Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Paralleling this growth in e-commerce is a growth in carbon emissions – parcel deliveries are estimated to increase by 78% globally by 2030, resulting in up to 30% greater emissions. Jorge Lopera is Vice President Latin America & Industry at FarEye. Global retail sales are expected to grow to $27.3 from last year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

An Amazon executive described the launch of Amazon Air as a “huge step forward for the aviation industry,” without explaining how. That contrasts with last year’s survey results, when most industry professionals feared capacity issues and higher rates as the holiday’s aftermath. Amazon launched Air in the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2022

The results, based on a representative survey among more than 200 companies, shed unparalleled insight into key challenges in the industry, as well as best practices to improve supply chain performance and operation. One example is Scandinavian furniture giant Ikea. Ikea also buys back furniture to sell on to other customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2021

In MIT’s State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021 , 80% of executives surveyed said the pandemic either had no impact on their commitment or increased it. Schneider Electric has committed to convert its 14,000 fleet vehicles to electric by 2030. Supply chain sustainability is a higher priority than ever.

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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. percent from 2023 to 2030.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Nationally, the health care and technology industries have been especially hard hit by the staffing deficits.

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Morai Logistics

MARCH 6, 2019

Experts say that supply chain management is one of the top industries that will benefit from the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) this year. In February, Morai Logistics discussed the positive impact Artificial Intelligence is forecasted to have on our industry. trillion to the global economy ’ by 2030.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 22, 2022

net sales were represented by suppliers who reported to one or more sustainability surveys. Along with working with their suppliers and the broader retail consumer packaged goods industry to optimize packaging, 59% of their global private brand packaging was recyclable or reusable in 2020. Approximately 70% of Walmart U.S. SC Johnson.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 18, 2023

net sales were represented by suppliers who reported to one or more sustainability surveys. Along with working with their suppliers and the broader retail consumer packaged goods industry to optimize packaging, 59% of their global private brand packaging was recyclable or reusable in 2020. Walmart Approximately 70% of Walmart U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. The nationwide vacancy rate for industrial real estate was 3.2

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A recent survey by Deloitte reveals that business leaders overwhelmingly (93 percent) believe that companies are not merely employers, but are also stewards of society. A Reputation Institute survey found that 91.4% Since 2012—thanks to the support of our clients and industry colleagues—we have recorded more than 6.8

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

F) above pre-industrial levels. A BCS survey of technology professionals before Cop26 found that 64% believed the workforce lacked the digital skills to achieve Net Zero; 61% were not confident digital technologies were being used effectively in the fight against climate change.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 4, 2023

Manufacturing and reuse of wooden pallets increased significantly according to the most recent survey commissioned by the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) and the research arm of the Forestry Commission, Forest Research. Law highlighted that timber related industries in the UK are responsible for around 1.58

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MAY 24, 2020

If you look at many of the news items about the industry recently, there has been a certain buzz and intensity around the electronic bill of lading. As per a DCSA research, the container shipping industry stands to save an estimated annual savings of about US$ 4 billion based on a 50% adoption of electronic bill of lading.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The pandemic has impacted multiple industries, and some such as e-commerce companies saw significant benefits as online shopping spending grew. However, much of this convenience has had consequences, with public scrutiny turning on some in the industry carrying out unsustainable practices. Sustainable savings.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Transport and logistics is a highly regulated industry when it comes to health and safety, writes Wouter Satijn (pictured), Sales Director of Joloda Hydraroll. It’s well known in the industry that factors such as an ageing population, socio-economic impacts, and a growing technology skills gap have contributed to a shortage of labour.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

2021 may not be a year for the logistics industry to cherish, but it was a year filled with a lot of takeaways. Logistics industry was experiencing capacity constraints, driver shortages, sudden upticks in e-commerce demand, new technologies, different fulfillment models , delays, port congestions, canal blockage etc. Rewind to 2021!

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Locus

JUNE 16, 2022

This is such a persistent problem in the industry that the study of this phenomenon has its own term: Sequence adherence. According to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report, effective data-based solutions such as dynamic rerouting can reduce emissions by 30% and delivery costs by 25% by 2030, when compared to a “do nothing” baseline.

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Automotive Logistics

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Over the first ten months of 2018, Brazil’s GDP rose by around 1.3%, after one of its longest recessions in history, and according to a Central Bank survey of economists, this should edge up to around 2.5% Rota 2030 to provide a further boost. In the wider economy, positive signals can be seen. by the end of 2019.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

As the Wall Street Journal reported recently, a survey of 1,310 supply chain managers in Europe carried out by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply finds that one in 10 company executives in the UK fear that their enterprises could go bankrupt if Brexit causes Customs delays of just 10 to 30 minutes.

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A key issue plaguing the global logistics industry is a shortage of drivers. A survey forecasts that there will be a driver shortage of 97,000 by 2023. This figure is expected to climb up to a staggering number of 162,000 by 2030. Else, it is optimal to choose outsourced fleets. Availability of capital and labor.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries will increase from around 340 GWh today to over 3500 GWh by 2030. In a recent report, IEA indicated that global battery and mineral supply chains need to expand ten-fold to meet projected critical minerals needs by 2030. 7-Eleven Inc.

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Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The chemical industry is vital in producing goods and services that touch every aspect of our lives. A Rising Demand for Specialty Chemicals Many other industries use specialty chemicals, like personal care, electronics, packing, and pharmaceuticals. It’s a competitive market to be in. With 25 percent of the U.S.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030. Professor, KIT.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

“Although a number of surveys show consumers say they want sustainable products, only a small percentage of them are actually willing to pay more to buy sustainable products,” Sheffi notes. I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030.

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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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 21, 2023

The initiative supports Nestle’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, starting with the goal of sourcing 20 percent of ingredients from regenerative farmland by 2025 and 50 percent of ingredients from the same by 2030. billion and the largest single market, according to Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

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FLS Transport

MARCH 3, 2021

A new survey from IBM says that’s about to change. Digitization trends are and will sweep the trucking industry by 2030. Trucking to invest in re-skilling employees for a digitized future. The North American freight market has long been technology laggards.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

But I guess when Amazon is looking at a company as the future of its electric delivery fleet, having ordered 100,000 vehicles to be delivered by 2030, with 10,000 in operation by next year, it certainly helps. This will certainly be an interesting company to watch over the next decade. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

West Coast port labor talks are stalled as dockworker disputes hit the region’s big trade gateways, according to shipping industry officials who fear the negotiations could take months to resolve. Some maritime executives had hoped the talks, which began in mid-May, would conclude in the early fall.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2023

Every year, the National Retail Federation conducts a survey on St. Patrick’s Day, up from 54 percent in 2022 and the highest in the history of the survey. To that end, it has set greenhouse gas emissions goals, vowing to limit its Scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 50 percent by 2030, using 2019 as its baseline.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

According to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual back-to-school shopping survey, consumers plan to spend record amounts for both school and college supplies as families and students plan to return to in-person classrooms this fall. billion last year and an all-time high in the survey’s history. billion, up from $33.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 3, 2021

According to the annual survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, nearly 180 million Americans shopped during the five-day holiday shopping period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. Overall, industrial rents in the third quarter were up 7.1 That is a sobering thought.

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