All Articles
-
Digital transformation considered the leading element of innovation in the supply chainMay 5, 2021
Forty-seven percent of supply chain professionals define innovation as “digital transformation”, with improved analytics, visibility technology and robotics as top priorities for 2021
-
Study shows the financial upside of digitising supply chainsApr 28, 2021
Eighty-five percent of American manufacturers expect digitisation to improve cash flow, profitability and revenue
-
Half of supply chains still highly reliant on manual data analysisApr 27, 2021
Forty-nine percent of supply chain executives still combing data manually when making decisions, and only 23% have automated reporting on spending
-
China-Europe rail freight gets boost from Suez crisisApr 22, 2021
A snarled Suez route has made rail transport from China into Europe look all the more attractive
-
E-commerce logistics market jumps nearly 30% in 2020Apr 15, 2021
Global market grew by 27.3% last year
-
Amazon increases dominance in the US marketApr 15, 2021
A whopping 42% of consumers are buying the majority of their goods on Amazon, an 83% growth since the onset of the pandemic
-
Study shows rising confidence in cross-border business opportunitiesApr 14, 2021
Forty-two percent of companies are now seeing the best growth opportunities outside of their home markets
-
More than half of companies lack end-to-end visibility in their supply chainsApr 9, 2021
Companies are looking to prioritise resiliency through sustainability, planning and relationship management, but many are early on in this journey
-
Despite construction boom, demand for US industrial space looks likely to exceed supply in 2021Apr 8, 2021
CBRE report highlights strong market fundamentals, with 44% of space under construction already pre-leased
-
US port congestion driving long-term changes to trade routesApr 8, 2021
Although the Asia-to-Europe sea lanes captured recent attention, bottlenecks and changing production centres are creating waves in US import routes as well
-
Visibility, coordination and labour constraints the major pain points in fulfilmentMar 30, 2021
Survey of US brands finds 39% struggle with visibility for external fleets and 29% regularly find themselves without enough delivery drivers
-
Start-up helmed by founder of Amazon Air and former head of Walmart’s e-commerce transportation division raises $4.9 million in seed roundMar 29, 2021
Pandion is an e-commerce parcel network and has announced funding from a seed round after being in stealth
-
Online brands report huge jump in e-commerce investment for 2021Mar 24, 2021
Majority of e-commerce site leaders in survey say they will increase investments into e-commerce initiatives 50% above 2020 levels this year
-
Global survey finds Millennials and Gen-X driving cross-border e-commerce boomMar 23, 2021
68% of global consumers shopped cross-border in 2020 with those under 34 the most ardent international e-commerce consumers
-
79% of engineering, procurement and construction service providers in survey have deployed a control tower but less than half reaping rewardsMar 22, 2021
Accenture survey says only 34% have reduced equipment and material costs
-
40% of companies say their supply chains failed them at the height of the pandemicMar 17, 2021
Major re-evaluation of supply chain risk occurring due to fallout from COVID-19
-
Last mile delivery in North America expected to grow 16% per year between 2021 and 2025Mar 16, 2021
After nearly 15% growth in 2020, market is expected to accelerate growth over the next five years as consumers continue to turn to home delivery
-
65% of US retailers increased domestic production following COVID-19 says researchMar 15, 2021
Survey suggests that US manufacturing base is receiving substantial investment, as 24% of respondents said they had established domestic production for the first time
-
Has COVID-19 delayed the creation of the sustainable supply chain?Mar 10, 2021
In a new Reuters Events: Supply Chain report, supply chain executives asked about their business aims in 2021 said sustainability has fallen down their checklists
-
E-commerce revenues jump 20% in one yearMar 9, 2021
Research estimates global revenues from e-commerce sales rocketed up by 20% from 2019 to 2020, forcing innovation to cope with the load
-
US retailers plan major investment into distribution networks to handle e-commerce boomMar 8, 2021
Percentage of retailers expecting to have a fully automated distribution centre within the next 12 months increases by half and the percentage of networks with micro-fulfilment centres expected to more than double over the next three years
-
Micro-fulfilment centres set to become core part of retail landscape in next decadeMar 3, 2021
Micro-fulfilment is forecast to grow at a 60% CAGR between 2020 and 2026
-
Automotive industry unanimous that electric will dominate by 2030 and the industry will need to innovate manufacturing to handle potential costsMar 2, 2021
91% in Molex poll says that cars on the market will be fully electric or hybrid and 96% say factories will need to be renovated
-
US online retail sales up 62% YoY in JanuaryMar 1, 2021
US consumers enter 2021 with strong spending, pushing total retail sales up to 9.2%, with e-commerce leading the way
-
Pressure on supply chains to balance cost and customer expectationsFeb 24, 2021
In an age of massively increased e-commerce, expectations for speedy delivery and widespread disruption, the pressure is on supply chain executives in 2020 to balance the books and deliver