Organic growth (without the effect of acquisitions) in the non-asset section of the 3PL industry declined by about 6.9 percent, mainly due to softening global trade. This market continues to struggle.
ARC Advisory Group (www.arcweb.com) monitors and analyzes the enterprise software market on a quarterly basis. We track the revenues of fifteen prominent publicly traded enterprise software companies and translate financial results reported in foreign currencies to US dollars using an average exchange rate for the given reporting period. The suppliers’ reporting period for this analysis […]
The third-party logistics (3PL) market – encompassing non-asset-based transportation, warehousing, and integrated supply chain services – witnessed a decline of 8.9 percent in organic growth. Organic growth is the growth that would occur absent the effect of acquisitions. The analysis compares first quarter 2016 revenues to first quarter 2015 revenues. When doing an analysis of […]
The 3PL market has experienced further declines in the 4th Quarter.
ARC Advisory Group (www.arcweb.com) monitors and analyzes the enterprise software market on a quarterly basis. We track the revenues of fifteen prominent publicly traded enterprise software companies and translate financial results reported in foreign currencies to US dollars using an average exchange rate for the given reporting period. The suppliers’ reporting period for this analysis […]
ARC Advisory Group tracks the enterprise software market on a quarterly basis. We track the revenues of fifteen prominent publicly traded enterprise software companies and translate financial results reported in foreign currencies to US dollars using an average exchange rate for the given reporting period. The suppliers’ reporting period for this analysis is the quarter […]
The 3PL market has declined significantly in the third quarter of 2015. Soft market environment in Air and Ocean freight was one of the major reasons for decline in addition to the currency fluctuations. The 3Pl market has also witnessed some major acquisitions during the quarter Conway, whose Menlo divisions revenues have historically been party […]
ARC Advisory Group tracks the enterprise software market on a quarterly basis. We track the revenues of fifteen prominent publicly traded enterprise software companies, translate financial results reported in foreign currencies to US dollars using an average exchange rate for the given reporting period. The suppliers’ reporting period for this analysis is the quarter ended […]
The 3PL market has shown negative growth in the second quarter of 2015 mainly because of the declining reporting currency of the 3PLs. Below is the list of y-o-y comparison of various currencies in which the 3PLs report their revenues. Reporting Currency Y-O-Y Decline % Danish Krone -19.4% Euro -19.4% Kuwait Dollars -6.7% South Korean […]
ARC Advisory Group (www.arcweb.com) tracks the enterprise software market on a quarterly basis. We track the revenues of fifteen prominent publicly traded enterprise software companies, translate financial results reported in foreign currencies to US dollars using an average exchange rate for the given reporting period. The suppliers’ reporting period for this analysis is the quarter […]
The 3PL market has shown negative growth in the first quarter of 2015 mainly because of the declining reporting currency of the 3PLs. Below is the list of y-o-y comparison of various currencies in which the 3PLs report their revenues Reporting Currency Y-O-Y Decline % Euro -17.6% Danish Krone -17.4% South Korean Won -2.6% […]
Conflict minerals – Tantalum, Tin, Tungsten and Gold (3TG) – and supply chain transparency will be in the news. Monday, June 1, is the deadline for more than 6,000 Public U.S. companies to file reports with the SEC to disclose whether their products contain conflict minerals. The US passed a legislation in 2010, called “Dodd Frank Act Section 1502“, […]
Sourcing to low cost destinations is not a new development and Bangladesh has been a favored destination of apparel brands and retailers. But incidents like Rana Plaza disaster (an eight-story factory collapsed, killing over 1,000 workers) brought to light non-existent safety measures. This incident, and three others during 2013-14, challenged the sourcing strategies of large […]
Our supply chain applications have made giant strides forward in usability in the last several years. There are improved user interfaces, real time alerts and analytics, social media capabilities, and better supply chain visibility (with Google maps, telematics). But supply chain applications have not applied gamification principals. Games are engaging, encouraging, rewarding, competitive and collaborative […]
The 3PL market has shown slow growth in the fourth quarter of 2014 mainly because of the declining Euro. ARC Advisory Group (Logistics Viewpoints) tracks the quarterly revenue results of the most prominent publicly traded 3PLs on an ongoing basis. The report is published after all the companies on the list release their revenues. The […]
ARC Advisory Group tracks the enterprise software market on a quarterly basis. We track the revenues of fifteen prominent publicly traded enterprise software companies, translate financial results reported in foreign currencies to US dollars using an average exchange rate for the given reporting period. The suppliers’ reporting period for this analysis is the quarter ended December, […]
ARC Advisory Group (Logistics Viewpoints) tracks the recent quarterly revenue results of the seventeen most prominent publicly traded 3PLs. The report is published after all the companies on the list release their revenues. The off cycle earnings results by some large 3PLs delays the publication of our quarterly overview. However, we believe the delay is […]
The 3PL market – defined here as non-asset based transportation, warehousing, and integrated supply chain services, has shown healthy growth in the second quarter of 2014. The growth increased due to strong performance in the Americas and increased volumes. The scope of coverage includes non-asset based transportation and warehousing services (referred to as “contract logistics” […]
The financial supply chain needs more attention than it usually gets. Traditionally, the focus of supply chain management is on the movement of finished goods and raw materials across the value chain. But companies also need to pay attention to the flow of money. The movement of money happens in the form of bank credits […]
In an era where many cannot imagine an efficient supply chain operating without the benefit of technology, Mumbai India has an example of a lean, just-in-time, 99.99 percent accurate supply chain operating without any form of technology. If you have seen the movie The Lunchbox (a good movie, but it starts slow) you have seen […]
An increasing number of companies that outsource production in Asia are not certain about key manufacturing links in the supply chain. This is especially true for the apparel industry. This is largely due to an unregulated subcontracting process where work is given to subcontractors without the permission of the brand owner. Typically, this occurs because […]
Despite aggressive announcements in the WMS world, ARC’s global market studies have historically shown India to be a minor market when it comes to WMS adoption. Warehouses are still seen as a place of storage rather than a value addition point. The general attitude towards IT deployment is also not so positive because of availability […]
In the retail supply chain, it is common practice for a foreign manufacturer to ship goods directly to a retailer’s domestic distribution centers (DCs), where goods are stored until being shipped to individual stores. In its simplest form, “DC bypass” takes one link out of the supply chain. Bakers Shoes, a specialty retailer of fashion […]
