Logistics Bureau

MARCH 11, 2020

When leading economists start talking about a drop in manufacturing comparable to the start of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, you can be sure that the world’s leading industries are in for a torrid few months. With components taking six to eight weeks to reach Europe from China, the crisis still has some way to run. .

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2016

I’m not sure how I missed the news earlier this year, but I was shocked and saddened to learn last week at the CSCMP Annual Conference that Dr. Tom Speh, Miami University professor emeritus of marketing and the CSCMP Distinguished Service Award recipient in 2007, had died this past April. I was among the privileged who knew Tom.

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EcoVadis

JUNE 22, 2011

Recently, Chinese authorities launched a national wide campaign to fight against the lead pollution of the battery industry in China. From the statics of ILBF CHINA 2011 (8th International Lead Battery Fair), China’s annual output of lead-acid batteries in 2009 was about 120 million kVA, with a total sale of more than 100 billion yuan.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

Already, the US is looking as attractive as Mexico to manufacturers and is likely to match China in attractiveness in the near future, according to the MAPI Foundation , which produces in-depth economic reports widely read by the press, government official and the business community. Rising costs of labor in China and other places.

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QAD

APRIL 21, 2020

What’s more, during the great recession of 2007-09, only major automakers like GM and Chrysler got bailouts – this time, many expect suppliers will once again be denied bailouts and be forced into declaring bankruptcy. Quarantine Measures Halt Supplier Production. Some Suppliers are More At-Risk than Others.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 11, 2015

When something bad happens at a factory in a developing country such as Bangladesh or China, the whole world wants to identify and punish the real culprit.   IN 2007, Mattel recalled 18 million Chinese made toys that were tainted with lead.  Christopher S.   Was it the factory owner? . 

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Unfortunately, much of the changes are factors caused by the escalating trade wars between the two largest nations in the world: the United States and China. The Rise and Rise of China. The rise of China in the past decade coincided with a global economic boom after the financial crisis of 2007-2008.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Today, China based EV automakers and suppliers have notable cost advantages in materials sourcing, production and labor costs. automakers were forced to formulate production or component alliances with Asia based suppliers either in China or operating in in Mexico in order to support U.S. Thus, some U.S. automakers facing bankruptcy.

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Supply Chain 24/7

JANUARY 3, 2019

In a letter to shareholders on Wednesday, Tim Cook pointed to slowing growth in China, the world's second-biggest economy, as the key factor in lowering its quarterly sales forecast, it was the first time Apple has issued a warning on revenue ahead of quarterly results since the iPhone was launched in 2007.

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Freightos

MAY 10, 2015

The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends That Will Disrupt the World by Shaun Rein ( Link ). Why this book rocks: In 2013, China exported $2.2 Read if you’re interested in: How ideas take form…and how things that we take for granted today, like the steam engine, developed and changed the world.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2014

Wal-Mart to upgrade China vendor compliance after state TV criticism ( Reuters ). UltraShipTMS: New Features for Cloud Based TMS and Transportation Optimizer. CEVA Releases New Mobility Suite, Enabled by CEVA Matrix®. Maersk Container Industry to Launch New technology with Big Potential. Three of Five Modes Carried More U.S.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

However, inconsistencies in service levels, including the use of inaccurate data, an economy that hinges on the state of foreign markets (think China), and changes to regulations and labor requirements are continuing to impact the capacity of the shipping industry. Expansion of the Panama Canal Will Increase Incoming Ocean Freight.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to Bloomberg , “ Egg prices shot up almost 40% in August from a year ago — the biggest jump since 2007 — while fruits and vegetables increased 9.4%, and dairy and related products saw a 16.2% This steep rise in prices isn’t limited to flour, but has quickly spread to other consumer must-haves.

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EcoVadis

MAY 21, 2012

Could we imagine in 2007, when climate change was the feature story across main stream magazine covers following the release of Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth, that five years later not much would have been done to address the topic?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Bain & Company finds that “Across industry sectors, companies that took bold and effective action during the 2007–08 global financial crisis performed much better than those that retreated to precrisis approaches and activities”. The true art of staying ahead of paradigms is to create them. Constantly, and particularly during a crisis.

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Freight Plus

DECEMBER 19, 2018

It was likely due to some continued pull forward of shipments from China due to the threat of higher tariffs, as well as solid retail sales last month,” said. 2018 is shaping up to be the highest level of production since 2007, and 2019 should be the highest on record.” annually in November but was down 0.5% from October’s highs.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 9, 2019

ACT Research suggests the industry may be back to 2007 peak levels in truckload assets by the end of the year. Continue to watch the unfolding trade situations with China and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Analysts continue to cite trade and global economics directly affecting freight markets.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2014

In 2007 a Panamanian prosecutor announced that at least 94 people had died from taking cough medicine contaminated with toxic syrup. Just one high profile case illustrates the scale of the problem.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

China is not only an attractive market in terms of sourcing and manufacturing but also for the sale of goods due to the rapid growth of its middle class. Hence the companies Bugaboo and Foss have both faced considerable challenges, as they revealed during the recent ‘Supply Chain Opportunities in China’ seminar in Amsterdam on 24 June 2015.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Distribution in China takes a detour. China is not only an attractive market in terms of sourcing and manufacturing but also for the sale of goods due to the rapid growth of its middle class. Companies that have already got a manufacturing base in China are not necessarily at an advantage, as Bugaboo’s story illustrates.

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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. Amazon leased 20 cargo planes to deliver goods to and from fulfillment centers, registered as an ocean freight forwarder in China , and built an ‘ Uber for Trucking ’ app to match truck drivers with shippers.

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Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Reading these words, my mind can't help but track back to to this statement by Research in Motion Co-CEO Jim Balsillie in 2007 following the release of the first iPhone: It's kind of one more entrant into an already very busy space with lots of choice for consumers," Jim Balsillie said of Apple. Postal Service and FedEx.

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Freightos

JUNE 9, 2018

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%. But not for lack of effort. Electronic airway bills (eAWB) are a familiar example.

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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. China) primarily for SME shippers. China freight-forwarding. How much do we love freight innovation?

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Elementum

JULY 29, 2022

The current 77 centimeter (30 inches) water level at the bottleneck, called Kaub, is the lowest seasonally since at least 2007. On-going conflict with China – and a potential catastrophe with Taiwan – also adds uncertainty to the picture.

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Global Trade Management

AUGUST 4, 2008

In China, despite heavy investment in port facilities, the huge demand for services threatens to constrain thru put. · ► 2007. (4). In the EU, a handful of ‘global’ ports dominate the transit of goods and create the probability of choke points unless other regional ports upgrade operations. ▼ 2008. (7).

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Vinculum

JULY 24, 2019

Founded in 2010, Ezbuy has expanded its marketplace from China to USA, Taiwan, Korea and Local. Launched in 2007, Flipkart is India’s leading ecommerce marketplace with over 80 million products across 80+ categories and sub-categories. Kaola is a Chinese marketplace owned by NetEase Group, a China-based technology giant.

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Bristlecone

MARCH 31, 2020

The financial crisis of 2007-08 was referred to as a black swan event because it caused catastrophic damage to the global economy and triggered widespread disruption to people’s lives. Some of the most effective supply chains have been those that leverage a global footprint, with China playing a role as the “world’s factory.”

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Global Trade Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

We have demonstrated that we can transport goods by rail between China and Germany safely, reliably and yet twice as fast as compared with ships," Bensel said. "At The "Container Express" made its way from China to Germany through Mongolia, Russia, Belarus and Poland. ► 2007. (4). ► August. (1). ► April. (2).

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MARCH 29, 2014

Looking at global figures, growth in the consumption of drugs has increased 32 percent from $735 billion in 2007 to $965 billion in 2012, and consumption is projected to reach about $1.2 In the U.S. alone, the volume of prescriptions has almost doubled in less than 15 years. trillion in 2017.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

According to Supply Chain Dive , “ Cost-cutting has become a major focus for the agency, which has posted $87 billion in losses from fiscal years 2007 through 2020. ” Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. If you trace the year-over-year pattern, you can see that P&G made progress on inventory turns and operating margin 2006-2007, 2009-2010.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The decrease, reflecting the lowest number of Veteran suicides since 2007, provides hope and motivation for continued prevention efforts.”[5] ” Peace should remain the goal, even as we confront terrorism and face an increasingly belligerent China. higher than for non-Veteran US adults.” Footnotes. [1]

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. Like Intel, Starbucks is pretty much a household name, but like many of the most successful worldwide brands, the coffee-shop giant has been through its periods of supply chain pain.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 28, 2020

trade talks with China and the imposition of punitive tariffs across a wide variety of goods from around the world. Third, companies that invest more in information technology actually added workers faster between 1990 and 2007, suggesting IT complements humans rather than replaces them.” ” Trend 4.

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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. China trade relations, and much more. . tariffs against China. . His extensive experience and insight make him a must-follow for 2020. Patrick Burnson. Lora Cecere (Supply Chain Shaman).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Public markets reward growth, and the average growth for companies for the period of 2011-2016 was 1/3 the rate of growth for the period of 1986-2007. For the global multi-national, Powering global growth in China and India is tougher, and with less intellectual property risk, than driving a digital transformation in North America and Europe.

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