Transporeon

APRIL 2, 2019

Many shippers expect prices to remain stable (44%) but no-one thinks that rates will decline (Transporeon/Xeneta survey, 2016). Shipping industry consolidation is also causing ocean freight rates to rise. Merger and acquisition in the shipping industry reached a historically high in 2016.

Price Reduction 48

Price Reduction Cost Reduction Negotiate Pricing Freight 48

GlobalTranz

JANUARY 28, 2016

The industry image of manufacturing is drastically changing, and the next generation needs to know why and how this is taking place and what's being done to ensure its continued vitality. Path , a 2011 report, initiated by the National Association of Manufacturers, found a qualified worker shortage of 67 percent across the industry.

Manufacturing Procurement 77

Manufacturing Procurement Sourcing Strategies Buyer Training Material Savings 77

GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2016

If the auto industry videos you were shown in high school come to mind, you are not alone. The trend for better, smarter robotics is spreading to new industries as well. The primary consumer and investor of robots in North America, the automotive industry, decreased robot ordering from 41 percent in 2005 to 21 percent in 2014.

Manufacturing Procurement 67

Manufacturing Procurement Sourcing Strategies Collaboration Industry 67

Freightos

JUNE 9, 2018

Truth be told, the passenger travel industry actually has an impressive tech track record. While the air passenger industry has a solid tech foundation, air cargo does not. To date, the industry has a poor track record of creating usable standards. That’s Alex Cruz, the CEO of British Airways, talking about BA’s evolution.

Negotiating Skills 48

Negotiating Skills Cargo Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 48

Transporeon

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Ocean freight rates are expected to increase significantly in 2017 Based on a survey conducted by our benchmarking partners Xeneta , more than half (56%) of the respondents expect rates to increase while 44% believe rates will remain stable. Most importantly, no one expects that rates will decline in 2017.

Price Reduction 48

Price Reduction Negotiating Skills Cost Reduction Freight 48

247 Customs Broker

APRIL 2, 2018

As previously reported, many trucking observers maintain that the need for ELDs is obvious, with most explaining that the industry has been reliant on paper logs for far too long. One of the key themes of the survey was that since ELD went into effect, securing truckload capacity has become more difficult.

Supply Chain Design Software 28

Supply Chain Design Software Materials Handling Survey Logistics Network Optimization Software 28

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2019

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Supply Chain Strategy.

Supply Chain Design Software 118

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Supply Chain Strategy.

Supply Chain Design Software 123

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction 123

247 Customs Broker

MARCH 15, 2018

Whether or not the businesses Tioga and WCL surveyed were happy with the current variety of the appointment systems, appointments were seen as “a more flexible and more adaptable tool to manage the truck flow than simply the 6 o’clock changeover with a monetary incentive,” Smith said. and on Saturday (8:00 a.m.-5:00 Under review.

Survey 28

Survey Picking Cargo Supply Chain Software 28

The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2022

During his tenure at Stifel, his awards included ranking #1 in stock picking multiple times in the Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street Analysts Survey and in Financial Times/StarMine America’s Top Analysts report. Overtime the less-than-truckload business has shifted from a heavily unionized industry to a mostly non-union industry.

Price Reduction 195

Price Reduction Purchasing Skills eCommerce Logistics Network Optimization Software 195

The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 23, 2021

During his tenure at Stifel, his awards included ranking #1 in stock picking multiple times in the Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street Analysts Survey and in Financial Times/StarMine America’s Top Analysts report. Overtime the less-than-truckload business has shifted from a heavily unionized industry to a mostly non-union industry.

Price Reduction 195

Price Reduction Purchasing Skills eCommerce Logistics Network Optimization Software 195

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

After experiencing an incredibly challenging two years in the global logistics industry, I think we can let go of any expectation that the supply chain landscape will ever return to “normal.” It’s certainly no secret that the global logistics industry, like many other industries, is closing out 2021 in the midst of a true labor crisis.

Optimal Sourcing 137

Optimal Sourcing Resource Reduction Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design Software 137

Blog on Log

OCTOBER 31, 2006

DC managers typically have insufficient open slots to profile product the way they desire - more than 60 percent of DCs were operating at greater than 95 percent capacity during their three busiest months, according to a 2005 industry survey. Instead, managers choose the best available open slots.

Inventory Reduction 40

Inventory Reduction Picking Waste Reduction Material Savings 40

Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Clausewitz’s survey of history, as well as the Napoleonic Wars, led him to write that ‘[t]he end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed and trained, the whole object of his sleeping is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time’. [5] 6] What was possible was shaped by what was immediately practical.

Resource Reduction 86

Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 86

Logistics in War

JULY 23, 2019

Clausewitz’s survey of history, as well as the Napoleonic Wars, led him to write that ‘[t]he end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed and trained, the whole object of his sleeping is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time’. [5] 6] What was possible was shaped by what was immediately practical.

Resource Reduction 74

Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 74

Talking Logistics

APRIL 6, 2018

Survey: ELD compliance hits 97% as full enforcement begins (FleetOwner). On Tuesday, [the United States Trade Representative] proposed 25 percent tariffs on more than 1,300 Chinese industrial and other products from flat-panel televisions to electronic components,” reported Reuters. Tit for Tat Trade. “On and Canada. .”

Negotiating Skills 60

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Every year, in our annual MH&L Salary Survey , we ask readers to identify the biggest challenge they face in their jobs, and every year they tell us the same thing: finding, developing and retaining talent. Jim Shephard, president, Shephard’s Industrial Training Systems. ? data scientists), hardware and software across industry.

Supply Chain Design Software 89

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