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

Logistics Viewpoints

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. More than 25 percent of survey respondents stated that they experienced a decrease of order throughput volumes in 2020.

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Today’s Freight Capacity Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here?

Talking Logistics

More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. Of course, all of this is easier said than done, but new challenges tend to require new strategies and new innovation. There are No Crystal Balls.

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Why Planning and Forecasting are More Important Than Ever

Now, That's Logistics

And even if there’s an imbalance, good forecasts allow organizations to course-correct before a real problem emerges. The ocean freight sector is facing a particularly high amount of uncertainty right now thanks to ongoing container shortages, port congestion and lack of capacity. Covering the Demand.

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2024 Supply Chain Predictions – Relative Stability and a Migration to the Mean

Logistics Viewpoints

However, GEP And S&P Global publish the GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index based on data derived from S&P Global’s PMI surveys. A value above 0 indicates that supply chain capacity is being stretched and supply chain volatility is increasing. Of course, prices tend to jump from supply and demand pressures.

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Invest in These Capabilities to Drive Supply Chain Excellence

AIMMS

Our recent survey showed that only 17% of organizations make it a priority to invest in innovation. Prescriptive analytics “describes a set of analytical capabilities that finds a course of action to meet a predefined objective, such as maximizing revenue or minimizing costs.” Firefighting is the norm. Prescriptive Analytics.

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Acing the drone obstacle course

World Food Programme Logistics

They are now out of their chairs and onto the green, where they will spend 90% of the course time. They were supportive, so on the second day, I was full of confidence and completed the obstacle course by myself,” she says. Adam Marlatt surveys the ‘mouth of the poisonous caterpillar’ before the exercise begins.

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

Freightos

So to meet capacity, airlines started to convert passenger planes into cargo planes at scale. Ships that WERE sailing were stuck in backlogs before unloading due to COVID outbreaks at the ports and not enough capacity to handle record container volumes at the ports. A third of all cargo is carried in passenger planes.