Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Speakers are the SCRC meeting yesterday and today continued to speak more on the topic of transportation strategy given increasing challenges in the transportation sector, and the need for an effective transportation management strategy. Railroads are much safer and spending on infrastructure continues to be strong.

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Freight Plus

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As has been the trend throughout the year, November truck and intermodal pricing continues to favor the carriers as limited capacity and a volume rush to beat trade war tariffs keep growth strong, according to the most recent data from the. Demand is exceeding capacity in most modes of transportation by a material amount,” Broughton wrote. “In

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

Regardless of your point of view on truck fuel efficiency standards, the reality is that it only addresses part of the opportunity available to shippers, carriers, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to reduce transportation costs and carbon emissions. Put differently, in FY 2007, Del Monte left 11.2 percent improvement.

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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….

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2021

Since taking over as president of her company, Knichel Logistics , in 2007, Kristy has been the driving force behind their yearly growth and reputation as one of the top service providers within the IMC community growing her business to 84 million. For 18+ years, Knichel Logistics has transported goods for America’s largest corporations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Time to Sense Market Shifts in the 2007 Recession. As companies outsourced—greater dependency on third parties for manufacturing and transportation—and asset utilization grew from 10% to 35% ROIC the management of the supply chain became more complex. Demand latency is the translation of market consumption to an order signal.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

logistics industry, the freight railroads and three of the nation’s largest transportation labor unions managed to reach a tentative agreement the the early hours of Thursday, September 15th. In a welcome sign for carriers , a subseasonal trucking market is retaining its dexterity despite industry-wide anxieties around labor and capacity.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2014

UltraShipTMS: New Features for Cloud Based TMS and Transportation Optimizer. First, as in previous years, he called for increased investment in transportation infrastructure. We’ll need Congress to protect more than 3 million jobs by finishing transportation and waterways bills this summer. Robinson Opens Austria Office.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 10, 2016

iContainers, Expedia for transporting freight internationally, raises $6.7 Freight Rates Push Lower as Truck Capacity Outweighs Demand (WSJ – sub. April 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Target charges suppliers more to help offload unsold inventory (Reuters). million (TechCrunch).

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The organization, tightly capacity-constrained failed to forecast and build capacity ahead of market demand. The two primary buffers in the supply chain are manufacturing capacity and inventory. Ironically, inventory levels today are higher than they were in 2007; yet customer service levels issues abound. The reason why?

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 17, 2015

Front page news from Transport Topics “Trucking, Logistics Acquisitions Expected to Continue in 2015”. The short version is that 2014 came darn close (with 86 trucking and logistics companies acquired) to beating the record of 90 acquisitions set in 2007. Read on for details.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Still, the requirement is not new and has been under development for a number of years following a milestone vessel collapse in 2007. Ports, which are already at high capacity as a result of the profusion of larger vessels, may face further bottlenecks to ensure that containers have been weighed.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 9, 2019

In short, it is a good freight year paired with an exceptional capacity year. While it’s challenging to measure the additional capacity available today, reports indicate that both trucking jobs and truck sales (for replacement and incremental growth) have increased. Tariffs may impact truckload capacity.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

This is where it gets tricky, according to Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. In fact, the company helps its supply chain both measure its carbon impact but also provides solutions, such as right-sizing packages to maximize trailer capacity and thus reduce the number of deliveries. In the U.S.,

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Demand sensing technology will help supply chain professionals to become smarter about the sales side, which helps to drive sales but also allows for better planning of logistics and manufacturing capacity. He is Industry Advisor Logistics of Anchor Group and Advisor of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Predictive demand can propose prices changes, subject to stock levels and replenishment capacity. 2007) in IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 246, Advances in Production Management Systems, eds. Dr. Nicolas Hubbard is Director of Programmes in the Faculty of Transport and Logistics at Muscat University.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. The design of buffer strategies–capacity, inventory, and supplier relationships–to absorb demand and supply variability. Buffer Design.

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In this effort, Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) are essential because they provide a variety of supply chain management solutions that simplify warehouse operations, order processing, and transportation. A 2PL company will be based on equity, meaning that they will own the transportation vehicles.

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Techgistics

JUNE 4, 2017

Amazon Fresh A grocery delivery service that started in Seattle in 2007 and now operates in 16 cities. It’s likely a strategic play to build even more scale and give them further capacity to offer convenient same-day delivery. Groceries provide the perfect stable, predictable, and frequent base capacity to build out same-day delivery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Insufficient warehouse capacity and a lack of containers while supply chain shortages make headline news. We started the pandemic with an average of twenty-one more days of inventory on average across industries than at the start of the 2007 recession. .” Gary might have been right then, but not now. The end result? The reason?

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Arkieva

APRIL 7, 2016

If we assume a fixed inventory, a higher service could come from ‘excess’ or so-called ‘sprint’ capacity, that allows to react quickly to unpredicted demand. We may also choose to fly material instead of using slower transportation like rail or truck. In general, increasing service comes at an extra cost.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Insufficient warehouse capacity and a lack of containers while supply chain shortages make headline news. We started the pandemic with an average of twenty-one more days of inventory on average across industries than at the start of the 2007 recession. .” Gary might have been right then, but not now. The end result? The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Insufficient warehouse capacity and a lack of containers while supply chain shortages make headline news. We started the pandemic with an average of twenty-one more days of inventory on average across industries than at the start of the 2007 recession. .” Gary might have been right then, but not now. The end result? The reason?

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

As we see this year, there are more cars on the road (meaning carriers want that attractive freight), and we are also seeing tight capacity. Consumers: Spending more, Traveling More.the Holiday Crunch for Planning Transportation is HERE! That’s not just good news for consumers; capacity is opening up for freight carriers.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2017

Carrier Alliances: Alliances cover multiple VSAs and carrier members jointly operate and decide on major service routes, new services being introduced, transit/service levels and capacity controls. During the Great Recession of 2007-2009, demand decreased rapidly for container shipping, causing a chain reaction for carriers.

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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 electronic passenger tickets were introduced in 1994 and reached a 97% penetration rate by 2007, the eAWB standards was adapted as an IATA standard in 2010, and adoption in 2018 still hovers at 53%.

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Global Trade Management

AUGUST 4, 2008

Vessel Operators: Need to integrate their operations with a cadre of 3PLs to ensure effective fulfillment, develop “code sharing” arrangements with other operators to manage capacity and reduce transit times and reduce their reliance on supplemental charges. ► 2007. (4). Stefan Reidy. 9:28:00 pm. dhavamani shiva.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2013

Yet up until recently, there was no reliable measure of the US port system’s cargo handling capacity. A research initiative called the Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR) launched in 2007 by the US Department of Homeland Security is addressing this lack of awareness.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published. Improved cargo capacity by innovative 40 foot container design (fold). Really hot. 4foldcontainers.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

Supply Chain Cost Management Results: Deere & Company’s supply chain cost-management achievements included an inventory decrease of $1 billion, a significant reduction in customer delivery lead times (from ten days to five or less) and annual transportation cost savings of around 5%. Sunsweet Growers.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 13, 2016

Deere & Company’s supply chain cost management achievements included inventory reduction of $1 billion, a significant reduction in customer delivery lead times (from ten days to five or less) and annual transportation cost savings of around 5%. Starbucks had to shake up its third party relationships and increase production capacity.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 4, 2018

According to a 2007 report, one of these products is sold every 17 seconds in the U.S. – FourKites Launches Predictive Capacity Management. I first wrote about Hyperloop almost five years ago shortly after Elon Musk introduced his vision for a fifth mode of transportation (see Hyperloop and the Quest for a New Transportation Mode ).

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Patrick Burnson is the Executive Editor at Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review, a role he’s filled since 2007. He’s also the owner and editor of the blog, The Lost Annals of Transport. Janet Nodar is a Senior Editor at JOC.com and covers heavy-lift transport and breakbulk. Patrick Burnson.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

The company has operations in more than 40 countries and specializes in integrating different modes of transport in logistics solutions. XPO Logistics XPO Logistics is a transportation and contract logistics management company with more than 1,530 locations in more than 30 countries around the world. Nippon Express owns more than 31.7

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2023

Until Tuesday evening, that username belonged to Gene Hwang, a San Francisco photographer who has held it since 2007. Furthermore, the supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 are leading to a shift toward just-in-time supply chains, resulting in a need for greater storage capacity.

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