Supply Chains Rock

AUGUST 31, 2012

Who said supply chains are boring? Whenever I tell a friend, colleague or family member about my job as soon as the words "supply chain" are muttered I immediately see glassy eyes followed by a yawn or two. Friday, August 31, 2012. Still not excited, well visit often and eventually you will be. Subscribe To.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Reports 2012 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results. LLamasoft Introduces Supply Chain Sherpa Mobile Design and Visualization Modeling Tool. New ISF (10+2) Rule May Be Coming in May ( Supply Chain Management Review ). Robinson and Con-way both reported Q4 and full-year 2012 results this week. Con-way Inc.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. NAFTA Trade in August 2013 than in August 2012. Global Supply Chains Open Door to Fraud ( CFO.com ). million for the same period in 2012.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 10, 2016

Now, on to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Thoma Bravo Announces Acquisition of Elemica. iContainers, Expedia for transporting freight internationally, raises $6.7 April 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). It’s why I coach. It’s why I love baseball.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Esri and E2open Partner to Deliver Market-Leading Supply Chain Solutions. October 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Department of Transportation Eliminates $1.7 and Accelerating Supply Chain Speed and Efficiency with Global Trade Data. Robinson Expands Focus in Dutch Market.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 12, 2015

Market Update: Transportation Industry News. In the transportation industry, there are many moving parts that can impact your day-to-day operations. West Coast ports can now resume full operation, it will take months for trucks to clear the cargo backlog. At just 44 fleets, it bested the previous low of 70 fleets in 2012.

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Global Trade Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Managing logistics operations for a global supply chain is challenging. Trying to manage a global supply chain without knowing exactly where cargo is located, its condition, who has custody of it, or when events occur, is experiencing the supply chain – not managing it.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2016

In other supply chain and logistics news… This is How Google’s Project Wing Drone Delivery Service Could Work (Fast Company). After receiving the package, the delivery receptacle transports the package to a secure location, such as into a garage. Trucking Companies Throttle Back Expansion Plans (WSJ – sub.

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EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Whereas just 4 year later in 2012, the River was at its lowest level in two decades, 30 feet lower than the previous year. This severely restricted its use as a mainstream transport artery by barges carrying agricultural produce and other raw materials.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2013

As a participant in managing all or part of your company’s supply chain, you may know the pain of answering sometimes difficult questions. Are we a good supply chain partner or customer? Define roles and responsibilities for each supply chain participant. Where is my order? Why is it late? management system.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 8, 2013

Will the cloud enable industry-level supply chain collaboration? Cloud computing is gaining a lot of ground in the supply chain domain, with applications ranging from new analytics to dynamic routing and powerful track and trace features. percent in 2013 to total $131 billion worldwide, up from $111 billion in 2012.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Navigate the top climate change issues set to impact the supply chain in 2024. As temperatures continue to rise, the intersection of climate change and supply chain resilience demands increased attention from businesses worldwide. A graph showing Resilinc’s Extreme Weather Trends data from 2012 to 2023.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, Amazon’s logistics services include transportation and warehousing solutions, allowing businesses of all sizes to leverage Amazon’s expertise and resources in streamlining their supply chain and improving their delivery capabilities.

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Elementum

JULY 28, 2015

On July 21, truckers working for the Pacific 9 Transportation company went on indefinite strike, causing further congestion problems and delays at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The trucking industry is hugely important for the United States’ supply chain— 67% of all freight in the U.S. Strikes and Wage Hikes.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 17, 2013

In the enterprise software world, Netsuite is becoming the Pitbull of the industry, with various supply chain and logistics software vendors forming partnerships with the company to help expand their presence in the small and midsize business (SMB) market.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

This year’s event takes place at the Sofitel London Heathrow Hotel in the United Kingdom and includes a stellar lineup of speakers — renowned experts, practitioners and market leaders — and will showcase leading practices in supply chain, manufacturing, retail, transportation and pricing excellence. Cheers from London!!!

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Networked Supply Chains Require Better Visibility. As manufactures and retailers increasingly depend on extended rosters of sourcing companies, the resulting networked supply chain requires improved visibility. The size of global trade has nearly doubled since 1990.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The 2012 Third-Party Logistics Study is based on over 2,250 responses from both shippers and logistics service. significant further contributions to supply chain success. Dan Albright, Vice President and North American Supply Chain Leader at Capgemini Consulting. supply chain.”. “As supply chain.”.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 21, 2014

.   The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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Global Trade Management

JANUARY 26, 2014

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Mit der schweizerischen arviem AG ergänzt Hellmann sein Dienstleistungsportfolio um einen innovativen Service im Bereich Cargo-Monitoring. Durch die Verwendung der Cargo-Monitoring-Lösung ergeben sich auch im Bereich des Supply Chain Managements vielfältige Vorteile.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2013

Ryder Relaunches Dedicated Transportation Solution. Roadnet Technologies Unveils Roadnet Transportation Suite 3.60 Signs of Stabilization as Air Cargo Grows in January ( IATA ). billion messages each year” — further proof of the rise of supply chain operating networks. New Vehicle Routing Software Version.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart Explores Mexico’s Supply Chain. The country’s underdeveloped intermodal freight transportation system is consistently outperformed by its faster and better integrated U.S. counterpart, while doubts about the security of goods being transported give carriers pause. Mexico’s $5 Billion Port Facelift. million TEUs.

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Elementum

APRIL 22, 2015

The emergence of UAS as a commercial asset has the potential to completely alter the way the world transports physical goods as well as services infrastructure within supply chains. Amazon’s public spat with the FAA highlights a supply chain issue that has been gaining more attention in recent years: last mile delivery.

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Global Trade Management

AUGUST 4, 2008

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. If you define an ‘Effective Global Trade’ as a trade that is executed on schedule, without damage to the cargo and at planned cost, then your threshold for an ‘Effective Global Trade’ is too low. International trade is the engine of global prosperity today.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2018

Similar bottlenecks at inland points threaten to slow the movement of cargo and choke off growth. And while supply and demand have yet to achieve balance, the results of 2017 were a considerable improvement for carriers over the prior two years. What’s more, the global orderbook for new ships stands at half the level of 2012-2015.

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Global Trade Management

MAY 16, 2014

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Fuel optimized Supply Chains. The price of fuel has a direct impact on transportation costs. Some experts have calculated that each $10 increase in the cost of barrel of oil results in a 4-cent per mile increase in transportation rates. Friday, 16 May 2014.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2013

Yet up until recently, there was no reliable measure of the US port system’s cargo handling capacity. If a port is disabled and cargo has to be diverted to another facility, Port Mapper identifies which terminals are available to handle the goods. The application is also an important analytical tool.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. For discount retailers like Burlington, the supply chain is often a competitive advantage — and thus a secret recipe for success.

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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. Supply chain platform matching drop-ship retailers, manufacturers, distributors and freight forwarders.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. My passion is supply chain and positive change.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. million to a $1 billion industry in the five years between 2012 to 2017. Advocates for delivery drones posit that this technology could work in tandem with existing transportation methods to facilitate faster and cheaper fulfilment of goods. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 27, 2021

At this time last year, global supply chains were already in trouble. Additionally, the United States and China were in the midst of a trade war, which further complicated the flow of goods through the world’s supply chains. All these events caused major supply chain disruptions to some of the biggest brands in the world.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We answer all these questions and more – including how inventory management software will help you manage your supply chain for your freeport warehouse or factory. Each of these freeports is an important logistical, transportation, and trade area offering a competitive advantage to businesses that operate within them.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 24, 2015

The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time I am very keen on the subject of supply chain innovation right now, for a variety of reasons. Supply chain in turn obviously has a key role to play in overall corporate/product innovation. First Thoughts. By Dan Gilmore – Editor-in-Chief.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

It started in 1969 as DHL Air Cargo, and by the late 1970s, the company had expanded its operations and offered services throughout the world. FedEx is the largest cargo airline in the world in terms of scheduled freight tonne kilometers (FTK), a distinction the company has held since 2014, and it’s the fourth largest in terms of fleet size.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, however, you hear much more talk about reshoring and nearshoring manufacturing in order to make America’s supply chains more secure. ” Nevertheless, globalization is changing — especially when it comes to supply chains and the movement of goods. However, supply chain journalist Robert J.

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