GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. There are two ways to view the History of Shipping Containers. Readers' choice!

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. Did You Know That … It wasn’t just about freight. The History of the Shipping Container.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Each leaf acted alone, unaware of time and place, like me in the quiet house, watching leaves fall from the trees. UPS Sets 2014 Rates. Port truck drivers on West Coast protest costs, working conditions ( Cargo Business News ). What made them drop today? I looked for patterns in their flight, but saw none.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2019

So every winter event has a rate impact that can be plus or a minus depending on timing and severity. Cargo can also be damaged by the cold. If there are delays, or the truck is stranded on the highway, the cargo could be ruined. Reefers protect freezable cargo. Snowball effect on schedules.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Online sales have grown by an average of 15% per year since 2014, said Montague, citing statistics published by eMarketer.com. If that rate continues, total online sales will double, from just under $300 billion in 2014 to over $600 billion by 2019. The additional sales gave the spot market an atypical boost in July.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

”[1] In modern times, however, flowers, candy, and wine often accompany romantic cards. That trails just jewelry at $4.3 According to analysts from Fronetics, the holiday can be traced back to “the late 400s [when] Gelasius declared February 14th as a day for honoring Saint Valentine. billion (by 37 percent of shoppers).”[2]

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 28, 2019

Even when companies have been generally successful in reducing the number of imperfectly fulfilled orders, the high cost of the very small percentage of orders that aren’t filled completely, on time, damage-free and with all proper documentation and invoicing remains a vexing problem.”[1] ”[3]. Room to improve.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 14, 2015

by Alexa Cheater There’s just no escaping it. And while we all know Santa’s supply chain just can’t be beat, some retailers may have an extra hard time trying to give the jolly old man a run for his money this year. That’s up 23 percent from 2014. That shortage is the result of a seven-year low in the national U.S.

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The Network Effect

APRIL 9, 2016

Not the Zip… “The Zip looks more like a plane, and it’s launched with a slingshot, delivering its cargo with a parachute before returning home. In 2014 Rwanda pioneered the world’s first cloud-based, nationwide pharmaceutical network for the distribution and tracking of pharmaceuticals. ” Source: ReCode.net.

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DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The recent West Coast ports cargo-handling disruption is an example of the butterfly effect. US trade deficits rose to a massive $46 billion in December 2014. Labor disputes, bad weather, and IT outages are just some examples of disruptions that could affect an otherwise well-designed supply chain. End-to-end visibility.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

I’m on borrowed time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: DAT Freight Index Hits All-Time High in September. By the volume of news each week, you might expect driverless cars and trucks to be just around the corner (see news this week from DHL and USPS).

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Freightos

DECEMBER 4, 2015

International shipping share of global GHG emissions: 2.5% (cargo ships are 67% of the world’s fleet). And in many instances, it’s just plain good financial sense – reducing emissions can also reduce costs. A quick check showed that shipping the TV from Taiwan to Nashville (ocean & trucking) led to about 6.7

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Elementum

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently reduced its pre-tax profits forecast , claiming it cannot match the £2.61bn pre-tax profit earned in 2014/15. Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently reduced its pre-tax profits forecast , claiming it cannot match the £2.61bn pre-tax profit earned in 2014/15. Image credit: Business Today.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Which means that, as it does every year at this time, space is about to get very tight. That can make it difficult to meet your delivery times unless you take proactive steps now to minimize the risk in your supply chain. Our proprietary Risk Calendar envisions times of the year when disruptions may occur, and why.

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Savi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Theft: Even though the number of cargo theft cases has decreased this year, it is a remaining problem, especially considering the lack of accurate reporting in the industry. Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA): Last-mile transportation challenges had caused on-time service arrival to drop.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshoremen Warehouse Union (ILWU) have been operating without a contract since the end of June, 2014. And for the C-Level Executives who are pressuring their supply chain team to “do something,” it may be time for a reality check. Chassis Issues.

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Elementum

JULY 28, 2015

This strike is just the latest addition to the laundry list of problems the trucking industry is facing, most of which stem from poor working conditions and a lack of new drivers. was moved by truck in 2014. The trucking industry is hugely important for the United States’ supply chain— 67% of all freight in the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2015

And the news just keeps getting worse for the Patriots. According to the press release, “[The patent] relates to how messages are translated from one format to another using ‘universal business concepts,’ significantly reducing the time and simplifying the process of on-boarding supply chain trading partners.”. I’m so deflated.

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EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

2018 will almost certainly be recorded as the hottest year ever recorded and it has ignited much debate as to the influence that greenhouse gas emissions continue to have in fueling climate changes – creating a threat that is no longer just applicable to the future.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 26, 2014

In another company drivers are known as sales assistants because they develop close relationships with customers over time. For instance a logistics company provides as much information as it can to drivers via phone apps that convey special delivery instructions about time, location, and gate codes.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2015

Uber’s Latest Experiment Is Uber Cargo, A Logistics Service In Hong Kong. October 2014 North American Freight Numbers. Big ships leave ports awash with problems (Financial Times – sub. Happy New Year! I hope 2015 is off to a great start for you. Penske Appeals to Supreme Court Over Truck Driver Rules.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2017

By the way, to put “150 containers since October” into perspective: Walmart imported 775,400 TEUs in 2014, which works out to 2,124 TEUs imported per day.). Withdrawing from the TPP was just a formality since it was already dead in Congress, with support from many Democrats and some Republicans to exit. I’ll keep working on it.

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Global Trade Management

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. deliver on time in full (OTIF) on 95.7% supply chain as a strategic asset, and just 9% say the supply chain is. arviem can only support these findings from its work with clients and monitoring in real-time their shipments. arviem real-time cargo monitoring.

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Freight Plus

MAY 30, 2018

At last month's CONECT 22nd Annual Trade & Transportation Conference it was clear just how wide sweeping the issue was. truck driver retirement rates jumped to 33% last year, up from 22% in 2014. In 2018 shippers are paying more for freight that takes longer to move. Joyce Brenny, head of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, tells.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Belgium has 41 airports, 26 of which have paved runways and six of which can handle large cargo aircraft. The Kingdom of Belgium achieved its independence from the Netherlands in 1830, and has become an admired modern country, well-known as the home of international organizations such as NATO and the EU. Manufacturing in Belgium.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Only in times of conflict have there been closures, where one side prohibited the other from reaching and using the chokepoint (e.g. Chokepoints (or bottlenecks) are a term used to describe the most crucial strategic marine routes because they: Capacity limitations. Potential for closure or interruption.

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Techgistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Amazon pioneered free shipping in 2005, began offering Sunday deliveries in 2014, and introduced Amazon Prime which guarantees subscribers unlimited free two-day shipping. The robots offer a convenient and cost effective delivery option as the user can order the delivery at a time that is convenient to them. More on drones here.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 12, 2015

West Coast ports can now resume full operation, it will take months for trucks to clear the cargo backlog. in January, driven by a strong manufacturing sector and easier comparisons due to early 2014’s weather issues. According to FTR’s March Trucking Update , a record low number of trucking fleets went bankrupt in Q4 2014.

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Requis

JANUARY 9, 2020

Ideally, digital twins update in real time from automated information inputs, and can be used for process experimentation before changes are tried in the real world. But in order for that to happen, supply chain needs much more visibility than it currently has. In order for that visibility to happen, organizations need data. Digital twins.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2018

Either way, in a three-year time span, the last few months create a very rare picture: Van rates declined through 2015 , but rebounded in mid-2016. I look at freight transportation statistics all day long, and I am astonished by the rapid growth of the past few months, especially in the truckload spot market. That simply never happens.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times. As recently as Fall of 2014, the Lorenzo Cardenas-Houston route handled an average of only 10-20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a week. Despite these drawbacks, Walmart is continuing to bank on Mexico’s supply chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2020

After my time at TNT, I was driving for more than a decade the international expansion of French La Poste. In 2014, I accepted to support the World Economic Forum in developing the supply chain and transport industries. I am judge of the IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards and the Automotive Logistics Awards Europe.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

Just last year many were chartering their own cargo ships to get all these goods to their destinations.) Inventory management is challenging enough in normal times. But given more than two years of incessant and unprecedented supply chain disruptions, we may never see “normal times” again. What’s in manufacturing?

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 11, 2017

Which means that, as it does every year at this time, space is about to get very tight. That can make it difficult to meet your delivery times unless you take proactive steps now to minimize the risk in your supply chain. Our proprietary Risk Calendar envisions times of the year when disruptions may occur, and why.

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Global Trade Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Just the opposite, Cadbury, recently announced that it is not shipping its famous chocolate Easter Eggs in boxes, but rather just using the foil wrapping. International trade is the engine of global prosperity today. The size of global trade has nearly doubled since 1990.

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Elementum

AUGUST 11, 2016

The Semi, set to be unveiled in 2017, is a large electric-powered, long-haul trucking vehicle that Musk says will “deliver a substantial reduction in the cost of cargo transport, while increasing safety and making it really fun to operate.”. from 2004 to 2014, with HCVs comprising 67% of market share. Overview of Trucking in the U.S.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

So, again, just to sum it up. But things like real-time GPS, instant pricing, etc., And, honestly, the service levels are, you know, better than what we’ve seen in a lot of other truck companies, in terms of our time in there, etc., The speakers cover everything from air and ocean freight to trucking and warehousing.

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