Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2021

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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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2024

In a survey I did years ago, the main benefits of Voice were that it was easier to make new workers productive, there was an increased ability to use nonnative speakers, Voice was easier to use in freezers, and there were fewer injuries. The orders associated with the FedEx truck, the first parcel truck to arrive, become Group 1.

Optimization Software 170

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Contract logistics – companies that provide warehousing services – certainly falls into that category. ARC Advisory Group’s warehouse labor survey has shown that 35% of warehouses have a seasonal surge in the number of workers they employ of over 20%. The Warehouse Labor Shortage. The numbers back her up.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2023

ARC Advisory Group, where I work, publishes an analysis of the 25 manufacturers with the most mature digital transformations. This survey-based research gathers quantitative data as well as information on practices or performance drivers. Final Thought The APQC survey gives an interesting look at digital transformation in logistics.

Digital 168

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2022

Oracle’s recent global survey, No Planet B: How Can Businesses and Technology Help Save the World? From product design, sourcing and operations planning, to manufacturing, logistics and warehousing, there are many opportunities for improved efficiency at each stage of the process.

Material Savings 165

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 17, 2024

According to several surveys, less than 1/3 of the companies active in the WMS market focus on WMS as their main product. Want to win orders from Chinese enterprises, suppliers need to provide integrated digital warehousing or digital supply chain solutions, including software and hardware. in order to have a competitive advantage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

This variability is wide-spread across the economy and especially acute in warehousing and fulfillment operations. The survey inquires about changes in throughput volumes, warehouse fulfillment channels, omni-channel process flows, returns processing, warehouse labor and resource requirements, merchandise/SKU mix, and technology perspectives.

Ordering 78

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Our 2018- 2019 Network Design Survey showed that the majority of organizations are still relying on spreadsheets (nearly 60%) and gut feel (15%) to make network design decisions. The company modeled scenarios and performed simulations in AIMMS Network Design Navigator with all their products grouped together.

Scenario Planning 144

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2022

Our survey found nearly 3 in 4 (74%) warehouse workers are at least somewhat likely to take a pay cut to work at another company with more technology tools to help them do their job, including more than half (52%), who are extremely or very likely. On-floor workers are willing to trade pay for better tech to do their jobs.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

By contrast, the third-party logistics model is where a manufacturer retains oversight of its supply chain but outsources such processes as warehousing, shipping, packing, and distribution to a 3PL provider. The company’s warehousing and distribution service offerings include: Contract or 3PL warehousing. What is 3PL?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2022

Trucking, warehousing, and parcel-delivery companies added a combined 32,900 jobs last month, according to seasonally adjusted preliminary employment figures the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, down from 44,700 jobs added in April. Citing a 2018 AARP survey that found that 90 percent of U.S.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

A survey series by the Logistics Hall of Fame in cooperation with the logistics insurance broker Schunk Group looks at the current risks facing the logistics industry and how companies are preparing against them. The survey shows the current mood in the logistics industry and is not representative of the industry as a whole.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the warehousing space, popular platforms include Talroo, warehousegig.com or gigsmart.com. In the recent Lucas Systems Voice of the Warehouse Worker survey, nearly 3 in 4 (74%) warehouse workers were at least somewhat likely to take a pay cut to work at another company with more technology tools to help them do their job.

Optimization Software 137

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2021

ARC Advisory Group and DC Velocity magazine have closed our joint survey on the changes logistics operations have experienced in the upheaval of the Covid-19 operating environment in 2020; and the expectations these same executives have about their operating environment in 2021.

3PL 128

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 22, 2020

s 2020 Women in Supply Chain Survey among 177 supply chain professionals, 17% of chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) are now women – a 6% increase compared to 2019 and the highest rate since the first edition of the survey in 2016. AWESOME partnered with Gartner to develop the survey and recruit participants. Stiffler concluded.

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ShipLilly

OCTOBER 12, 2022

For example, a recent survey of 100 randomly selected people showed that many are not conversant with shipping industry terminologies, let alone the services. Hence, it is not surprising that early analysis indicates that 8 out of every 10 participants in the survey had never heard of the term “freight forwarding.”

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

My preferred measure of demand for truck transportation is an index I’ve developed with my colleague Yem Bolumole at the University of Tennessee that uses data from the Census Bureau’s and Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Commodity Flow Survey to calculate implied demand for truck transportation.

Trucking 116

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Over half (58%) of UK businesses say that delays have become longer since the beginning of January 2021 with 30% of this group reporting that delays are significantly longer than they were when the new border rules first came into effect at the beginning of the year. About the survey.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Zebra Technologies Corporation today released the findings of its 2023 Global Warehousing Study, which confirmed 58% of warehouse decision-makers plan to deploy radio frequency identification (RFID) technology by 2028 which will help increase inventory visibility and reduce out-of-stocks.

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Women in Trucking

JULY 21, 2020

Technology providers were most likely to report significant changes to budget allocation priorities, while Warehousing/Distribution Center respondents were least likely to report significant changes. The DDC Group is a worldwide network of business process outsourcing? currently processes 30% of all LTL bills in ?North North America

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Ltd to collaborate on the promotion and provision of 3rd Party Floor Flatness Surveying and Testing Services using the CoGri Group’s state-of-the-art digital floor testing equipment. CoGri Japan is part of the CoGri Group consortium of Floor Solution Specialists. CoGri Japan Co.,Ltd

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

For example, consider the multitude of companies involved in the process of manufacturing, warehousing and distributing a single pair of shoes. According to a Deloitte survey of large companies with $500 million or more in revenue, 25% of respondents expected to invest more that $5 million in blockchain technology in 2017.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2022

For example, one of our customers at Lucas, Apex Tool Group , experienced a 63% reduction in picking errors, but moreover, shared that employees “loved the system,” and said, “you rarely implement a new system and have users tell you ‘it’s made my life so much easier.‘ Leverage this expertise and learn from employees.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Ian Henderson is Group Head of Property for Associated British Ports (ABP). Henderson’s role at ABP is to manage and optimise the strategic direction of property including building surveying, estate, asset management initiatives and master-planning. Traditional locations have a place (for warehousing), but more sites are needed.

Warehousing 50

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A recent study from Congress found that while 46% of the national workforce is made up of women, females hold only 24% of transportation and warehousing jobs. Create an Employee Resource Group. These groups are not always based on gender — there are employee organizations on race, disabilities, military service and sexual orientation.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Our 2018- 2019 Network Design Survey showed that the majority of organizations are still relying on spreadsheets (nearly 60%) and gut feel (15%) to make network design decisions. The company modeled scenarios and performed simulations in AIMMS Network Design Navigator with all their products grouped together.

Scenario Planning 71

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

As reported by Rob Smith , National Retail Reporter, CoStar Group , Amazon, the online innovator that changed retailing, now has plans for a futuristic airborne fulfillment center where it would use drones to deliver goods. Multistory Vertical Fulfillment Centers. Related Resources. Download Now! More Resources from Zebra Technologies.

Warehousing 28

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Ship Monk

MAY 8, 2023

Sun Sentinel’s Top Workplaces lists are based solely on employee feedback gathered through an anonymous third-party survey administered by the employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. As we continue growing, we’ll keep learning from the industry, and you , about how to best do business.

eCommerce 52

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2019

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Now for those statistics I mentioned.

Supply Chain Design Software 118

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Now for those statistics I mentioned.

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Stord

JULY 21, 2019

But still only 40% of B2B companies recently surveyed by DHL feel that they have fully implemented their e-commerce strategy, even though e-commerce was rated as either very important or extremely important by most B2B and B2C respondents.

Material Savings 78

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

In an industry first, DHL Supply Chain, the specialist contract logistics arm of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has received Top Employer certification across five countries simultaneously, including China, Brazil, the UK, North America and Spain. The certification process consists of an extensive survey including a third party audit.

Supply Chains 28

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The William Hackett Group is the UK’s leading provider of chain products and lifting systems solutions. Its year-on-year growth has enabled the company to invest in its warehousing facility, including a warehouse extension and the addition of a forklift truck to its fleet.

Production 50

Production Trucking Material Savings Materials Handling 50

Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The ecommerce site showcases an extensive range of storage solutions, warehousing equipment, industrial shelving, storage bins, lockers and much more. Storage Direct is offering a free bespoke site survey service for customers with larger requirements.

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Now, That's Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2019

As he surveys the contract logistics environment and looks ahead to the next 12 months, Schoenfeld sees a growing number of U.S. Both groups are watching the trade wars and global tariff situation closely and trying to minimize the negative financial impacts associated with those issues.

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247 Customs Broker

JULY 22, 2020

An Interview with Scott Zickert, GVP of Product Management at Blue Yonder ARC Advisory Group, in partnership with DC Velocity magazine, recently completed survey-based research… The post Modern WMS: The Nerve Center for A Differentiated Customer Experience appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 19, 2016

To be able to deal with tariffs and customs, many supply chain companies have partnered with third-party logistics providers who help them manage in-country transportation, distribution, and warehousing. A Dutch group of businesses collaborates with a 5-year timetable on a project that is testing vehicle platooning. Managing Risk.

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