Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Infor held an Innovation Summit at their headquarters in New York City on March 18 th and 19 th. That functionality is necessary for bakeries, dairies, and beverage manufacturers, but perhaps less important for other F&B subverticals. We don’t care if they are solved with new technologies or old technologies.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Intel is investing over $20 billion to build two new chip factories in Ohio. Automotive News Europe ).

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Unleashed

APRIL 11, 2024

US manufacturing activity expands for first time since 2022. The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report registered an unexpectedly high 50.3% Baltimore bridge disaster adds new stress to global supply chains. That’s why AOV is an essential metric to improve. in March – up 2.5% from February.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2024

Regular monitoring of key economic and logistics indicators provides direction. With that follows our quarterly update on key strategic economic and logistics indicators. Then, we get more specific and examine logistics measures captured by the Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI). Flash US Manufacturing Output Index.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

The New York Times best-selling book The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown tells the story of how the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team overcome great odds and adversity to win the gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. How do you successfully align goals, metrics, and resources across functional groups?

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American Global Logistics

JULY 19, 2023

Economics and Logistics Quarterly Update—June 2023 Uncertainty in economics is a given. Uncertainty in logistics is also a given. The pandemic increased the inherent uncertainty in the economy and the logistics industry. In times of uncertainty, it pays to track key economic and logistics indicators.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Logistics Managers Index. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

” The staff at Supply Chain Link notes, “The terms ‘visibility’ and ‘transparency’ are often used interchangeably in the logistics world. Logistics providers market benefits of visibility and transparency, but it has many customers wondering what exactly the difference is between the two terms.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Supply chain and logistical problems caused by water woes make matters worse.”[2] Generate guidance to improve NbS impact metrics for water security to demonstrate the multiple values of water. 4] Matus Samel, “ Davos, New York, COP and beyond: water in a fragmented world ,” Economist Impact, 27 February 2023. [5]

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

logistics reinforce both headwinds and added concerns. According to the latest Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSPI) , compiled and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , overall pressures increased in April. US Logistics Managers Index. Logistics Managers index reflects a lull in imports to U.S.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment. Inflation set in for fuel and transport costs, increasing logistics costs as a whole over last year. We saw supply shortages lead to price increases.

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American Global Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Routine monitoring of key economic and logistics indicators works like a compass. With that follows our quarterly update on key strategic economic and logistics indicators. Supplementing that is the monthly Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI). This report has logistics-specific indicators critical to your business.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Analysts point to the steep decline in orders for new transportation equipment as evidence that manufacturers are seeing weakness. In reality, it may not be softening demand at the root of manufacturers’ slowdown in the bookings for new trucks, trailers and other equipment. On one hand, new orders for U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. Freeing procurement personnel from mundane, day-to-day activities lets them focus on developing strategic relationships with logistics partners.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend, Rachel Everly, a freelance writer in business and finance who shows us how digitized trucking will change the game for logistics companies. . Imagine that you own a truck and you receive an order from a soft drink manufacturer in Missouri to transport around 5000 kilograms of freight.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. This week, many of my friends will gather in New York for NRF. 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. Disintermediation.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 18, 2022

Actionable analytics and meaningful logistics intelligence are essential elements in freight. Since logistics intelligence sources data directly from freight systems in real-time, filling in the gap between your real-world logistics and your supply chain management strategies, it becomes easier to use that information strategically.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

PFAS are also used in the photo-resistance process in semiconductor manufacturing. Companies are announcing semiconductor fabs, like Micron’s New York-based factory and Intel’s US-based factory. The third is regulatory impacts. Companies are now being required to show what their supply chain looks like.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Whether you’re just starting to build out your logistics or your business has been established for years, there are always places to simplify and streamline operations within your ecommerce supply chain. Here are just some of the benefits of a lean supply chain that have prompted ecommerce merchants to optimize their logistics systems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The New York Times reported that McDonalds and PepsiCo, who have set ambitious sustainability goals, are actually going backwards when it comes to emissions. Scope 3 emissions are emissions not generated by the company itself but by a company’s suppliers, carriers, and contract manufacturing partners.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Long Beach shipping expanded 29% during the same period, such that the two ports now account for 37% of the US market since the pandemic, more than double the share of the Port of New York and New Jersey, the closest competitor. This makes the LA Port a particularly vulnerable factor in global supply chains.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. cities have launched Smart City Logistics innovations and protocols, following the lead of Europe and Asia. ? Media Type.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Organizations around the world are now adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) based technology solutions to create smarter, leaner, safer and sustainable manufacturing systems. He has managed onshore / offshore / war zone logistics as well as batch, continuous, and discrete manufacturing setups. Why should you attend?

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. manufacturers have increasingly relied on parts produced in low-cost countries, especially China, a practice known as offshoring. .” How Gravity Supply Chain solutions uses Spire AIS data.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

A native New Yorker, Ken turned down a career in finance and banking for an action-packed and exciting career in the world of global logistics. In this case, the context was an annual bid and quote negotiation they had to do with electronic manufacturers who wanted to ship products from the factories in Asia to the US.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Organizations around the world are now adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) based technology solutions to create smarter, leaner, safer and sustainable manufacturing systems. He has managed onshore / offshore / war zone logistics as well as batch, continuous, and discrete manufacturing setups. Why should you attend?

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ShipBob

AUGUST 3, 2020

Lerer Hippeau Ventures is a New York-based early stage venture capital firm, meaning it invests in companies that are just starting up but have a large chance of success (often Series A rounds). Some brands have a structural advantage to how they manufacture or an innovative way to how they distribute (e.g., Product sourcing.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

will import about 425,000 metric tons of common alloy aluminum sheet from China this year, said Jorge Vazquez, the managing director of Austin, Texas-based Harbor Intelligence. in New York Tuesday, the biggest gain since August. Chinese Shipments. Century Aluminum erased earlier losses to climb 7.3% of China Ltd.,

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to the oceanconservancy.org “Every year, 8 million metric tons of plastics enter our ocean on top of the estimated 150 million metric tons that currently circulate our marine environments. That’s like dumping one New York City garbage truck full of plastic into the ocean every minute of every day for an entire year! .

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