The Network Effect

AUGUST 26, 2014

China published new GMP guidelines in 2012 and called on pharmaceutical companies to pursue GMP certification by the end of 2013. Higher GDP standards are looming in a number of countries – new guidelines will come into force during 2014 in Brazil, the European Union and China.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2022

The previous five-year labor contract was ratified in 2014 , after a total of nine months of contract negotiations and considerable urging from government officials for both sides to reach resolution. If and when the current China restrictions lift, it could provide a wave of shipments destined for U.S. Fortunately.

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Tompkins Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The consumer market in China is hyper-competitive today. Companies need to clearly understand the challenges they face in China. Some top trends and issues we’re seeing right now include: Transportation costs and parcel providers. Has China’s morphing market affected your business? Podcast: E-Commerce in China.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In today’s turbulent trading environment, strong global transportation management capabilities deliver exceptional benefits and value. In 2014, a Supply Chain Council survey found that managing global supply chain complexity was among the top 5 major issues. A very recent survey of U.S. Let me qualify that statement.

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Tompkins Blog

MAY 8, 2014

By one measure, China will soon take the United States’ spot as the world’s largest economy. China’s GDP is fast approaching that of the U.S., This news was released via the United Nations’ International Comparison Program (ICP), which illustrates many changes including the Purchasing-Power Parity (PPP) of China.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

Last year around this time I made a lot of predictions about what 2014 would hold in store…Let’s revisit some of these, and see what has happened (or what hasn’t!) Here are my predictions from 2014, and an update on what I think will happen in these areas.

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QAD

JULY 16, 2020

India has a robust manufacturing sector, with typical products including textiles, chemicals, food, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petrochemicals, machinery, software and pharmaceuticals. . With its GDP of $9.474 trillion as of 2017, India is the third-largest economy in the world, behind China and the US. as of 2017.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

The UAW has fallen short in two prior votes to organize the Chattanooga facility — in 2014 and 2019, both times by narrow margins. According to reporting by Axios , factories across the U.S. southern region have historically been extremely difficult places for union organizers to gain a foothold. production based facilities.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This week’s business and technology media news cycle featured an extremely noteworthy milestone, one that indicates that Alibaba has unexpectedly been dethroned as China ’s most valuable online retailer. imposed export restrictions of GPU ’s to China based entities.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In addition, these initiatives are not used just taken in China and Iran but also in many other emerging economies. Cardwell, 2014). It is done by Logistrap in Mexico, they reduced their space within the warehouses and container ships to transport more within the same number of trips (Logistrap, 2020). 2014, July 30).

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2016

Freight tons moving on the nation’s transportation network will grow 40 percent in the next three decades while the value of the freight will almost double, increasing by 92 percent, according to the latest projections by the U.S. trillion in 2015). trillion in 2015). That is the “hundreds of billions of dollars” question.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 12, 2018

However, as of 2014 , 87% of U.S. Although there are existing frameworks, and initiatives on standardization done by some countries like USA , China , and Germany , these may not be enough for some manufacturers to use Smart Manufacturing. The Trends that Will Forever Shape Manufacturing in 2018 & Beyond. download ebook.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

China’s COSCO, OOIL throw cold water over rumored deal (Reuters). JD.com chief Richard Liu sees drone delivery as the way to reach China’s rural consumers (CNBC). transportation assets) to the equation. See my April 2014 post “ Webvan 2.0: Carrier warehousing, anyone? (DC DC Velocity).

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In today’s turbulent trading environment, strong global transportation management capabilities deliver exceptional benefits and value. In 2014, a Supply Chain Council survey found that managing global supply chain complexity was among the top 5 major issues. A very recent survey of U.S. Let me qualify that statement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. In my own defense, things kind of took off after 2014. A few years ago, SSI Schaefer developed a large scale omni-channel fulfillment center for Suning in China. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Since 2014, the shipping industry has suffered numerous setbacks. Unlike the all-time highs of 2014, 2017 will reveal an industry on the cusp of restoring order and LTL rates to acceptable, reasonable levels. But, the most significant impacts of 2017 will be felt in these four areas. . Capacity Will Grow Tighter.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

In a subsequent blog post, we will highlight another breaking development, that being a significant joint announcement from global shipping lines Maersk and MSC that should garner the interest to supply chain management transportation and logistics management teams. billion has already been invested, amounting to 5.4

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Rising oil prices will also have a cascading impact on supply chains in areas such as higher line-haul trucking rates and other transportation costs.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

Already, the US is looking as attractive as Mexico to manufacturers and is likely to match China in attractiveness in the near future, according to the MAPI Foundation , which produces in-depth economic reports widely read by the press, government official and the business community. Rising costs of labor in China and other places.

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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.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The article also draws on the recent Supply Chain @ MIT blog post Crossroads 2014: Dances with Robots, about new advances in scheduling robots on the factory floor. The article argues that uprooting carefully integrated supply chains from China and re-establishing them on US soil will be difficult.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Logistics and Transportation Managers at manufacturers will have reports at their fingertips on how to continue to reduce transportation costs, a heavy portion of the expense budget, by leaning on data to continually improve. Between 2010 and 2014, the average robot sales increase was at 17% per year (CAGR).

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2015

Now, this week’s supply chain and logistics news, which was dominated by transportation-related items: Are Imports Moving to the East Coast? It’s crazy to think that freight going all the way from Asia to Eastern and Gulf ports is the best option for some importers, but China is actually the main instigator behind the supply chain shift.

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Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2017

While 90% of everything is shipped by ocean, air connects the world faster, cutting China-US freight shipping time from 20-30 days by ocean to only 3 days by air cargo. Speed – Think five days from a factory in China to a warehouse in the United States. in 2015, down from 5% in 2014. Why Ship Cargo by Air?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Manhattan Associates Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Performance. Ryder Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2014 Results and Provides 2015 Forecast. Reports 2014 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results. West Coast shippers invoke specter of port shutdowns (Reuters). Con-way Inc. The latest entrant: Alibaba.

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QAD

JULY 16, 2020

India has a robust manufacturing sector, with typical products including textiles, chemicals, food, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petrochemicals, machinery, software and pharmaceuticals. . With its GDP of $9.474 trillion as of 2017, India is the third-largest economy in the world, behind China and the US. as of 2017.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. As the logistics industry reexamines capacity challenges ahead of the 2022 holiday shipping season, SupplyChainDive gathered a group of transportation experts to discuss how shippers should prepare for a potentially tough peak season.

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Elementum

MAY 27, 2015

Many tax incentives offered by China to foreign companies are expiring, which to many signals a good time to leave the country. More than job creation, companies are looking for efficiency in creation and transport. With the cost of labor increasing in China, transportation costs begin to bear heavier on these companies.

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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. Gilroy of Transportation Topics News , shippers are looking to the future through investment into current operations to ensure long-term success and stability. Fleets Are Expanding.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 6, 2015

The 2014 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™ Study cites speed of delivery as the fourth most important factor when comparing retailers (after selection, product information and reputation). 1 Over in China, the online retail market has more than doubled in each of the last three years. 2 2014 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™ Study.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Manufacturing in China currently affords only 5% cost savings over the U.S. Transportation and freight costs are reduced.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

On the supply side, in 2014, I remember that DHL was talking about resilience where everyone was wondering what that really meant and how to set up the risk management globally. There’s also, let’s say, a rail track from China to Germany, which was increasing by 25%. There was a big peak.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2015

After a lackluster 2014, optimism is back in the market. China has been the fastest-growing market in the last decade and it continues to lead the pack. These and other new technologies are expected to cut transportation, storage, labor and other costs significantly. Cautious Optimism Abound in the Logistics Outsourcing Outlook.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The year before, the Bank of China said it would soon be able to create its “electronic Yuan.” Since 2014, its Electronic Finance Academy has enlisted hundreds of specialists to work just on the CBDC idea. Regarding the creation of responsible for committing, some nations have advanced more quickly than others.

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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. Both transportation and communication infrastructures are strong in Brazil.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2016

As first reported by Fairfax Media , a factory in North Korea has been making high-priced surf and snow gear for Australian surfwear company Rip Curl since at least 2014, with the garments labeled “Made in China.” ” In other words, the garments should have been labeled “Made in ‘I Really Don’t Know’”.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2016

By 2014, 11 percent of manufacturing companies had adopted 3-D printing, according to a PwC survey. and China, with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology planning to invest $313 million in 3-D printing over the next three years, reports 3Ders.org. Click to see larger Infographic. 3-D Printing. billion to $4.8

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