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Shipping Heavy Freight:  Four Functions You Should Ask a Fulfillment Center To Help With

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

For example, according to a survey conducted by AlixPartners in 2016, 88% of consumers are willing to purchase an appliance online – a vast increase over the comparatively lower 62% that were open to it in 2012. Today, such heavy freight orders are commonplace.

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The 2016 State of Manufacturing Industry Trends: E-Commerce, Robotics, & Analytics

GlobalTranz

At the onset of 2016, we identified key trends to watch for in manufacturing, and as the year draws to a close, it’s time for an evaluation of our predictions to discover the state of manufacturing. Since e-commerce can be best analyzed by reviewing Cyber Monday 2016, consider the record-breaking sales achieved.

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Warehouse Labor Woes Are Worse than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group’s warehouse labor survey has shown that 35% of warehouses have a seasonal surge in the number of workers they employ of over 20%. Amazon, for example, uses most of the hundreds of thousands warehouse workers they employ to support their retail operations, not their contract logistics division. percent since 2016.

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[Infographic] The State of Supply Chains: The Supply Chain Has Gone Digital

GlobalTranz

2016 marched onward with a drive to improve the use of digital technology throughout the supply chain. Per GT Nexus , 75 percent of executives surveyed recognized the digital supply chain as an important factor for the next five years. For example, an optimized supply chain is good, but it opens more opportunities for errors.

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

About 11% of carriers have vehicles that use a fuel other than diesel or biodiesel blends, according to a 2016 survey by ATRI. For example, UPS is aiming to have 25% of its new vehicles run on alternative fuel or be an advanced technology vehicle, such as hybrid trucks that uses materials that improve fuel efficiency.

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Companies See Strongest Working Capital Performance Since Recession

Material Handling and Logistics

However, their ability to collect from customers and manage inventory actually both deteriorated, masked by a significant increase in the time companies take to pay suppliers, according to the latest Working Capital Survey results from The Hackett Group. Overall, the survey found the companies had a Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) of 33.8

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High Scores for Toyota in Climate Change Survey

Logistics Business Magazine

Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) has been selected for the A-list, the maximum score, in surveys conducted by CDP on climate change for the second year in a row now. One example being the use of carbon-neutral biogas at Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing Sweden in Mjölby, who achieved zero carbon emissions in 2019.

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