logistics Viewpoints on what 2022 would look like across five major logistics themes. 2023 call: Consumers will focus on home delivery performance and retailers will focus on home delivery cost reduction or recovery. That’s pretty abysmal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2023

Well, ARC Advisory Group , the owner of Logistics Viewpoints, has been conducting research on the PLC market for decades. And now on to this week’s logistics news. million-square-foot warehouse in Connecticut Flexport announced the acquisition of Shopify Logistics’ assets, including Deliverr. Come on – not a chance!

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 6, 2022

Michael Burry’s tweet stated that the supply glut at retail is a result of the Bullwhip Effect and that there will be deflationary pulses from this. Retailers’ Inventories – Just Keep your Returns? The post Inflation in 2022: Is the Bullwhip Effect to Blame for Retail Inventory Glut appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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