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3PL Industry Trends and a Forthcoming Identity Crisis

Logistics Bureau

As a general definition, a 3PL helps a company to get its offering, conceived in place A, into the hands of its customers in place B. The solution is to back up, figuratively speaking, to the general definition of the need and see how overall trends and developments in the world could make this need map onto other, different solutions.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

The definition of agility and resilience will continue to evolve. The creation of a new digital ecosystem has enabled these and other changes that will shape the definition of supply chain agility and resilience in the 2020s and beyond. There are Also Commercial Reasons. The Road to Agility and Resilience.

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US-Mexico Trade Trends Indicate Nearshoring Has Momentum

Blue Grace Logistics

US-Mexico Trade Trends Indicate Nearshoring Has Momentum Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - December 7, 2023 ‘While Mexico Has Surpassed China as the United States’ No. But there’s definitely been an increase.

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Key Warehouse & Contract Logistics Trends from 2020

Now, That's Logistics

These and other factors contributed to some definite pivots in the contract logistics space in 2020.”. Here at DB Schenker, we’re watching these trends closely and coming up with ways to facilitate that supply chain,” says Franco, “and stay ahead of the game in positioning solutions that will help the health care givers and patients.”.

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Top Trends in Freight Forwarder Digitization

Freightos

This trend moved forward in exciting ways in 2019. But 18% of all requests were provided with quotes manually , taking an average of 122 hours and as much as 19 days – definitely slower than most shippers’ desired pace of business! . The post Top Trends in Freight Forwarder Digitization appeared first on Freightos.

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Top Ecommerce Trends for 2024

Ship Monk

We can’t predict when joggers will go out of style (never, we hope) but we are pretty good at predicting ecommerce trends. Here are a few of the trends we think are going to be big in 2024. If your ecommerce brand hasn’t explored other sales channels, you are definitely missing out.

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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

This year, we are welcoming back global sector leaders in-person to discover trends shaping project opportunities and engage in a variety of networking activities. According to the FreightWaves, The basic definition of breakbulk is any individual piece of cargo that does not fit into a container and is not carried in bulk.