Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Category Key.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Our salute to the best advancements in supply chain technology, processes and labor management from 2017. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more. Content Summary: First Self-Sailing Electric Cargo Ship Set to Launch. Click here for the full story.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

CSX customers demand end to shipping bottlenecks as CEO apologizes (Reuters). Hurricanes Harvey and Irma also contributed to demand, as the storms disrupted supply chains and boosted spot truckload rates to levels not seen since December 2014. SMC³ Expands API Relationship with MercuryGate, Launches New Pricing API. There were 6.6

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3PL Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2017

At the end of the line, quality control stepped in to make sure no items were missing, slapped on a shipping label, and girls went home with their own self-picked package. In 2014, Evans collaborated with Girl Scouts to initiate its ecommerce Digital Cookie platform. 2017 appeared first on Evans Distribution.

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QAD

JULY 16, 2020

With its GDP of $9.474 trillion as of 2017, India is the third-largest economy in the world, behind China and the US. Coupled with its favorable location in Asia, the strong air support makes shipping products in or out of India easy. Transportation of goods within India is also well supported by rail and water shipping capabilities.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 16, 2017

The freight capacity crunch has dominated supply chain and logistics since 2014, and many shippers fear it will arrive sooner than many experts believe. In the 2017 State of the North American Supply Chain Survey , only 11 percent, one in nine respondents, expressed issues with capacity over the past year. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The company said it made more than a billion candy hearts in 2017, including sugar-free and Spanish versions.” 1] Fronetics, “ The Valentine’s Day Supply Chain By the Numbers ,” Material Handling & Logistics , 13 February 2017. [2] ” But when it comes to candy, Loria reports chocolate is king.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2018

“More than a quarter of all revenue for sellers on Amazon globally was from cross-border transactions in 2017, up more than 50 percent from the year prior, Amazon Vice President Eric Broussard said in an interview,” as reported by Jeffrey Dastin in a recent article in Reuters.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2015

A thorough analysis provided by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals , (CSCMP) in its “ State of Logistics ” report, indicates that by 2017, shippers in the U.S. The 2014 winter weather triggered a trucking capacity problem. In 2014 utilization was 100% of capacity, a crisis phase. Currently, the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

The shipping industry saw growth and expansion in 2014 when compared to the state of the industry since 2008. While the driver shortage is a real threat to the state of the shipping industry, more carriers, such as UPS and FedEx, are expanding their fleets to address the capacity crunch. Fleets Are Expanding.

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2019

After the intense investment in infrastructure to support the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, along with the recent “Brasil Major” initiative, Brazil is an emerging powerhouse rich in natural resources and with a strong focus on manufacturing and the supply chain. percent in 2017. In 2017, Brazil exported about $217.2

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QAD

JULY 16, 2020

With its GDP of $9.474 trillion as of 2017, India is the third-largest economy in the world, behind China and the US. Coupled with its favorable location in Asia, the strong air support makes shipping products in or out of India easy. Transportation of goods within India is also well supported by rail and water shipping capabilities.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 12, 2018

After a strong finish in 2017, flatbed demand has continued to soar in 2018 resulting in historic supply and demand imbalances across North America. Flatbed shipping is known for its cyclical and seasonal trends, fragmented marketplace and carrier demographics, and variability in demand. Some commonalities across macro trends (i.e.,

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2023

The company has been a QAD customer since the 1990s and moved its ERP operations from on-premise to the cloud in 2014. As soon as power was restored at Lebanon, we were able to ship and do all of our normal QAD Cloud business processes out of Lebanon,” notes Andrew Amstutz, Director of IT for Autokiniton. “As

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Alibaba, the prominent ecommerce leaders in China, has its share of expansions.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

In fact, according to eMarketer, there were estimated 1.75bn smartphone users worldwide in 2014. By 2017, the market research company expects the number of global smartphone users to increase to 2.50bn and represent 33.8% million units shipped. The office supply store, Staples began offering similar services in 2014 in the US.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2017

As 2017 moves forward, it may be a year that the driver shortage comes to a head, but it might not be as dismal as some shippers have been led to believe. Could Automation Reduce the Impact of the Driver Shortage in 2017? Look at the historic tightening of capacity in the shipping industry.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2023

By 2014, he established an asset-based brokerage. Seeing a gap in quality operating systems, he assembled a team and crafted his own TMS in 2017. Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping. After earning his degree in Economics, he took a position at JP Morgan.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

I think 2016 and 2017 will make 2014 look like child’s play,” Albrecht said. Among the regulations he pointed to were an electronic logging mandate expected in 2017, a national driver drug-testing information clearinghouse and hair follicle-based drug tests. 3PLs Eat Much of Shipping Costs. Operating at Capacity.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2015

Additionally, industry experts and third-party logistics shipping providers ( 3PLs ) find themselves in the difficult position of ensuring the flow of merchandise continues as LTL use grows. However, the overall cost of shipping through LTL modes will increase between three and four percent in the next few years. to three percent.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. 2 percent annually as of 2017, making Belgium the 168 th country in the world for industrial growth rates.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

Add to that the cost of shipping over long distances to US and European markets and they have lost the huge advantage they used to have in the past. The data published by MAPI in December 2014 shows that industrial production increased at an annual rate of 3.9% in the third quarter of 2014 and is expected to grow by 3.5%

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

In a 2017 survey by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), 65 percent of respondents had experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the last year, with 44 percent of the disruptions occurring at Tier 1. West Coast Port Strike Disrupts Shipping Lanes.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2019

After all, shave off $20 here for a short lot, $5 there for a cracked pallet and $10 over here for a mangled shipping label, and before long, it can run into real money. LinkedIn, 8 December 2014. [5] 5] Jarrod Davis, “ OTIF: Mastering Walmart’s On Time In Full Guidelines ,” Retail Details , April 2017.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Now for those statistics I mentioned.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Other industries that don’t ship physical goods (for example Financial Services or Insurance) have adopted sophisticated Strategic Sourcing methodology for their Procurement. We first wrote about this topic in 2014 – if you can believe it – and unfortunately, in the intervening years, not too much has changed.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

There were 94 total losses reported around the shipping world in 2017, down 4% year-on-year -- the second lowest in 10 years after 2014. In 2017 the downward trend of large shipping losses continued, according to a new survey, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty's (AGCS) Safety & Shipping Review.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2016

This week, as reported by Reuters, “Otto, the self-driving truck subsidiary of Uber, shipped a truckload of Budweiser from Fort Collins, Colorado to Colorado Springs last Thursday with the driver monitoring from the truck’s sleeper berth for the entire two-hour journey.” billion in net revenue last year.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

2017 was a wild year, as freight transportation faced one disruption after another. That slump was triggered by the collapse of oil prices at the end of 2014.) By January 2017, I saw clear signals that the 18-month freight recession was over , and spot market rates started to climb in earnest. E-commerce.

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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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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

While some companies have gone that route, particularly those that ship mostly via truckload, demand for freight audit and payment services remains strong, especially for parcel and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments. The post This Week in Logistics News (September 2-5, 2014) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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QAD

AUGUST 18, 2022

A 2017 survey from KPMG found 45% of companies had already invested upwards of $50 million in IT and technological infrastructure to support compliance. Cases of drug counterfeiting doubled in size from 2014 to 2019, reaching an all-time high of 4,405 cases in 2019. Many of those efforts, however, took a backseat during the pandemic.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

In a 2017 survey by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), 65 percent of respondents had experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the last year, with 44 percent of the disruptions occurring at Tier 1. West Coast Port Strike Disrupts Shipping Lanes.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 25, 2018

Online orders are now shipped from manufacturing, upstream fulfillment centers, and retail stores. According to the Energy Information Administration , Benchmark North Sea Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $64 per barrel in December 2017, the highest monthly average since November 2014. How to navigate the new normal.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 11, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptors that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy.

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Elementum

MAY 29, 2015

Shipping giant Maersk posted healthy profits this quarter despite declining freight rates. Maersk must find a way to mitigate recent issues with low shipping rates, overcapacity, and delays. Ships like Maersk’s transport over 95% of the world’s manufactured products, and demand is set to increase 3% - 5% this year.

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