IoT World Today

MAY 21, 2020

Many product components are sourced from Asia, which experienced a major slowdown in production in early 2020. Shipping from Asia is delayed by weeks given soft demand for apparel and other products, and some suppliers are turning to the airline industry — with air travel down by 95% — to reduce delays.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

Three major trends are driving growth in this industry whichcan be attributed to regulatory pressures such as the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act, advancements in AI, and supply chain innovations. Despite facing numerous challenges and setbacks, the industry has seen a wealth of innovations.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 7, 2020

You don’t have to hear it from us to know that 2020 has been a wild ride, the effects of which have spilled over into every major facet of our society — and retail is no exception. Some examples we’re currently seeing are: Face masks Hand sanitizer Cleaning supplies (Bonus points if they’re eco-friendly!) Ladies and gents, it’s here.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Rob O’Byrne makes an early start with his round-up of supply chain and logistics trends that might make industry headlines in the coming year. 2020 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends: What’s Around the Corner? Happily, though, that’s not something you can expect to change in 2020. It’s that time again… Well, almost!

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2024

With the official departure from the European Union on 31st January 2020, followed by subsequent negotiations and agreements, the impacts continue to reverberate throughout the industry, raising questions about its future trajectory. This includes the likes of shipment tendering, visibility, and invoicing.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The food and beverage industry has faced significant challenges and growth over the past couple of years. After several unpredictable years, many hope we’ll see more stability back in the industry. In this blog, we’re going to dive into some of the latest trends in the food and beverage industry. According to a recent U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Charley is the Vice President of ZEBOX AMERICA, an international incubator and accelerator of innovative startups focused on two sectoral areas: transport, mobilities, logistics and industry. ZEBOX focuses on two sectoral areas: transport, mobilities, logistics and industry X.0 About Charley Dehoney. on the other hand. ?

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 12, 2025

Congestion is still impacting key transshipment hubs like Cartagena (90+ ships in port and anchorage in mid-December 2024), Freeport (21+ container ships in queue as of December 2024), and Kingston (50% above 2020 volumes and only 9% schedule reliability) these are particularly important hubs for U.S.

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Envase Technologies

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sarah cares a great deal about the industry, especially about solving the challenges that drivers face every day on the road. And that’s what made for an excellent setting to talk about Envase’s growth since our 2020 founding into North America’s largest drayage/TMS service provider.

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Now, That's Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2022

In June, for example, Roche was granted EUA for its cobas® SARS-CoV-2 Nucleic acid test for use on the cobas® Liat® System, which can identify an infection within 20 minutes. A logistics solution created specifically for the healthcare industry, SCHENKERlife+ is designed and customized to the shipper’s precise requirements.

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ShipLilly

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Pacific hurricane season can be deadly and disruptive to the industry. For example, when a port is shut down, flights are often cancelled as well. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted that starting in 2020, there will be a noticeable increase in hurricanes.

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The coming months are going to be a real test of the shipping industry in terms of how it can manage capacity and coordinate to meet the needs of customers. The unusually late-year surge in imports during 2020 has continued this year. Take for example the increased emphasis on the purchase of household goods via e-Commerce platforms.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With a background in video advertising and a successful corporate consulting track record, Zach is passionate about educating the logistics industry on the power of marketing and clean processes. Example: Saying “We service the hell out of our freight” then falling flat after 3 months and leaving the shipper hanging.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2021

The year 2020 was far from static. And this occurred across industries. Companies in some industries took a wait and see approach, while others experienced a sudden and intense sense of urgency to adapt fulfillment processes immediately to meet the almost overnight shift in demand patterns. Rapid Order Increases.

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Now, That's Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

The problem is that the shortage—among other forces—is driving shipping rates up across many routes at a time when global organizations are trying to realign their supply chains after a rough year in 2020. Comparing that to March 2020’s prices, CNBC says freight rates from China to the U.S. An index of 0.5

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 13, 2020

You already know the biggest supply chain disruption of 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic. The prevailing effects of COVID-19 are uncertainty and disruption; the key to planning ahead for 2021 will be to analyze the effects of 2020. The pandemic has impacted industries differently across the board. But ‘back to normal’?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 15, 2022

Specifically, Honeywell sees six trends emerging in the warehouse and DC industries. For example, a recent Interact Analysis report showed the mobile robot market is expected to grow from $3.6bn in 2021 to $18bn in 2025. As a result, we’re seeing some developing trends heading into the second half of the year.”. Automation can help.

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Wind power, for example, requires favorable wind conditions to generate enough energy for power. Is green ammonia the answer for the shipping industry? Another study has now found that green ammonia could replace these alternative fuels and become a leading green fuel source for the shipping industry.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

When that stopped, the industry found itself in a crunch and within just months, prices took off by some 400%. In the last quarter of 2020, it became clear cargo rates weren’t coming down anytime soon. Even if you don’t care about world economics or how the logistics industry operates, this is important. Credit: Lufthansa ).

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 4, 2021

A 2020 SYSPRO survey showed that 60% of manufacturing and distribution businesses were impacted by supply chain disruptions during the pandemic. Addressing industry pain points with ERP. Here are examples of the tangible return-on-investment (ROI) ERP can bring to your business: Maintain competitive advantage with ERP.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example: The global GDP growth rate for 2021 was 6.02%, a 9.1% increase from 2020. Fleet Overcapacity The container shipping industry has experienced significant growth in recent years, leading to an increase in vessel capacity. The global GDP growth rate for 2022 was 3.08%, a 2.94% decline from 2021.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2018

ALICE , which is currently conducting research on the physical Internet, projects that 2020 will yield the “full alignment of economic, social, environmental and security goals.” When the physical Internet begins to effect real change, how will it—and the collaborative logistics platforms it supports—positively impact the freight industry?

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Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

Lately they have upped their game and many have in place ambitious goals for 2020. 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. FedEx also has ambitious goals. Last-Mile Delivery.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 11, 2024

And when we feel uncertain, humans tend to look for examples of what others in our situation have done. We’ll give you some examples of social proof, and we’ll even rank them in terms of trustworthiness. In the service industry, such as here at ShipMonk, potential clients are making a much larger decision than a new pair of jeans.

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MTS Logistics

JULY 15, 2024

West Coast reached $8,000 in May 2024, up from $1,500 in early 2020. Responses from the Shipping Industry In response to these challenges, the shipping industry is making significant adjustments: 1. The Port of Long Beach, for example, is undergoing a $1.5 annually over the next five years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the course of updating our annual research on the supply chain planning market , I talked to executives across the industry. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. In process industries the supply chain models used for optimization are much more complex than those used in other industries.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Corporate training is now a $200 billion USD industry, with e-learning taking up more than half of this amount. Corporate training has since then become so popular that it is now a $200 billion USD industry, with e-learning taking up more than half of this amount, according to a recent report. billion USD between 2020 and 2024.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Nearing the end of 2020, Maersk has remained true to that goal. For example, in effort to combat the scourge of some 6,000 weekly emails and phone calls about shipment changes, Maersk simply added on a $50 fee for manual changes in order to encourage digital bookings. By the end of 2020’s H1, that number had increased to 41%.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A slew of new digital technologies is disrupting supply chain operations, but none is having more of an impact on the industry than artificial intelligence (AI). Leading the field are chatbots, which allow text-based interactions, for example, between procurement managers and their suppliers’ systems.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 25, 2021

From an operational point of view, the 2020 holiday season was more difficult than usual because businesses had to deal with the reality of limited carrier capacity which reduced their speed in processing orders. Online orders spiked, but the industry seemed unable to respond quickly enough. As the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The number of accidents in the trucking industry is up, and so are insurance premiums. As an example, from data taken from the ATRI report, in 2020 a small fleet of fewer than 20 trucks would have paid about three times as much as a large fleet with more than 1,000 trucks. Agencies Advocate Tort Reform.

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ShipLilly

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The history of the trucking industry has been churning and recycling drivers because it was a buyer’s market. For example, scheduled places in the lines are lost. Examples include sleeping in their trucks near the lots of the plants. In addition, these working conditions may open the industry to expensive industrial disputes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

One of the companies she holds up as a positive example of a big company addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is Walmart. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force. Rebecca Henerson’s formula for fixing capitalism was a business best seller.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

For example, in a recent CNBC interview Ben Bernanke noted that the Federal Reserve likely looked at the unemployment rate and total employment in early 2021 and inferred that there was plenty of slack in the labor market. For example, interest rate hikes tend to deter lower priority investments and those that require debt financing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The warehousing and distribution industry is highly reliant on technology for its operations. This article will explore some of the key impacts of cyberattacks in the warehouse and distribution industry, as well as strategies businesses can employ to protect themselves from these threats.

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Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

And in the example of invoices, the unwieldy process of cross-referencing and auditing means that fraud in the logistics business is all too common. According to a poll conducted by Deloitte, 39% of consumer and industrial products professionals found at least one instance of fraud or abuse in their supply chains in 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FourKites, for example, can tell one of their shipper clients how long carriers are sitting on average at their warehouses and how this compares to the industry average; Or they can tell a shipper client the appointment reliability at one of that shippers customer’s distribution centers. But the message is now much bigger.

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