Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. While rising gas prices drive up the price of transportation, rising natural gas prices also affect global supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Since our inception in 2008, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has annually published a series of supply chain management focused predictions. Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® which began 2022 at an expansionary conditions value of 54.2, Background. a 30-month low.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . We've already listed the top 10 manufacturing articles, the top 10 supply chain articles, and yesterday, the top 10 logistics articles.

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Jaggaer

JUNE 9, 2020

Procurement teams can lead the way in building a robust system into the future. This should serve as a wakeup call for procurement teams to take a look at the clauses in their contracts. supplychain #sourcing [link] pic.twitter.com/40kHrnlbvY. During the 2008 financial crisis, manufacturing companies decreased production.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2023

The Announcement Commercial aircraft designer and manufacturer Airbus announced plans t o double the production of the company’s final assembly production capabilities within China. This facility has been operational since 2008. At the same time, it is likely that these orders stipulate that aircraft must be assembled within China.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections. Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace. Rob Spilman Jr.,

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

Alien invasions ( Cloverfield , 2008) and apocalyptic films ( Independence Day , 1996) are out. Extreme weather like this would damage manufacturing and transportation infrastructure in the U.S. If a celestial event like this happened, we would likely see disruptions to transportation, communication, and resource availability.

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3rdwave

MARCH 20, 2020

Without inbound international transportation, product level visibility organizations are flying blind – or, they are at a minimum, severely visually impaired. I just got off a call from the Director of Supply Chain with a retailer who is experiencing major angst because many of their products are directly or indirectly sourced overseas.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 15, 2017

LTL gets even trickier according to a report by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. . Public awareness and mass retailer initiatives have driven major sustainability efforts over the last two decades among CPG manufacturers. From shareholders to consumers, sustainability has created broad value. . Among the challenges:

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

economy through the lens of the logistics and transportation sector in terms of costs and implications to the economy during 2021. 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. For 2021, U.S.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Robinson and the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. Public awareness and mass retailer initiatives have driven major sustainability efforts over the last two decades among CPG manufacturers. The answer, frankly, is after the product passes through the literal and figurative wall from the manufacturing to logistics realm.

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

This guide is intended to help food manufacturers and distributors: Consider the requirements of FDA traceability compliance, Calculate the potential costs of a recall, Review solutions other companies have used successfully to track food, Gain practical advice for how to improve traceability systems and processes, and. JB Tolleson, Inc.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2016

We will feature our 5 main categories all week: Logistics , Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Transportation , and Freight. In modern manufacturing and transportation, savings are everything. The shipping industry saw growth and expansion in 2014 when compared to the state of the industry since 2008. So Far. . >>>Read

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides a side panel supplementary update to our prior posted blog highlighting the latest reported September and Q3 global and regional PMI indices that indicate manufacturing contraction has begun. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Ware2Go

APRIL 5, 2022

This includes receiving order tracking credentials seconds after purchase, looking up shipment status on any device at any time, and receiving real-time shipping updates at all stops along the package’s journey – even the last mile. This includes providing a fast, inexpensive, and personalized eCommerce experience from purchase to delivery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java for distributed storage and processing of large data sets on computer clusters. While the rest of the world was deep in a recession in 2008, and manufacturers were struggling with payroll decisions and layoffs, Hadoop innovation was in full swing.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 23, 2023

economy through the lens of the logistics and transportation sector in terms of costs and implications to the economy during the past year, in this case 2022. Since the inception of this blog in 2008, Supply Chain Matters has provided perspectives and takeaway thoughts from each annual report. The report includes four thers.

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RFgen

JUNE 16, 2016

Melotte previously served as the Chief Logistics Officer for Johnson & Johnson, and all involved hope that he continues to update their supply chain management since their major overhaul in 2008. This venture drastically reduced transportation costs and the company was able to change operating schedules from seven days a week to five.

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RFgen

JUNE 16, 2016

Melotte previously served as the Chief Logistics Officer for Johnson & Johnson, and all involved hope that he continues to update their supply chain management since their major overhaul in 2008. This venture drastically reduced transportation costs and the company was able to change operating schedules from seven days a week to five.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 25, 2013

Frankel et al 2008 indicated that " supply chain " and "supply chain management" first recognized in the 1980s. Moreover, Supply Chain is not the result of Marketing/Production Planning/Operations Management interface as stated by Mentzer et al 2008. 2) Origin of "Logistics". 3) Origin of "Supply Chain".

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2023

Because of that, Lopez reportedly insisted that Tesla initiate the use of recycled water throughout the planned Monterrey manufacturing complex which CEO Musk reportedly agreed to do. At this week’s investor event, Tesla executives did not share any details related to this Mexican facility indicating that details would come later.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I then went on to work as a ‘shipper’, for a swiss confectionary manufacturer and then a global IT distributor. Running a cost effective and safe supply chain distribution network across multiple geographies in the Asia Pacific region manufacturing and shipping chemicals where we averaged one delivery every 50 seconds.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

The Sustainable Freight Action plan released by California governor Jerry Brown outlines a long-term 2050 vision and guiding principles for California’s future freight transportation system. Source: Commerce Dept. Source: SupplyChainDigest. Source: Supply Chain Shaman. Source: EBN. View full report.

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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. Companies that have already got a manufacturing base in China are not necessarily at an advantage, as Bugaboo’s story illustrates. Free trade zone.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 16, 2020

Such information streamlined transactions and improved decision-making, but the ERP data did not initially permit connecting and compiling cross-functional data sources. When the first mobile app marketplace launched in 2008, it only presented 500 offerings within the product categories. Mobile Apps Make Information Portable.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

“It sort of depends upon what we are purchasing from the supplier as to the approach we should take…” Commodity Strategic The first level, for components or typical commodity type products, we will at least want to perform a supplier evaluation of some sort. with a backup plan as part of contingency planning.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

US Army uses the “Transporter” container, developed four years earlier for removals, for Korean War supply movements. McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports.

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of warehouses in the country has increased exponentially, from 15,203 locations in 2008 to 17,389 establishments in 2017. Manufacturing date. You run out of parts for repairs and maintenance, putting a hold on manufacturing and production. According to the U.S. Part numbers. Serial numbers.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 11, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Lean Manufacturing is eliminating waste in every stage of supply chain. Hence Lean manufacturing contributes to the Green environment. Automotive. Healthcare.

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

Insiders joke (quite fairly, as it turns out) about billion-dollar procurement-management-disposition cycles that are managed in spreadsheets. In the procurement space, what I want to be able to assess is risk management. He and his business partner Dan Dershem have been looking at procurement from several angles.

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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. In this update, we focus on our fifth prediction which is focused on global transportation and logistics services sectors. Background. Prediction Background. Prediction Implications.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. The Early Days: 1956-1960s.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 5, 2016

When the housing market collapsed in 2008 , the US and global economies went into a tailspin. According to Inbound Logistics' Report : For shippers, cutting transport costs is the top-rated challenge, according to 47 percent of respondents (see Figure 2). They get lost or misplaced. They get damaged. They get forgotten.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

Deere & Company (brand name John Deere) is famed for the manufacture and supply of machinery used in agriculture, construction, and forestry, as well as diesel engines and lawn care equipment. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer chips, Intel needs little introduction. Deere & Company.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2023

Background The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has annually published a series of supply chain management focused predictions since its inception in 2008. Part Four of this series shared our fifth prediction focused on global wide transportation, logistics and brokerage services facing a challenging 2023 with significant consequences.

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Oracle SCM

MARCH 16, 2016

For example, low oil prices result in low transportation costs, which may make off-shoring production to low-cost countries very attractive. But when oil prices are high and transportation costs are high businesses might prefer near-shoring.

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