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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. Above-average holiday shipping seasons in 2020 and 2021 led to an above-average returns rate in the usual Quiet Season. Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. Q3: The Peak Shipping Season.

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Widespread, Yet Cautious Optimism for 2021: ARC’s Order Fulfillment Research Findings

Logistics Viewpoints

COVID-19 caused a global upheaval in order fulfillment processes throughout 2020. At the beginning of 2021, ARC Advisory Group, in partnership with DC Velocity magazine, anticipated factors such as a subsequent surge when we crafted our survey of warehouse practitioners. Meanwhile, caution is prevalent as well.

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The Pandemic Order Fulfillment Upheaval: The 3PL Experience

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group and DC Velocity magazine have closed our joint survey on the changes logistics operations have experienced in the upheaval of the Covid-19 operating environment in 2020; and the expectations these same executives have about their operating environment in 2021. Throughput Volumes.

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The Weekly Freight Report for November 27, 2020

FLS Transport

Read the full article here. A recent survey shows consumers and retailers are feeling confident about holiday fulfillment. Check out the survey results here. Survey indicates optimistic view for the manufacturing sector. when the same group was surveyed back in May. Check out the full Transport Topics article here.

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Most Popular Logistics Stories from 2021

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week, Clint Reiser published an article highlighting our 2022 supply chain predictions. Three years ago, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an article about the Amazon supply chain , asking if it was the most innovative in the world. year-on-year in 2020 with a 39% increase in Q1 2021. Data from the U.S.

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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

Prior to 2020, every supply chain in the world was challenged by increasing levels of demand unpredictability and market volatility. In fact, IT spend as a percent of business capex crossed over the prior ~10 year average in 2019 and we see that trend extending in early 2020.”. Natural disasters. Geopolitical events.

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What’s going on with global supply chains: A primer for the casual consumer

Freightos

Disclaimer: This article is a zoom out for the less freight-inclined. In the last quarter of 2020, it became clear cargo rates weren’t coming down anytime soon. (AKA why that couch you ordered isn’t here…and isn’t getting here tomorrow). Let’s talk freight. . Enter, a global container shortage.