ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Furthermore, the notion of Sustainable Supply Chain Management is often linked with social responsibility or environmental management (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016). This will aim at reducing environmental impact from the acquisition of raw materials to the final use and disposal of the product (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016). Cardwell, 2014).

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Ryder Reports Third Quarter 2016 Results. August 2016 North American Freight Numbers. Back in February 2014, for example, Flextronics spun off its internal software into a startup called Elementum. Wal-Mart focuses on online order pickup in stores, lower prices. UPS Forecasts Record-Breaking Holiday Shipments.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Since 2014, the shipping industry has suffered numerous setbacks. Unlike the all-time highs of 2014, 2017 will reveal an industry on the cusp of restoring order and LTL rates to acceptable, reasonable levels. Too Much Inventory Will Make Restoring Shipping Profits Difficult. Shipping LTL Rates Will Improve.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. After implementation, in 2016, no business or product owners were appointed. The question is, “Why?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retailers can no longer have their heads in the sand, but neither can consumer products manufacturers. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Traditional supply chains ship cases, pallets and trucks; but not the EACH. The difference?

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2019

Economists consider Brazil to be one of the strongest countries in emerging markets despite the recession of 2013 to 2016. Manufacturing in Brazil. Brazil also has the third largest manufacturing sector in the Americas. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Other Important Industries. percent in 2017.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Cyber Insurance Becomes a Must for More Manufacturers (WSJ – sub. Well, it seems like a growing number of manufacturers are responding to this threat by buying cyber insurance.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

Offshoring is basically when a company moves manufacturing to a foreign country in an attempt to save money. For a time, this model of manufacturing seemed to be the paragon of effective business. This may include research and development, product manufacturing, product packaging, and shipping processes.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 25, 2016

These 9 headlines culled from Transport Topics over the first three weeks of 2016, coupled with the emerging economic slowdown should give pause to all shippers. Headline: US Manufacturing Contracts at Fastest Pace in Six Years. Headline: Class 8 Orders Slump in December, Down 36% From Same Period in 2014.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 30, 2022

” Logistics experts warn that if the issues surrounding delivery at FedEx aren’t resolved soon, they could have significant effects on the holiday shipping rush. . food price index to rise more than 14% higher than its average between 2014 and 2016.” The fee, which will extend from Oct. and Canadian markets.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Contents Supply Chain Movement 20 – 2016 Q1. Publishing date: 26 February 2016. 10 | SCM Consulting Map Europe 2016. A Boston Scientific medical device is used somewhere in the world every two seconds, but the company is much more than a medical device manufacturer. Manufacturers find themselves at a crossroads.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Throughout this time, 3PL transportation management providers have taken advantage of the low-costs of transportation, which further reduced the costs for businesses and manufacturers. billion manufacturer TriMas Corp. I think 2016 and 2017 will make 2014 look like child’s play,” Albrecht said. Driver Expenses.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg.

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RFgen

AUGUST 29, 2016

One such manufacturer is Dunkirk’s Coca-Cola European Partners bottling plant. In 2011, 2012 and 2014, the site was internally recognized with the Oscas Energy award. The Dunkirk bottling plant was tasked with creating the Panini Euro 2016 sticker bottles. A Past of Innovation.

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RFgen

AUGUST 29, 2016

One such manufacturer is Dunkirk’s Coca-Cola European Partners bottling plant. In 2011, 2012 and 2014, the site was internally recognized with the Oscas Energy award. The Dunkirk bottling plant was tasked with creating the Panini Euro 2016 sticker bottles. A Past of Innovation.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

Ports See Costly Delays as Cargo Ships, Volumes Grow (WSJ – sub. US Navy to accompany US-flagged ships in Persian Gulf after Iran seizes vessel (Fox News). trade deal to stretch into 2016: EU says (Reuters). billion USD) in pro-forma trailing 12-month revenue for the year-ended December 31, 2014. Con-way Inc.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Now for those statistics I mentioned.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

I wrote about this emerging trend in Keeping Control: What 3PLs Must Convince Their Customers (March 2014). Here’s an excerpt: My hypothesis is that as manufacturers and retailers start to view logistics as a core strategic function, their desire to take more control will increase, and so their desire to outsource will diminish.

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FLEXE

APRIL 12, 2017

Census Bureau, of the nearly $5 trillion spent in retail in 2016, eCommerce sales only accounted for 8.1% Between 2015 and 2016, total eCommerce sales grew 15%, while total spend in retail only grew 2.9%. In 2016, the top three eCommerce retailers were Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Apple. But eCommerce is tricky. According to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

indicate that both are building a data platform that aims to predict shipping delays and prescribe alternative plans for their customers. Founded in 2014 and based in Chicago, FourKites is working with more than 1,000 businesses in helping to track shipments from manufacturing facilities, warehouses and retail sites.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times. As recently as Fall of 2014, the Lorenzo Cardenas-Houston route handled an average of only 10-20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a week. West Coast ports to Mexican ports by 2016.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Here are some excerpts from the press release : According to the report, ATA’s first in-depth examination of the driver shortage since 2015, the driver shortage eased in 2016 to roughly 36,500 – down from 2015’s shortfall of 45,000. “We I offered some ideas in a July 2014 post titled, Driver Shortage in Trucking: Time for Plan B.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more. Click here to read the full story. Printer-friendly version. Facilities Management. Media Type.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

22nd on the 2014 World Bank Infrastructure index ), improvements – especially in rural areas – can have a huge impact. Chinese carriers are increasingly using these platforms to consolidate LTL loads, driving more effective shipping. It’s not just talk. Amazon has recently registered in China and the U.S.

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FLEXE

JANUARY 15, 2016

laptops) would increase by more than 40% over 2014 to drive approximately 17.5% better than 2014. </p> <p>According to ShopperTrak, Black Friday sales for brick and mortar retailers dipped more than 10% compared to 2014 ($10.4B of online holiday sales. But that’s not what happened.</p>

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Ryder Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2015 Results, and Provides 2016 Forecast. The initiative was built upon Transplace’s 2014 Preferred Shipper Survey, which was the focus of a July 2014 Talking Logistics conversation I had with Ben Cubitt, senior vice president, engineering & strategic carrier management for Transplace.

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Requis

JULY 14, 2020

By 2016 it was pretty certain that supply chain was where I would focus—in fact in the same year I authored a blog post on trucking which, to my complete surprise, was very well received by executives in the industry, by startup founders, by other investors, and by academics. It was during that process that I honed in on supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

have entered into partnerships with manufacturers to build small modular reactors, or SMRs, attracted to their potential to produce carbon-free, 24-hour-a-day power. 1] Brad Plumer, “ Why America abandoned nuclear power (and what we can learn from South Korea) ,” Vox, 29 February 2016. [2] ” Small Modular Reactors. .”[3]

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Elementum

AUGUST 11, 2016

According to data from the 2014 truck study conducted by Deloitte, sales in the global truck market for medium and heavy commercial vehicles grew at an average annual rate of 2.7% from 2004 to 2014, with HCVs comprising 67% of market share. Additionally, the truck market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.1% Untapped Markets.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A year before, in 2014, a Harvard Business Review article pointed out that supply chains were becoming increasingly global and complex and consequently more at risk than before. For example: Japan earthquake 2016. Two predictions have come true during the pandemic. US-China trade war 2018. Suez Canal blockage 2021.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Probably the same guy who predicted it 23 years ago, Michael Lee, who wrote in his 1993 high school yearbook , “Chicago Cubs 2016 World Champions. ” Or @RaysFanGio on Twitter, who sent out this tweet 2 years ago : 2016 World Series. GIO (@RaysFanGio) November 4, 2014. More Pain Ahead for Ocean Shipping (WSJ – sub.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

Here's evidence of the ongoing trend, in two years of load-to-truck ratios, spot market rates, and contract rates for van freight: Load-to-truck ratios and rates declined steadily throughout 2015 and into the middle of 2016. That slump was triggered by the collapse of oil prices at the end of 2014.)

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2015

As a recap, and for easy to access link, we have showcased the following: Most Read Manufacturing Articles of 2015. We have published now over 650 articles, and so you should almost find anything related to manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, transportation, and freight. . Freight is something that you ship.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 2, 2016

While logistics and manufacturing have grown exponentially, problems have become more complicated. Twin private-sector and public-sector resources and use of the IoT, the value of the IoT platform grew to more than $8 trillion by 2014, reports the Cisco and DHL publication, the Internet of Things in Logistics.

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Elementum

JULY 12, 2016

IDC likewise notes a lackluster 2% year-on-year growth for smartphones shipped to the country in Q1 of 2016. Xiaomi entered the Indian market in 2014 and reported a 135-percent sales growth that year. In August 2015, the company began making its smartphones in Andra Pradesh through Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2016 First Quarter Financial Results. Last November, JDA Software and IBM announced a “new integrated offering [that] will provide retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers with intelligent sourcing, fulfillment and order management capabilities.” Mexico freight than in March 2014.

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