GlobalTranz

JANUARY 6, 2017

Our 2016 Manufacturing Report revealed an industry in the state of change, preparing for the next revolution. With claims of hacking the election still permeating the internet, manufacturers are looking upon 2016’s cyber security improvements with even greater scrutiny. Manufacturers Stayed the Course, But Jostled Along the Way.

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Freightos

MAY 17, 2016

Five Tech Trends That Will Change Freight. billion dollars of US venture capital was invested in the first quarter of 2016. And, of course, Amazon looms with Amazon Flex. Hyperloop Proof of Concept Trial, May 2016. The post Five Technology Trends That Will Change Global Freight appeared first on Freightos.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

From artificial intelligence to refocusing on procurement, the state of supply chain continued to explode throughout 2016, and you need to understand why. The State of Supply Chain 2016 Trends. A 2016 Accenture survey, reports RF Gen , explained how more companies are taking advantage of AI benefits through linked supply chains.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

As a result, your company needs to think about these freight shipping trends and how you can prepare to respond to them as soon as possible. 8 Freight Shipping Trends Shippers Must Know for 2017. In the latter half of 2016, freight demand increased each month consecutively, asserts Mark Montague of Supply Chain Brief.

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Freightos

JANUARY 17, 2017

What happened in 2016. Take a look at the range in carrier prices for forwarders along one the world’s busiest routes (Shanghai to Long Beach, CA), in a data snapshot from mid-December 2016. Range of Carrier Prices 40’ CNSHA->USLGB, Single Day in December 2016. The 90% percentile prices, of course, stayed the same.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, lower rates are great if you are paying for the service and not so positive if you are providing it. The Freightos Baltic Index: Global Container Freight Index shows that rates over the last six months are in-line with the historic average between 2016 and 2020. Today these factors appear insignificant.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 9, 2017

2016 marched onward with a drive to improve the use of digital technology throughout the supply chain. In the first supply chain trends post, we surmised the previous year’s trends would continue. This infographic, created by GT Nexus , also shows other ways the digital supply chain evolved in 2016. What’s Next?

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Tomorrow, we will do more of the top areas or trends for manufacturers to look out for in 2015. in 2016 and 3.1% in 2015, 3.9%

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2015

This increase follows California’s increase in minimum wage from $8 to $9 an hour last year and to $10 effective January, 2016. an hour in July, 2016, followed by annual increases through 2020 until the minimum wage hits $15 an hour. Under Los Angeles’ new requirements, the minimum wage will increase to $10.50 XB Logistics’ is a U.S.-based

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

It brings together a long list of trends, enabling technologies, business frameworks and competencies that should be in your consideration set. The big theme of course, is the digitization of the supply chain and the implications it will have on business performance. Talk to us , we’ll tell you how. Download it here.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Technology advancements were among the most exciting topics to watch through 2016. So, let’s take a look at how our predictions for the first four manufacturing technology trends (Predictive analytics, 3D Printing, and VR) to watch for in 2016 stacked up. Predictive Analytics Became Commonplace to Manufacturing.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

Mostly, manufacturers demand technologies that can boost their output without causing an additional strain on resources, and the final five technologies changing manufacturing in 2016 did just that. The annual growth rate for machine learning and artificial intelligence grew more than 500 percent from 2013 through 2016. Industry 4.0

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

According to the findings from the “26th Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends (Masters of Logistics)”, more companies are beginning to understand that new business models and new competition in the field are changing customer expectations. Cost is, of course, another important aspect of running a successful business.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2017

At the close of 2016, the 21 st Annual Third-Party Logistics Study found the overall use of third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) is increasing, but the types of logistics services utilized indicate the industry is entering a shift in how it operates. 3PLs and Shippers Report Positive Partnership Outcomes. 3PLs are changing globally.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

percent of total retail sales in the United States; in 2016, e-commerce sales reached $394.9 percent in 2016 compared to 2015, while e-commerce sales grew over 15.1 Many manufacturers and retailers have started down one path only to change course later as the scale and scope of their operations changed.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The total number of licensed freight brokers between January 2014 and September 2016 has risen from 13,565 to 16,932. Of course, one possible and straightforward explanation is that those are just the numbers of regular turnover within the freight broker industry. That's a total increase of 3,367 active brokers.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 19, 2018

Of course, you want to control costs, consider options, and mitigate risks, but it will also be important to keep these five factors in mind as you talk to ocean service providers about the year ahead. Still, if you had ocean freight in 2016, the memory of the bankruptcy of the Hanjin shipping line may linger in your mind.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Dr. Schreiber concludes by covering the players (from startups to billion-dollar companies) and the trends changing the industry. Dropping profit margins – Hanjin’s bankruptcy in late 2016 capped a difficult year for carriers and 2017 hasn’t been much better. Bringing Freight Online In The Carrier Space. Digital Forwarding.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The Impact of 3D Printing in the Supply Chain and Logistics Arenas: As we noted in our top issues in American Manufacturing series, 3D printing is a key trend and applications manufacturers are paying attention to over the next decade. He predicts that this will rise to just over 50% by 2016 and to more than 80% by 2020.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Fast-forward to 2016, fewer than one in 10 are employed in the US manufacturing sector. However, this is not a trend exclusive to the US, the manufacturing workforce across much of Europe is said to be shrinking, while the trend continues in East-Asian countries, according to Bloomberg.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. In the supply chain articles category it is clear the top ten are all about trends, facts, technology, and of course optimization.

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In its most recent monthly analysis of the global air freight market , the International Air Transport Association (IATA) observed that while demand for air freight was softening, cargo volumes are still trending higher. Industry-wide freight ton kilometers (FTK) grew by 2.0% over the past six months.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 26, 2023

The past In the past, logistics education was primarily centered on basic concepts and traditional models, such as inventory management, warehousing, and transportation (Christopher, 2016). Supply chain game changers – mega, nano, and virtual trends – and forces that impede supply chain design (i.e., Pearson UK.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 27, 2021

Brand identity, interactive marketing campaigns and differential lifestyles complicate a perfect trend analysis model. Of course, these sophisticated automated models will not give the full picture either, especially in a market run by the pandemic. The trick here is to be adaptive and create plans for every possible situation.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Its 2016 Logistics Trend Radar report suggests that big data and automated supply chains could lead to previously unimaginable levels of optimization. The provider believes the trend will come to life in the next ten years. Of course, Zarkadakis’s remark raises the question of what happens to the truck drivers.

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Women in Trucking

JANUARY 5, 2020

Whether it’s more mentorship involving women or increased experience, confidence and education, this trend of growing women-owned enterprises (WBEs) also is happening in transportation and logistics. What are some of the factors driving this trend? The number of women-owned businesses is growing 2.5 Women can make strong leaders.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As recently as 2016, the state of e-commerce logistics triggered a rush to expand warehousing. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Of course, the state of e-commerce logistics makes it difficult to understand how to take advantage of this record-breaking growth.

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Logistics in War

APRIL 6, 2019

Whilst there are economic benefits to this approach, it discounts current trends in competition for energy sources and market dominance, threats to supply infrastructure, the impact of natural disasters and geopolitical uncertainty (especially in the Indo-Pacific region).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

in 2016 with over three dozen Boeing freighter aircrafts. The company announced that it is expanding its associate-to-driver program so that any Walmart worker at 439 store locations nationwide can become a truck driver after completing a 12-week course. The trend is truest for ocean freight rates from North Europe to the U.S.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Dr. Schreiber concludes by covering the players (from startups to billion-dollar companies) and the trends changing the industry. Dropping profit margins – Hanjin’s bankruptcy in late 2016 capped a difficult year for carriers and 2017 hasn’t been much better. Bringing Freight Online In The Carrier Space. Digital Forwarding.

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Morai Logistics

JANUARY 1, 2020

2019’s over, but there’s plenty of technology to look back on over the course of the year to see what affects it had on supply chains. A trend that continued from previous years, as seen in the sharp increase in cobot production numbers. The move by companies towards digitization grew more pronounced in 2019.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

But more blatantly than ever, container liners – and especially Maersk – are on a collision course with the tech companies that provide digital infrastructure for selling goods. The company has steadily increased its own freight activity while extending services to customers since registering as a forwarder in 2016.

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Over the course of 2016, real revenue and volume growth in the air and sea freight forwarding markets was remarkably similar globally, but this disguises significant differences across important countries and regions, say analysts who keep a close eye on the market. The global freight forwarding market has grown by 2.7% A&A Rank.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 9, 2019

Of course, along with that comes a lot of products that need delivering. Amazon is not “most businesses… ” The Top Logistics Trends that Will Impact Logistics Management in 2018?. None of this is new news, of course. Amazon currently enjoys about 50% of all US e-commerce business. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

Things like negative Covid tests for drivers are certainly helping drive the trend for unaccompanied loads,” commented Simon Wagstaff Brittany Ferries freight director. This freight-only ship has been operating since 2016, connecting Bilbao with Poole. However, there are other financial benefits in going driverless.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The market has grown from $36.08bn in 2016 to $128.33bn in 2021 – a gain approaching $100bn in about half a decade. Unfortunately though, warehouse facilities in general are struggling to keep up with this trend. We expect it will add almost another $100bn in the next three years, reaching $212.90bn by the end of 2024.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Of course, all of this is easier said than done, but new challenges tend to require new strategies and new innovation. Just as few, if any, saw the severity of the current capacity crunch coming, it’s equally unclear just how long this trend will last. Freight Capacity Crisis: How Did We Get Here So Quickly? There are No Crystal Balls.

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