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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. Rising Costs of Warehousing. Warehouse vacancy rates reportedly fell from 5.1 For 2021, U.S. business logistics costs reportedly rose by 22.4
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 17, 2018
To provide some context my definitions are based on the premise of how far removed the entity performing the logistics processes is from the original source of the finished product. This would include the manufacturer operating a warehouse and making deliveries of completed orders to it customers using its own fleet of vehicles.
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GlobalTranz
APRIL 5, 2016
When the housing market collapsed in 2008 , the US and global economies went into a tailspin. Better use of asset-based and non-asset-based resources, such as dimensional pricing, forecasting, storage, kitting, less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload usage in freight consolidation. Warehousing and E-Fulfillment.
ToolsGroup
APRIL 1, 2022
82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune.
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.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JUNE 30, 2022
We managed the supply chain for China’s largest manufacturer with close to US$500m in logistics spend. At TVS SCS, I integrated six acquisitions into a single global brand, assembled a talented and dynamic executive and country leadership teams, and created a powerful global freight forwarding platform.
GlobalTranz
MARCH 15, 2017
WorldShipping.org cites data from The Network for Transit and the Environment that shows that measured by grams/kg/km air freight as the largest carbon footprint impact and steamships as the lowest. Public awareness and mass retailer initiatives have driven major sustainability efforts over the last two decades among CPG manufacturers.
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