Cathy Roberson
MAY 3, 2021
According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. In 2019, it re-acquired HD Supply, a company it sold in 2007. Manufacturing is gaining steam not only in the US but around the world as businesses return to a COVID-19 type of redefined normalcy.
Intelligent Audit
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
In hopes of streamlining transportation operations , FedEx is “[…] cutting flights, trimming labor hours and canceling network capacity projects to cushion the expected blow of reduced demand for the next several quarters, ” per reporting from SupplyChainDive. Air Cargo Volumes Normalizing YoY, but Concerns Remain.
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Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 11, 2016
The revised Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) container weight verification requirement is a significant change in the ocean cargo supply chain. Still, the requirement is not new and has been under development for a number of years following a milestone vessel collapse in 2007. The Regulation’s Impact on Ocean Shipping and Data Management.
Global Trade Management
NOVEMBER 19, 2007
Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Monday, 19 November 2007. This results in a projected container traffic volume of around 700 Million TEU by 2015 (+ 195%), whereas the capacity of the top 30 ports only increases by +37% in the same timeframe. Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:44:00 pm. ▼ 2007. (4).
Elementum
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
The difference between BlackBerry in 2007— with a net worth of US $40B and BlackBerry in 2013—willing to be sold for a measly a tenth of its 2007 figure—has a lot to do with a failure to identify and deal with its competitors in the correct way. In 2007, it released the Kindle. Keep Your Friends Close….
Talking Logistics
JUNE 10, 2016
Freight Rates Push Lower as Truck Capacity Outweighs Demand (WSJ – sub. In Google’s case, the company was issued a patent this week that, as reported in Quartz , “outlines a theoretical strategy for ensuring that autonomous and remote-controlled robots in a warehouse facility aren’t overloaded as they move cargo around the warehouse.”
Freightos
JUNE 9, 2018
It was made possible by a foundation of pricing and capacity automation dating back to Sabre’s reservation system in the ‘60s. While the air passenger industry has a solid tech foundation, air cargo does not. Lufthansa Cargo chief commercial officer Alexis von Hoensbroech. But the jump online wasn’t as rapid as it may seem.
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