Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

A 2023 McKinsey study found that companies relying on reactive supply chain management lose up to 10% of annual revenue due to inefficiencies and missed opportunities. This enables companies to adjust sourcing, production, and logistics well in advance of potential disruptions.

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Material Handling and Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Factory fires were the most frequent event type in the first half of 2018. Supply chain disruptions continue to grow at an alarming rate, according to a new study, 2018 EventWatch Supply Chain Disruption Report, by Resilinc. Of those events, more than 300 of them directly impacted the continuity of supply.

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The Lean Thinker

JULY 2, 2024

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Colin Fox, an early consultant in the world of flow production, had led a series of study missions to Japan that engaged Boeing’s top 100 or so leaders. These study missions were quite eye-opening for the participants. Most of these were small-scale tactical affairs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

ARC has been actively studying industrial AI for over two years. The occurrence of any of these events disrupts the global supply chain and can deeply impact profitability. One event could create so much churn, Mr. Al Syed explained. trillion records from 47 data sources in the Cognite platform. Celanese is an exception.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2024

Mr. Daniels reports they have 870 employees, so based on a market study recently completed by ARC, this claim is credible. Exiger is tracking events occurring in 16 million supply chains that include 600 million legal entities. Exiger is tracking events occurring in 16 million supply chains that include 600 million legal entities.

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IoT World Today

MARCH 27, 2020

Manufacturing companies that have relied on China for production materials are feeling the blowback of this dependence; some retailers source more than half their inventory from China, according to 2020 Statista data. And “it’s a great tool,” but there are more sophisticated, more accurate tools to do sourcing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

ARC Advisory Group, the company that I work for, releases a number of market studies on a number of technologies. These studies utilize a comprehensive bottom-up process for evaluating markets. This includes the entry of the order, sourcing, payments, and fulfillment. It also spans all channels of sales operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

Before the pandemic, in a study of logistics providers conducted by Fraunhofer IML, among those embarking on digitalization initiatives, only 25% of logistics providers in the Fraunhofer IML survey are leveraging digital technologies to think outside the box and reinvent their foundational delivery model. The Crucial Role of Trading Partners.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. Supply chain planning involves interaction with different types of information based on internal and external data sources. These data sources are often spread across multiple platforms and come in various formats.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Geopolitical events. In a study of logistics providers conducted by Fraunhofer IML, only 36% of organizations reported that they had a clear overall plan for digital transformation. In just minutes, BD was able to see and manage the delivery and order-fulfillment challenges created by this unforeseen event, in real-time.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Heavily relying on a single sourcing location can leave businesses vulnerable to disruptions, whether they are geopolitical, environmental, or economic. One of the biggest impacts of decoupling in the supply chain is that it helps minimize the impact of unexpected events.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 9, 2020

According to psychology experts asked to comment on this phenomenon, the tendency toward panic buying is due to the nature of the Coronavirus event, which unlike more acute natural disasters, presents a largely unknowable prognosis relating to impact-timescales and intensity. Source Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

In particular, the company has been criticized for its long-time practice of using local water sources for its products. In any event, Coke has turned to technology to speed its supply chain and logistics processes, such as its use of AGVs throughout its factories and loading docks. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Fast forward 5 years, and ARC’s 2019 base-year study estimated the market at $11.9 The process involves an analysis of large amounts of information and interviews with executives from numerous warehouse automation providers; and concludes with the publication of ARC’s Warehouse Automation & Control Market Research Study.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2021

Supply chain collaboration networks, which provide wide ranging visibility to events occurring upstream and downstream in supply chains, can help companies be more agile. OpenText was the largest vendor in this market the last time ARC did the study. I am updating writing and research on the supply chain collaboration network market.

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Ship Monk

JULY 28, 2021

Customer Testimonials & Case Studies. User reviews provide plenty of value, but more complicated operations can greatly benefit from customer testimonials and case studies. The answer to that is probably , but having a trusted source endorse a product means that taking the plunge becomes that much easier.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2021

I am working on my latest Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems study, which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, customer size, and mode. Transportation visibility is clearly not only for trucks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 18, 2022

This was my first in-person event in over two years, and it did not disappoint. You could feel the energy in the air as 450+ people seemed to really enjoy being back at an in-person event. This includes weather events, port strikes, capacity shortages, and unexpected demand spikes. The releases of Planning.AI

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

Whether that is the case or not, a brief study of the origins and progression of fleet route optimisation, covering the last three decades or so and looking forward to the near future, highlights in a spectacular way how technology, in particular, has revolutionised the business of logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A McKinsey study found that 90% of supply chain leaders expected to transform their planning systems. As two leading supply chain experts, Nada Sanders and Morgan Swink, found when they studied supply chain digital transformation , organizational issues were the biggest obstacles to success.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

This invite-only event brought together supply chain and IT executives from a cross section of companies, along with several executives from IBM, including Jeanette Barlow, Vice President of IBM Supply Chain Solutions, and Ron Castro, Chief Supply Chain Officer at IBM. Source: IBM. IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit.

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TransAudit

MAY 14, 2024

The Cost of Supply Chain Disruptions Recent studies, including one conducted by Accenture , have highlighted the staggering costs associated with supply chain disruptions. Multi-Tier Supplier Networks: Building a diverse supplier network with contingency plans can reduce dependency on a single source and mitigate risks.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

A lot of data/information is communicated in batch and serial mode, sometimes hours or days after a transaction or event occurs. What is happening to BMW today is another case study in supply chain risk management. Within X hours of the event, we contacted all of these suppliers and determined that X supplier has shop floor damage.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 1, 2024

LLMs are adept at processing vast amounts of structured and unstructured data from various sources, such as market reports, customer feedback, weather forecasts and even social media sentiments. The answer lies in data. In the ever-evolving world of logistics, data reigns supreme.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 30, 2020

Until the Coronavirus began wreaking its havoc, global companies could run their supply chains on the assumption that disruptions would be rare and short-lived, and that products should be sourced, produced, and distributed at the cheapest locations to be found, wherever in the world that may be. 3) Shorten Your Supply Chain—Source Locally.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

And this global trip isn’t just for sightseeing – leading companies find that a diversified sourcing base and far-flung manufacturing can help cut production costs, increasing the bottom line. No matter how much can be saved from sourcing globally, transportation costs continue to creep in to seriously affect a product’s profit margin.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

MHS, a single-source provider of material handling automation and software solutions, announces a new multi-part online experience scheduled to run October through November. Following each event, attendees receive exclusive access to supplementary resources like white papers, case studies and infographics to continue their experience.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Managing director Björn Culmone and his deputy Andrea Hert are happy about the successful start of the event series at their location. The organisation of events of this scale is a result of the successful cooperation within the HAHN Group. Interested participants can register for MOBILE.EXPO on the HAHN Group website.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

I recently completed my latest study on the transportation execution and visibility solutions market. This includes port data, social media, news, event and weather (SNEW) data, weather data (to some degree), traffic data, and other available sources to provide an accurate ETA to warehouses, stores, and end consumers.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

There is a substantial base of general business information and case studies on enterprises that got it right or got it wrong, helping organisations like yours to better understand what should be done. Elsewhere, oil companies are investigating alternative energy sources, as global warming and peak oil scares increase.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

These views may be correct, but anecdotes are no replacement for the detailed study of what went wrong and – more importantly – why. Why, then, should we bother studying the logistics-related issues pertaining to operations in East Timor if such issues are to be expected?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

Based on ARC Advisory Group’s recently released study of the market, this puts them in the top 5. Planners in China rely on different data sources and operate with different business practices than those in North America. o9 Solutions’ clients also have access to their partner PredictHQ’s event data, which drives improved forecasting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

A famous 2010 HBR article, “Roaring Out of Recession,” studied how 4,700 public companies fared during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000. But we’re also seeing many of the supply chain industry’s biggest digital pioneers displaying real moxie in recognizing the opportunity in front of them.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2024

The conference is seen as the founding event of AI. In the 2000s, big data came into play, giving AI access to massive amounts of data from various sources. This significant event was the first widely recognized successful application of Deep Learning. Shocked, Se-dol said AlphaGo played a “nearly perfect game.”

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

A case study, published by Modern Machine Shop several years ago, caught our eye recently. Although it was published in 2002, the case study highlighted the data collection struggles of a particular manufacturing company that probably rings true for many SMEs and large corporations alike.

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Log-hub

JANUARY 8, 2025

From new tech breakthroughs to changing customer expectations and unexpected global events, businesses need to stay flexible and ready to adapt. more on sustainably produced or sourced goods. Supply chains are changing fast, and 2025 is set to bring even more challenges and opportunities. Why it’s key? The evidence?

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

As part of the 2022 26th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study , 89% of shippers and 98% of third-party logistics providers reported that their relationships have been successful. Moses, Langley and Sylvie Thompson, supply chain transformation practice leader at NTT DATA Consulting, discussed the report's findings during the annual event.

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