The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 28, 2023

Courtney George and Joe Lynch discuss moving the mission, which is what Courtney and the Wreaths Across America team do every day. About Courtney George Courtney George is the Manager of Transportation and Industry Relations for Wreaths Across America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2023

The UPS-Teamsters contract is the largest collective-bargaining agreement involving a private employer in North America, and a strike could have harmed the supply chains of many companies. The result was a production initiative with little parallel in corporate America. The agreement still has to be ratified by employees.

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Freightos

APRIL 6, 2020

As COVID-19 spread to the United States, for instance, the leveling off of the daily China-US freight rates showed how US consumer demand was evaporating as the shutdown in America intensified. Since 2008, WebCargo has helped top forwarders automate rate management and back-office operations. Get Free Daily Access to FBX.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 11, 2023

Back when Wolf asked his question, America was embroiled in bitter presidential election in which the negative effects of globalization played a significant role. They have picked up the baton from goods trade, whose growth as a share of the global economy stabilized around 2008 after 30 years of rapid expansion. And, what comes next?

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

Alien invasions ( Cloverfield , 2008) and apocalyptic films ( Independence Day , 1996) are out. Deep Impact (1998) In Deep Impact , a comet strikes the earth, creating a mega-tsunami that devastates the Atlantic coasts of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. Volcano , 1997) and land sharks ( Sharknado , 2013).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

This was part of the reason the company missed its 2008 goal to reduce aircraft emissions by 20 percent by the end of 2020. The pandemic brought an unprecedented rush of airfreight demand across the globe, which forced FedEx to keep several aging aircraft active, and delaying several renewals.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 22, 2016

Feeding America is a national human services agency that distributes food donated by large food manufacturers (such as Kraft) to a nationwide network of food banks (Figure). At each food bank, 20% of the foods is provided by Feeding America and the remaining 80% is donated by the local food manufacturers and distributors.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 29, 2020

Globalization then went far further, prior to the global financial crisis of 2008. Despite some instances of cooperation during the pandemic, such as the Federal Reserve’s loans to other central banks, America has been reluctant to act as the world’s leader. Chaos and division at home have damaged its prestige.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2019

I worked with the World Kitchen team in the period of 2002-2008. World Kitchen’s supply chain– with significant manufacturing and distribution operations throughout North America and Asia– was complex. It is frequently requested, so I wanted to reshare this case study with my readers.

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Resilinc

APRIL 19, 2022

Private investors and the Department of Defense revived Mountain Pass—renamed as Moly Corp—in 2008. We should be looking at opportunities in Central and South America, Eastern Europe and elsewhere.”. But within six years, the firm’s technology proved inadequate, its pricing too high compared to Chinese suppliers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Carriers, freight forwarders, and shippers that were dealing with the China to North America trade lanes were already operating in crisis mode. Russia is strongly believed to have used cyber weapons to attack Georgia during the military incursion into the country in 2008.

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QAD

AUGUST 8, 2019

Although its economy was strong and growing immediately after the country joined the EU in 1986, it entered a severe economic depression in mid-2008. From 2008 to 2013, the country suffered from a prolonged economic contraction that followed the global economic crisis. Spain is about five times the size of the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Journalist Andrew Freedman explains, “Geopolitical risks in the Red Sea and extreme weather in Central America are converging, jostling global supply chains fed by the Suez and Panama Canals.”[3] When Somali sailors seized two Chinese vessels in 2008, Beijing sent warships to help the U.S. patrol the Horn of Africa.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

CEOs from North America and Asia-Pacific forecasted three-year revenue growth averages for their companies of 7.86 CEOs across North America , Asia-Pacific and Europe were also asked to project regional industry revenue growth rates for the next three years in each of their regions. percent and 11.50 percent, respectively.

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Logility

DECEMBER 4, 2013

According to the report, Demand Planner Benchmark – Survey 2013: Current Practices and Results, more than half of companies in North America and Europe (52%) view demand planning as “just a stepping stone to other roles in supply chain or finance.” ” This is a problem.

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Logility

DECEMBER 4, 2013

According to the report, Demand Planner Benchmark – Survey 2013: Current Practices and Results, more than half of companies in North America and Europe (52%) view demand planning as “just a stepping stone to other roles in supply chain or finance.” ” This is a problem.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 28, 2017

Ford has been around for 100 years and the five main regions of the company (North and South America, Asia, Europe and Middle/Eastern Africa) grew up individually. The 2008 downturn hit suppliers extremely hard, putting some out of business. In the interview, David describes the challenges facing Ford in fitting the pieces together.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

He moved into the supply chain operation in 1998 and held various positions in the UK, Latin America, the Netherlands and Switzerland until becoming Unilever’s first Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) in 2008. He left the company to work at Shell in 1993, but returned to Unilever in 1995.

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3PL Insights

JULY 20, 2020

For the first time since the 2008 recession, it is predicted that supply for warehouse space will outpace the demand by about 20 to 30 million sq. Trade disputes between the United States and China further supports this idea with many businesses relocating manufacturing and distribution operations back to North America.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 5, 2020

Emily Ketchen ( @Emily_J_Ketchen ), head of marketing, Americas at HP, agrees targeting Gen Zers won’t be as easy as some marketers might think. She explains, “Most of Gen Z … grew up during the Great Recession of 2008. ” That makes reaching Gen Zers even more difficult. Footnotes. [1]

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Hamilton’s report, commissioned by Congress, passionately and thoroughly laid out how the United States could gain specific economic advantages by encouraging the growth of manufacturing in the newly formed United States of America. exports ii and has grown at a faster rate than the rest of the economy since the 2008-2009 recession.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

By one estimate America would gain a net 300,000 jobs if it got rid of its local-content rules.”[2]. Money flows have also slowed, after trending sideways since the 2008 financial crisis. In a direct sense, it does. ”[2]. No surprise, given national lockdowns.

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Unleashed

JUNE 18, 2019

To paint a picture, let’s look back on the peanut butter recall in the United States in 2008-2009. There was a salmonella outbreak in a peanut factory in America. Product recalls affect the whole supply chain and the people who are responsible throughout the chain.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

Similar to what’s happening in North America when it comes to long-haul domestic capacity, which has been affected by driver shortages and the new electronic logging devices (ELD) regulations, strong imports and exports combined with heavy port congestion and an inadequate supply of trained drivers is causing this market to tighten up.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2015

As the table below shows, back in 2008, the U.S. A perfect example of where this phrase applies is the Oil and Gas industry, especially here in the United States where we’ve seen significant change and volatility over the past 5+ years. trailed both Saudi Arabia and Russia in oil production, and it trailed Russia in natural gas production.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Today, I say a prayer for Stewart Parnell, the former CEO of the now-defunct Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). In 2008-2009, nine died and hundreds became ill. . The PCA Corporation lost their case in the court of public opinion in 2008, but the federal conviction is seven years later. In 2008, the company manufactured 2.5%

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USC Consulting Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Between 2008 and 2017, roughly 60,300 wildfires occurred annually, each one burning around 105 acres of land, but in 2018 the average wildfire claimed 163 acres. America’s global trade showdown. More than 52,300 separate wildfires burned through approximately 8.5

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LevaData

AUGUST 31, 2021

Take, for example, the 2008 housing crisis. While some companies, such as Toyota, appear more resilient to chip shortages and other forms of market volatility, twenty manufacturing plants across North America and Europe have been shuttered and/or sit idle. A Look to the Past. auto sales.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

As some component lead times push into 2023, the shortage is expected to last 24 months before it recedes – similar to the chip shortage of 2008-2009. Air cargo carriers in North America posted an 11.4% A variety of chips will remain in short supply throughout 2022. Deloitte Global). AlixPartners). higher than 2020. Deloitte Global).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

The experience stems from the ground up as an operator, then assuming global roles spanning Asia, Europe, and North America and the journey has been incredibly exciting and fulfilling. This recognition was in part due to the setting up of the region’s first and only physical warehouse training facility.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. In 2014, the shipping ports of America received $1.73 Companies can now own stakes in several transport modes, enabling the growth of intermodal carriers. Shipping between Europe, S.E. 90% of All Ports: The 1980s. Today: The 2010s.

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Supply Chain Network

JANUARY 4, 2019

As an up and coming Logistics executive at The Hudson’s Bay Company, it was exciting to join a gathering of somewhere around 100 of the most powerful Logistics executives in North America for what were truly intimate, informative and candid conversations.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Scandal. The sentence comes as a result of the late 2008-2009 salmonella outbreak linked back to PCA plants in Texas and Georgia. The 2008-2009 outbreak was no minor outbreak (and even if it had been, should that matter?). Let’s talk supplier risk management.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

These routes are typically found connecting important marketplaces with active commercial trade systems, such as Western Europe, North America, and East Asia. It serves as a detour for ships traveling between ports in Europe, America, and ports in southern Asia, eastern Africa, and Oceania. meters in 2008 as opposed to 22.5

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Overall, from 2001 to 2008 average Asian wages increased 7.1-7.8%, NCR (electronics), Boeing aircraft, Flextronics, Farouk Systems (hair products), and Made in America (office furniture) also all reshored numerous jobs back to the U.S. Wages have increased in some foreign markets much faster than in the U.S. Since 2005, U.S.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. In 2014, the shipping ports of America received $1.73 Companies can now own stakes in several transport modes, enabling the growth of intermodal carriers. Shipping between Europe, S.E. 90% of All Ports: The 1980s. Today: The 2010s.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Across multiple industries, suppliers in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America all experienced a sudden drop in volume, leading to a uniform financial threat and risk of default. Quicker payments can strengthen small companies’ cash flows and make them less likely to need to borrow.

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