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The 12 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts of 2014

GlobalTranz

We conclude our “Most Popular” Blog posts series, where we have been giving you the most viewed blog posts in 2014 from our main content categories. 2014 was surely a fun year of content on the Cerasis blog. The 12 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts from 2014. Look out for great stuff in 2015!

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This Week in Logistics News (July 28 – August 1, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Reports 2014 Second-quarter Results. Here are some details from the press release: New Breed had revenue of approximately $597 million and adjusted EBITDA of approximately $77 million for the trailing 12 months ended June 30, 2014. . Zipments Acquires Hobson to Become the Leading Same-Day Delivery Provider for Retailers in NYC.

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”. According to McKinsey, an auto manufacturer, on average, has around 250 tier-one suppliers – and 18,000 across the full value chain. Aerospace manufacturers have an average of 200 tier-one suppliers and 12,000 across all tiers.

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Breaking Industry Supply Chain News from Tesla

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development involving Tesla’s existing Nevada based Gigafactory that will be of interest to Automotive EV manufacturers and their supply networks. The announcement makes reference to the initial 2014 investment in the Gigafactory Nevada complex and a statement that upwards of $6.5

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5 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts of 2015…So Far

GlobalTranz

We've already hit 3 of our 5 main categories by featuring the most popular blogs for the logistics blog posts, manufacturing blog posts, and supply chain blog posts. 8 Action Items Shippers Can Take to Minimize the Cost Effects of DIM Pricing for Less-Than-Truckload Shipping. So Far" that we are running this week. We hope you enjoy!

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Nearshoring & Reshoring Will Continue to Increase Thanks to these Main Benefits

GlobalTranz

Offshoring is basically when a company moves manufacturing to a foreign country in an attempt to save money. For a time, this model of manufacturing seemed to be the paragon of effective business. This may include research and development, product manufacturing, product packaging, and shipping processes.

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How can you prepare your supply chain for disruptions?

DELMIA Quintiq

It refers to how one small incident can have a huge impact later on down the line. Companies using West Coast ports had to spend additional millions to cover extra inventory costs and shipping delays. US trade deficits rose to a massive $46 billion in December 2014. The labor dispute caused freight bottlenecks.