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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2002 with over 100 consultants and based in Boulder, Colorado , Spinnaker SCA designs and builds agile supply chains for leading brands across Consumer Staples, High Tech, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail & Apparel, Medical Devices, and Distribution Industries.

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Realties of Declining Global Trade and Transport Rates More Evident

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. The Drewy World Container Index , which stood at $9,304 per 40-foot container at the beginning of 2022, was reported as $2,120 by the end of 2002. percent decline in global trade.

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Load Tracking Now Available in Tailwind TMS with e4score Integration and Partnership

Tailwind

e4score’s EZCheck-In is integrated into the Tailwind TMS, allowing trucking companies and freight brokers to easily track shipments for $1-a-load (up to 66% less than other tracking services). Drivers now check-in from the safety of their cab, significantly reducing contact and increasing warehouse safety. No Maintenance Fees.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) reached a tentative new 5-year agreement late on Friday, so the West Coast ports resumed full operations this past weekend. But there’s little time to celebrate. If our ports aren’t open, we can’t trade. We cannot let this happen again.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

I’ve been an industry analyst for over 20 years, which is hard to believe sometimes. Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group. Source: Google.

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Lessons to Glean From the West Coast Port Dispute

MIT Supply Chain

But the implications of this standoff between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association go beyond idle ships and stranded freight containers. And no industry has ever been able to win the struggle against technological development and corporate flexibility.

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The Amazonification of Logistics

Techgistics

Amazon has had such a major impact on eCommerce, that I thought it would make sense to look back on some of their innovations that are directly or indirectly impacting logistics: Super Saver Shipping Super Saver Shipping was introduced in 2002 offering free shipping for orders over $25.