Topic: E-commerce

在一份研究简报,题为“工业Facilities Near Airports Command Rent Premiums,” CBRE explained that companies are locating distribution operations closer to airports, or air cargo ports, in order to counter various challenges, especially increasing transportation costs, which it said account for 45%-to-70% of overall supply chain costs—based on data issued by the company’s subsidiary CBRE Supply Chain Advisory. This represents a steep uptick compared to occupancy costs, which account for 3%-to-6%, said CBRE.

To ensure you have the workers you need to meet peak demand, it is important you take a multi-faceted, proactive approach with your peak hiring.

Quarterly revenue—at $24.161 billion—increased 4.2% annually, and adjusted earnings per share—at $2.99—increased 10.3% annually and beat Wall Street estimates at $2.89 per share. Quarterly operating profit rose 7% to $3.113 billion.

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The holiday shopping season will start earlier than ever this year with consumers continuing to prefer shopping online.

GEODIS officials said that Need It Now Delivers operates as an expansive domestic road freight network with over 65 company locations and 300 distribution points, providing strong national coverage, particularly in the eastern U.S. The acquisition significantly expands GEODIS’s U.S. presence in the areas of contract logistics and final mile delivery and strengthens its end-to-end freight network domestically and internationally.

The role of the final mile market and where it fits in to the overall logistics landscape were key themes at the “Final Mile Issues and Opportunities” session at the CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) EDGE conference last month in Nashville.

Late last week, a Reuters report stated that the FedEx Ground subsidiary of Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx is expecting lower volumes, reflecting how its customers anticipate shipping fewer holiday packages.

In this webinar, AutoStore automation experts, Jon Schechter and Russ Holmes share some tips retailers can use to meet the changing e-tailer environment and how automation can help support and enhance your operations.

Increasing throughput and removing unnecessary motions and allowing the use of both hands drastically increases throughput and productivity. Activities such as picking, palletizing, sorting, and fulfillment benefit from hands-free scanning.

As e-commerce sales volumes continue to climb, third-party logistics providers are offering an expanded portfolio of services aimed at this segment of the market.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Doug Waggoner, CEO of Chicago-based 3PL Echo Global Logistics. Waggoner offered up insights on a whole host of topics, including: inflation; rates and capacity; and Peak Season prospects, among others.

DHL Supply Chain, works closely with customers to prepare for peak periods, putting planning, analytics and operations excellence in place to enable them to succeed.

As the calendar moves closer to the holiday season, so, too, do respective announcements by companies, ringing the bell for seasonal labor help.

Rail carloads—at 223,384—slipped 0.2% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers—at 240,877—decreased 1.7% annually.

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Kroger's Raul Bujalil will discus the impact of e-commerce on the grocery industry.

FedEx Express has expanded its FedEx International Connect Plus (FICP) offering to four Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (AMEA)-based region, including: Indonesia, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

Global e-commerce giant Amazon introduced a new offering geared towards helping sellers on its platform utilize new purpose-built technologies for bulk inventory storage and automated distribution. Entitled, Amazon Warehousing & Distribution (AWD), the company said its objective is to address critical supply chain challenges and help sellers grow and manage their businesses while cutting costs by a significant amount.

We need smart people to run the supply chains of the future. They will need career paths and lots of room for creativity. Are you ready?