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WEBLogistics professionals navigating their path forward face challenging market conditions, an evolving regulatory environment, a rapidly changing technology landscape, and an increasingly competitive labor market. Our research team puts context around this year’s findings and offers insight to help shippers fit the pieces together.
Global Labor Rates: China is no longer a low-cost country
WEBThe race to manufacture and source products in China started in the late 1990s and continued for two decades.. As China ascended to the World Trade Association in 2001, accessibility of this low-cost labor and low-cost operations country looked very attractive to global manufacturers, and many companies set up factories in China or began sourcing Chinese parts and products.
Receiving 101: Setting the Table for Success - Logistics Management
WEBReceiving is a small but important step in the supply chain, but if done well it sets the stage for success throughout the distribution center. Efficiently handled, quickly processed and thoroughly accounted for, inbound products are now staged for their journey into the warehouse. In the next installment of Modern’s Warehouse Basics series ...
Global Logistics: Challenges in our changing world
WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic set in and made a massive impact on global trade and amplified existing logistics challenges around the world; lockdowns triggered rapid growth in e-commerce, putting additional strain on already strained freight networks; and a last-minute Brexit deal was finally reached following a few chaotic weeks at the UK border.
Top 30 Ocean Carriers: Riding high on wave of profits
WEBThis is a time of highly disrupted supply chains compounded by cascading issues. Yet ocean carriers are riding a high wave of unprecedented record profits. Maersk, now the world’s second largest shipping company, reported second quarter 2022 revenues of $21.7 billion, marking a 52% increase compared to the same period of 2021.
Top 50 Third Party Logistics (3PLs) Providers 2024: Not out of the ...
WEBJun 1, 2024 · In fact, Amazon now leads the pack by a wide margin. A&A list ranks Amazon as the highest earning 3PL, with 2023 global gross revenues at over $140.053 billion, an enormous amount over No. 2 ranked DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding, which came in with $33.869 billion ($45.6. billion in 2022).
Top 30 Ocean Carriers 2021: Pricing heads up as shippers fight for ...
WEBOct 12, 2021 · The top 10 carriers now operate 85% of global shipping capacity. Four groups—Maersk, MSC, CMA CGM and COSCO—control more than half of capacity (58%), and the top seven, including Hapag-Lloyd, ONE and Evergreen, control 78%. This base level of fleet concentration is then greatly enhanced by the existence of …
Top 50 Trucking Carriers 2022: Pedal to the metal
WEBApr 1, 2022 · ABF Freight System, the nation’s 7th-largest LTL carrier, achieved an 89.9 operating ratio for last year. As a result of the Teamsters’ profit-sharing plan with ABF, that kicked in a 3% bonus for all covered ABF employees on top of their yearly earnings, estimated to be at least $70,000.
Top 50 Third Party Logistics (3PL) Providers 2022: 3PLs face big ...
WEBJust when the world’s third-party logistics (3PL) providers thought they had seen the worst of the supply chain chaos, Russia invaded Ukraine and China implemented lockdown measures in Shanghai. “The year 2021 was an interesting for both ocean and air,” reflects Tim Scharwath, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding.. “But within the first two-and-half months of 2022, things became worse.
2020 Warehouse/DC Operations Survey: COVID-19 pandemic hits, …
WEBNov 11, 2020 · Just when it seemed that the pace of change for warehouses and distribution centers (DCs) couldn’t get any faster than it has been over the past few years, COVID-19 came along to show us just how fast that pace of change can be. Not only does our annual “Warehouse and DC Operations Center Survey” show that the pandemic has made a significant impact on operations when it comes to worker ...
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