Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Multimodal 2015. Entering its eighth year, Multimodal has grown to become the UK and Ireland’s premier freight transport and logistics event. Events Clarion Events distribution managers event freight transport logistics Multimodal NEC Birmingham procurement directors shipping managers Supply Chain Directors traffic managers'

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 million bbl/d in 2015.” . At an MIT conference last year, Tom Linton, Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at Flextronics, presented his top 10 list of supply chain trends.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2015

Here are five to look for in 2015. In 2015, if a shipper has 16 business units integrating with the same carrier, they should no longer operate as separate units but as one pooled resource to improve overall buying power and leverage. Capturing Freight Spend Visibility. Breaking Down Silos to Capture Greater Cost Benefits.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. This blog examines the “red” times, like the roughly three-month period we have just entered that is historically one of the regular disruptors in the ocean freight market. All of this will cause a tightening of space for ocean freight shipping. Regular disruptors. Golden Week.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 22, 2015

As 2015 comes to an end, a quick thank you to all of our readers, followers, and sponsors for another great year of learning and conversation on Talking Logistics. Leading Practices in Transportation Procurement (2,166 views). The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend).

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Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2016

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Then, in November 2015, Phil joined Freightos. Declining Freight Rates.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

There was a deceleration in freight volumes during the second half of 2015 which continued into the first month of 2016. So, that tells me that the inventory situation continues to weigh on truck freight volumes. percent in December from November , with December 2015 freight shipments down 2.0

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

In today’s highly competitive marketplace, understanding how your company’s procurement strategy and results compare with industry peers is critical. Once the election concludes, if the economy picks up steam, the capacity challenges seen in 2014 and early 2015 may return. New Government Mandates and Regulations. How a 3PL Can Help.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Editor's Note: This is a blog post about the state of the freight brokering business in 2015. Cerasis is a freight broker and holds a $250,000 TIA Broker Bond. This is because there is not a lot of education on how a freight broker must adhere to certain standards and what shippers need to look out for. Why is that?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 30, 2019

More driver-friendly practices increased, including flexible appointment scheduling and improved driver detention, allowed drivers to maximize their hours-of-service, which increased overall capacity in the freight network. This also has been another gain in overall freight capacity over the past year. Where Are We Headed?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In order to achieve this target, CEVA Logistics is incorporating environmental considerations in a variety of areas of operations, from warehousing to transportation and procurement. We regularly assess our environmental footprint to look for areas to contribute to environmental sustainability in our communities.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In a Supply Chain Matters blog commentary published as far back as March of 2015 , we addressed efforts directed at introducing ever larger mega container ships, multi-carrier capacity agreements, outsourcing of certain services and increased transit times and tariff rates compound themselves to secure rate advantages.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

(Examples include alternate sourcing, bill of material changes or alternate modes/routing between the planning, procurement and transportation.) The groups of supply planning, procurement and logistics operate within silos. On March 26, 2015, Insight Venture Partners (“Insight”) purchased E2open for $8.60 History of E2open.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 A spike in COVID-19 cases in some countries, which is causing factory shutdowns and port delays, added to corporate woes as soaring freight and transportation costs are pinching profit margins. GW to 10.4

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox explain, “In the 2015 novel Ghost Fleet , the spark that starts World War III is not a nuclear bomb, but a supply chain hack. The story line begins back in 2015 when Amazon was considering the acquisition of Elemental, a video-compression company. ”[3]. All of this is extraordinarily cheap.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 24, 2016

April 2016 North American Freight Numbers. Cass Freight Index Report – May 2016. From a supply chain perspective, Brexit will have a ripple effect on procurement, trade agreements, customs, and other areas. trillion in 2015, a 2.6 HighJump Adds Supply Chain Analytics to Enterprise Software Suite. in favor to 48.1%

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

To that end, every warehouse manager’s role is to manage the physical environment, loadshifting equipment and people, to decrease the chances of collision and accidents, and often, to help the flow of freight via outbound and inbound freight management; an entire process known as warehouse traffic management. Read the full Post.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Its freight spend? Procurement & Contract Management. Freight Bill Audit & Pay. The TMS project kicked off in July 2015 and went live just seven months later in February 2016. Is SMB defined by a company’s annual revenues? Its annual shipment volume? Location Management. Capacity Management. Rate Management.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Freight Prices Going Forward. But even though this is effectively limiting production of 1% of the world’s global oil supply , it won’t impact freight prices. Looking back at ocean freight prices as a function of Brent crude oil in 2015, the correlation between fuel prices and freight prices is minuscule (-0.2

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TMC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

It’s an attractive combination for shippers that want to outsource the day-to-day management of their freight networks while retaining full control of key decisions. These players are still major users, but there is a significant uptick in interest from shippers with more modest freight transportation budgets.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2016

Capacity tightened up in 2014 , but then loosened again in 2015. But to understand the current state of truckload capacity, we need to go back to January 2015. Freight volumes are up a little with lackluster economic growth, which leaves an implied excess capacity of 2-4%. It was negative in 2015.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

It now serves more than five million businesses and has generated $25 billion in global sales since it began in 2015. Maersk is one to keep an eye on as it builds its logistics capabilities beyond its ocean freight transportation services. More than half of its total unit sales are from third-party sellers. In the U.S.,

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2015

since January 2015. Execution (Tendering, Dock Scheduling, Track & Trace, Freight Audit & Pay). And in the past year, prices have dropped almost 40 percent, from near $100 per barrel last July to about $60 today. Business Intelligence and Analytics. Network Connectivity. I encourage to watch the webcast for all the details.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 15, 2019

of procurement expenditures. New York City has seen a 29% increase in residential deliveries from 2010 to 2015. We’re seeing a lot of smaller vehicles,” said Diniece Peters Mendes, director of the New York City Department of Transportation’s Office of Freight Mobility to. Today in: "Where's my freight?". Transport Topics.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

According to the CSCMP's "State of Logistics" Report from 2015, logistics costs now make up over 8% of the GDP. A Transportation Management System (TMS) optimizes freight to utilize the most effective lanes and routes. Decreases freight costs through better truck utilization in both full (FTL) and less than truckload (LTL) shipments.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Visibility : A TMS makes it easier for a logistics manager to have freight visibility along the way so that everyone involved, including the customer knows exactly where the shipments are at any time. Users have attributed the savings to lower cost mode selections, better routing, and better procurement negotiations.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Founded in 2015, the Sayari platform integrates global corporate and supply chain data to surface risk insights for investigations, analytics, and supply chain risk management. The area’s intermodal freight transport options as well as a highly skilled workforce trained in oil and gas engineering were noted as further key factors.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

This self-service 4-session course provides an overview of how to build a strong transportation management foundation, with a focus on strategy development, procurement, the role of technology, and the importance of enabling a continuous improvement culture and processes. DOT Releases 30-Year Freight Projections.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. New knowledge and insights from machine learning are revolutionizing supply chain management as a result. no opt-in). Preston, D.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 5, 2016

And we have more than enough package supply to utilize the 40 planes we’ve procured.”. A July 2015 survey by consulting firm Kantar Retail showed the extent to which Amazon had eaten into Wal-Mart’s customer base. Clark also said Amazon for now is focusing its air operation on the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 7, 2018

The most recent report on adoption rates of TMS is from 2015, with only 35 percent of shippers actively using a TMS, asserts Bridget McCrea of Logistics Management. In full truckload freight management, technology will make or break plans for keeping freight spend in check. However, technology can change the narrative.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 15, 2014

The Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations bill, to be signed by President Obama this week, suspends certain HOS rules that went into effect on July 1, 2013. While on the road drive time has always remained the same — a maximum allowable time of 11 hours per day — two specific rules will be suspended until at least September 30, 2015.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 3, 2018

” Burnson goes to note that e-commerce is having an impact on air freight hubs, maritime cargo, middlemen, and intermodal operations. Re-orienting the company to embrace omnichannel retailing requires integration with IT, sales and marketing, and procurement as well as transportation.”[7] Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2019

75% of an organization’s management needs to be convinced by the change in order for it to become a blip on the organization’s radar ( Carlsson 2015, p 159 ). This is a perfect starting point for a procurement team searching for an infrastructure to build their responsible sourcing efforts upon. procurement #sourcing #purchasing.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 27, 2015

Since March 10, 2014, fuel prices have decreased by $0.884 per gallon, resting at $3.137 as of January 5, 2015. If you think that a different multiplier would better reflect your freight, I would encourage you to wait until you next scheduled procurement event to make that change. Diesel prices, according to the U.S.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 15, 2015

1997 satellite image versus 2015 satellite image. A shorter monsoon season in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia will help miners procure more materials, used heavily in the electronics industry. This could be a record-setting year for typhoons, meaning heavy disruptions of air and sea freight. Image courtesy NASA.

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