Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

In countless surveys over the past decade, manufacturers and retailers rank “improving supply chain visibility” as one of their top priorities. Yet, despite their focus on this effort and advancements in technology, achieving timely, accurate, and complete supply chain visibility remains an elusive goal for many companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Planners are buried in tedious tasks using legacy, fragmented technology, which 48% say doesn’t help them do their job effectively, according to a survey by the boom! Concurrency combined with AI is the breakthrough, because it connects islands of isolation and aligns the nodes of your supply chain. Global Network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A survey by boom! Transparency into the inter-relationships of actions clarifies their systemic impact, not just the effect on a single node. New enterprise software may be fully implemented, but if we merely lift and shift underlying processes without upgrading the skills of our people, investments will fail to reap their true value.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2022

If a supplier’s continued material flow becomes questionable for a wide range of reasons, the way that supplier’s components flow to various factories and nodes in the supply chain is graphically illustrated and the appropriate commodity managers are automatically notified. In riskmethods risks are elevated using heat bubble maps.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 8, 2019

Source : Logistics Management 2018 Distribution Center Survey. . Trend #2: Distribution Nodes Moving Closer to Customers. We’re seeing more supply chain nodes spread across the country. They are smaller in size but greater in number.”.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

In 1994 Reza Raji described the concept in IEEE Spectrum as “[moving] small packets of data to a large set of nodes, so as to integrate and automate everything from home appliances to entire factories” However, only in 1999 did the field start gathering momentum. According to Gartner, Inc.,

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In fact, two-thirds of the companies surveyed characterized their omni-channel fulfillment performance (relative to peers in their industry) as average or below, with 30 percent characterizing it as below average. Performance Leaders Have Greater Real-Time Inventory Visibility Across Supply Chain Nodes.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We recently surveyed manufacturers, retailers, and ecommerce companies about order fulfillment and distribution. A major change in order fulfillment may be looming, the survey suggests. This allows them to realize the benefits of a multi-node network without the associated overhead commitment. Trend toward multiple DCs.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 23, 2018

These are the top-line results from an American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) survey announced today, titled The State of Freight III. These transportation projects are crucial to address our nation’s increasing freight volumes and enhance America’s international competitiveness.”.

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Locus

JUNE 23, 2023

In a recent global survey of 31,040 shoppers, 41% said they wanted to receive the product within 24 hours, and 24% wanted to receive their orders in less than two hours. Using stores as distribution nodes This is the latest advancement in order fulfillment. Also, it allows companies to track, refill, and manage their inventory levels.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 12, 2018

Fast-forward to 2018 and retailers are using a combination of store, vendor-based and DC fulfillment—all of which come together to create one big, multi-node facility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The report is based on surveys of shippers and third-party logistics (3PL) providers – there were 345 respondents – as well as interviews with subject matter experts. Cold chain logistics is a complex problem because of the multiple nodes and parties involved in moving chilled or frozen goods. This is a report I read every year.

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