Our thoughts go out to all the busy warehouses and distribution centers. Most of these essential businesses are going strong, but they all need to keep their essential workers equally strong and healthy.
Physical distancing within the warehouse can be tricky, which is one reason companies like this automated way to get actual package weights for shipping without having to physically walk over to the scale. SpeedWeigh™
A perfect storm of weather events, regulatory restrictions, and economic unrest can wreak havoc on the transportation market in getting goods to market.
The top ten markets for warehouses have been announced by commercial real estate firm JLL. Released in late June, the firm linked both industrial real estate and population growth to determine which markets are expected to boom in coming years.
Supply Chain Digest recently published its biannual report that looks at the state of retailer-vendor supply chain relationships. The report is an attempt to get closer to how these relationships are faring in the current moment and what parties on both sides need to make them stronger and more efficient. The editors surveyed over 44 retailers and 165 consumer goods manufacturers including companies like Procter & Gamble, Target, Big Lots, Home Depot, Nike, and JC Penney.
The warehouse and logistics industries are not immune to the potential savings generated from “going green.” Eco-friendly warehousing may require upfront dollars, but some strategies, like greater recycling, are free. Besides benefiting the environment, the objective is long-term cost savings. Warehouses that embrace the following six practices will discover efficiencies in their operation that are sustainable over time.
The third-party logistics (3PL) market is going strong according to a June 2018 report released by Armstrong & Associates, a market research firm located in Milwaukee.
Varsity Logistics is offering free technical training classes to help customers get more out of their Varsity solutions!
A new report by the Material Handling Institute (MHI) and Deloitte shows the new trends taking over the technology use of the supply chain, referred to as the “NextGen” model.
This newly released report, titled “Overcoming Barriers to NextGen Supply Chain Adoption,” the report examines the 11 emerging technologies that are expected to work together to establish a new information ecosystem that is always accessible by demand. These new trends in technology include everything from from robotics to artificial intelligence (AI) to wearable devices, which are becoming widespread in the supply chain industry, proving that this NextGen model is quickly taking over. The majority of the report’s survey respondents report that the NextGen supply chain will represent the predominant model within just 5 years.
While Amazon has been around for almost a quarter of a century, the company’s real breakthrough has come in these past few years with the way they’re challenging the logistics industry. The company is the fastest to reach $100 billion in sales revenue. Analysts say that by 2027 the company could reach yearly revenue of $1 trillion.
For companies routing multi-stop full trailer shipments, a transportation management system (TMS) is necessary to optimize the FTL and LTL components of the supply chain. TMS gives operators the ability to map out route planning, handle freight audit, track payments and orders, and manage carrier and route selection in ways that generate efficiencies that result in lowered costs and increased customer satisfaction.
