Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

From import space and export space tightening up and a hot drayage market causing capacity constraints to volatile air freight rates – international transportation has had its share of challenges the last 10-12 months. Soaring Air Freight Rates. This has driven quite the demand for air freight. Getting Ahead with Export Space.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Compared to the 1,382 containers on average lost per year between 2008-2019 as reported by The World Shipping Council, that’s a big jump. Until your freight has been involved in a vessel accident, you may not be aware of the process or overall impact to your supply chain. While their freight was not damaged, it was delayed.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 28, 2023

The use of complex technologies in managing inventory, transportation, trade, and other supply chain activities has been evolving for ages. Initially introduced by Nakamoto in 2008 in his publication on Bitcoin, blockchain technology refers to a decentralized peer-to-peer network that runs behind Bitcoin transactions. Vermeire, P.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In 2008, Dr. Raymond Panko published a paper detailing examples of human error in data entry. What does that mean for a shipper dealing with hundreds or thousands of freight invoices monthly? What does that mean for a shipper dealing with hundreds or thousands of freight invoices monthly? . Inventory Predictions.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

Since the inception of this blog in 2008, Supply Chain Matters has provided perspectives and takeaway thoughts from each annual report. GDP level, and a level not seen since 2008. Our perspectives stem from an outside-in end-to-end business process, management and cost adsorption lens vs. that reflected by logistics industry media.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Transportation and freight costs are reduced. Overall, from 2001 to 2008 average Asian wages increased 7.1-7.8%, Obsolete and excess inventory carriage are more preventable. Premium freight capacity improves. Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S.,

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2016

Amazon could be moving into the $350B ocean freight market (USA Today). November 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Federal Maritime Commission to become a licensed ocean freight forwarder. XPO Logistics Trucking Subsidiaries Sued Over Driver Classification (WSJ – sub.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Jason Mathers discussed the 5 Principles of Greener Freight, and provided real-world examples of those principles in action (read the Ocean Spray , Caterpillar , and Boise case studies, and also watch my conversation with Jason from earlier this year on Talking Logistics). Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation and Logistics.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has annually published a series of supply chain management focused predictions since its inception in 2008. There are considerable 2023 headwinds facing the industry: Continued elevated inventory levels globally amid consumer, intermediate and investment goods product demand contraction.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 9, 2019

The cyclical nature of air freight. Air freight service predictably follows the law of supply and demand. New disruptors to the air freight market. But demand for air freight shifted significantly when enough shippers preemptively repositioned inventory prior to the June 1, 2019, deadline. The air experts at C.H.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Interest Rates : The Federal Reserve in the United States is expected to raise interest rates this week , the first increase since cutting the rate to near zero following the Great Recession in 2008.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has annually published a series of supply chain management focused predictions since its inception in 2008. A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S. Background. firms are expected to reshore upwards of 350,000 jobs in 2022 alone.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 31, 2017

Fast, affordable shipping requires adding more locations to create a larger fulfillment network that moves inventory closer to end customers. For some, inventory allocation probably feels like a never-ending game of Tetris. 2017 is projected to set a record-high for store closures—even beating out 2008—with nearly 9,000 stores closing.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Deloitte Global).

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Global Trade Management

JANUARY 14, 2008

Monday, 14 January 2008. Dows supply chain staff worked with the manufacturing side of the company to identify ways to reduce the inventory of one highly toxic material, improving the overall safety of the operation and also cutting inventory by $160,000. ▼ 2008. (7). Subscribe To. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 11, 2013

It is the best practice to be followed since it reduces inventory, saves space and energy. Less use of air freight, increased use of rail and sea transport. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Hence Lean manufacturing contributes to the Green environment. November 2009. October 2009.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 3, 2019

The cyclical nature of air freight. Air freight service predictably follows the law of supply and demand. New disruptors to the air freight market. But demand for air freight shifted significantly when enough shippers preemptively repositioned inventory prior to the June 1, 2019, deadline. The air experts at C.H.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

While much of the retail industry and business media is focusing on retailers attempts to integrate online and in-store retailing, the real test in our view, lies with smarter inventory management and supply chain fulfillment capabilities among retailers. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

The ability to in real time identify the location and status of the sourced goods gives the importer the ability to fine tune its distribution channels, its inventory management and its ability to fulfill commitments to its end users. Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:29:00 pm. • Lack of uniformity in the packaging sizes. Newer Post.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 31, 2017

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 11, 2015

Spot market freight volume is soft, and capacity is loose. There are more freight brokers entering the market than there were last year. Freight availability declined on the spot market in July. Services don't generate as much freight as manufacturing, but they contribute to employment, which seems to be recovering.

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TMC

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The link between freight transportation and this financial metric might not be obvious, but working capital is a key measure of a company’s efficiency and a number of the logistics metrics that are monitored by TMS solutions impact its performance. Working capital performance includes collections, payables, and inventory. during 2015.

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Global Trade Management

AUGUST 4, 2008

Monday, 4 August 2008. GLOBAL SHIPPING & LOGISTICS - Service provider of freight forwarding, custom clearance, shipping services, transportation, sea transportation, air transportation, India. arviem, founded in 2008, has grown organically to become the leading service provider for real-time cargo monitoring. ▼ 2008.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 29, 2020

Under this regime, the primary responsible party in the freight market will be the vessel owner or operator. m/m in 2020 was taken way back in 2008 and it got ratified in 2016 in the 17th session of MEPC meeting. will also need to update freight tariffs accordingly. m/m of Sulphur cap. The decision to make it 0.5%

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2019

As inventory volumes increase, warehouses still using traditional manual-entry processes are at risk of becoming overwhelmed. Too many warehouses continue to use outdated inventory management processes for handling large quantities of material. Inventory status. Inventory status. Part numbers. Serial numbers. Lot number.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 3, 2020

As early as 2008, multinational companies began experiencing rising labor costs in China’s coastal provinces. Are you looking to decrease air freight costs? Air freight service is a perfect option for your just in time deliveries, but those that can wait in inventory for additional time may make more sense to move via rail service.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 4, 2021

Freight rates rose throughout 2020, and we have yet to see the trend reverse with any consistency. Consumer spending during COVID has propelled the freight market to previously unseen highs. Because of increased freight volume, CPG shippers have been subjected to tighter than typical capacity and rising freight rates.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities. The only option was to try to reduce levels of inventory, which, up to that point, had been kept very high to support a nine-week order cycle.

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

No one’s saying we’re going to replace them any time soon, so the CFO can continue to get his financial and inventory data, but we can better manage execution decisions in transportation or a planning decision around inventory positioning using AI/ML and real-time data.”.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

That leads to extra inventory and extra costs and hence necessitates a substantial level of turnover in order to be financially feasible. We’ve been producing this equipment in China since 2008 and for many years we shipped everything as air freight from Suzhou to our global DC in Europe. Regional DC. Notion of quality.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 9, 2021

And because of that, when we- and we do predictions, we’ve done this since our inception in 2008 and we’ve had a traditional format for how we do our predictions. In some cases, Amazon does their inventory management and their actual customer fulfillment. But this year, we took a whole different approach.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

By exchanging information such as inventory levels, forecasting data, and sales trends, companies can reduce cycle times, fulfill orders more quickly, cut out millions of dollars in excess inventory, and improve forecast accuracy and customer service. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Given low inventories and dwindling spare capacity, the oil market cannot afford large supply disruptions,” said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo in a Reuters article. Carriers, freight forwarders, and shippers that were dealing with the China to North America trade lanes were already operating in crisis mode.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

from the year before, and about $250 billion more than companies spent on logistics in 2008. But some Class 1 railroads, CSX in particular, are cutting back on intermodal service to favor more profitable freight. Previously, taking inventory in that facility took two weeks; using drones, that shrunk to two hours.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

MARCH 10, 2023

We would like to share some insights on the general economy and freight market specifically with you: our customers, employees, business partners and community. Kiplinger is predicting that “the economy is going to struggle with growth coming in at the weakest in many years outside the sharp downturns of 2020 and 2008-09.

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