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states, obvious disruptions to supplychains and supplychain risk management were a given. Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. containerized loaded cargo volume and more than 18% of the East Coast container trade.
I seethed as the news stations celebrated supplychain success for the December holidays. The health of the supplychain underpins our economy. When the supplychain is sick, all industries suffer. The supplychain can handle cost increases more easily than variability. I am worried.
We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, SupplyChain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. We have already covered the top 6 trends for 2016 in manufacturing. 2016SupplyChain Trends: The First 7 of 12.
Terrorism is a reality that, unfortunately, requires our growing attention in the supplychain world. The British Standards Institution SupplyChain Services and Solutions publishes an annual report that analyzes global trouble spots for supplychain operations. rise on the previous year, averaging 6.7
For Maersk, June of 2016 was the breaking point. After a rough 2015, the first half of 2016 was no different. Oil prices tanked, cancellations increased and Maersk drilling and supplychain services would run up nearly $2 billion dollars in annual losses. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping.
Startup Mexican airline Awesome Cargo, which provides dedicated aircraft and flight service to logistics companies and other customers, has taken delivery of its first fully capable freighter aircraft after operating two light-duty freighters since its inception 18 months ago. which is leasing the plane to Awesome Cargo.
and Israeli startups focused on logistics, the supplychain and customer fulfillment. and Israeli startups focused on logistics, the supplychain and customer fulfillment. Global shipping prices are continuing to rise as Houthi rebels keep up attacks on cargo vessels in and around the Red Sea. versus October.
With a holiday weekend upon us, let’s go straight to the supplychain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Retailers Seek U.S. GE Acquires Top SupplyChain Software Provider ShipXpress to Expand Digital Rail Offerings. Help With Shipping Crisis (WSJ – sub. Hanjin handles about 7.8 APC had $334.2
In 2016, he was recruited to join MacroPoint. In 2017, Mark recognized a need for logistics service providers to have better access to cost effective All-Risk Shipper’s Interest Cargo Insurance with focus on Mexico. During his tenure, they went from $500M to $3B in sales. For that reason, Mark founded Borderless Coverage.
It was a relatively quiet week for supplychain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). Honeywell To Acquire Intelligrated, A Leader In SupplyChain And Warehouse Automation Technologies. Stay tuned.
When it comes to supplychain excellence, particularly in the retail sector, there is one behemoth dominating the landscape: Amazon. Amazon supplychain management is driving innovation and change at a pace that’s putting the pressure on other businesses to find a way to keep up, or fold.
Amazon’s Prime membership has been available in India since 2016. Instances of cargo theft increased markedly in 2022, driven in large measure by thieves using fictitious pickups. CargoNet recorded 1,778 supplychain risk events across the United States and Canada in 2022, an increase of 15 percent from 2021.
store operations by 9 percent over the past year, slashing hundreds of millions of dollars of goods from their balance sheets and suggesting space is opening up in their jammed supplychains. Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S.
Robots continue to be a larger part of global supplychains. One of the most difficult and expensive aspects of the supplychain is last mile and home delivery. In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold.
Now, on to the supplychain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Thoma Bravo Announces Acquisition of Elemica. April 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). It’s why I coach. It’s why I love baseball. It’s why I can’t wait for our next game on Sunday. The robots are coming, the robots are coming!”
In the meantime, here’s the supplychain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: EU Approves FedEx Acquisition of TNT Express ( WSJ – sub. LoJack SCI and TransVoyant Partner to Deliver SupplyChain Risk Alerting. INTTRA Collaborates with JDA Software for Streamlined Transportation Management.
Are you attending the Council of SupplyChain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference later this month (September 25-28 in Orlando, FL)? Many products are within the category of optimizers for supplychain needs. in Series A to Bring Real-Time Visibility to the SupplyChain via APIs.
2016 was an incredible year for tech in logistics as companies both large and small are working on some transformative technologies not just for logistics, but for society as a whole. Here’s a few interesting tech advancements in 2016 that were important for the year, but could also point to what’s to come in the near and long-term future.
Executives are plotting alternate supplychains or devising products that can be made elsewhere should China’s hundreds of thousands of factories become inaccessible. Embark Trucks was founded in 2016 by CEO Alex Rodrigues and CTO Brandon Moak, and was one of the buzzier startups on the market. billion.
How technology in logistics grew throughout 2016 is not limited to the technology that delivers products or enables better, faster picking processes. Many of these advancements were expected to bring substantial investment into supplychains, and they did just that. How Machines “Talk” Expanded. of the WIOMAX SmartIoT Blog.
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) new requirements go into effect on July 1, 2016, stating that all packed containers must have verified gross mass weights reported to the carrier and terminal before loading. Shippers, beneficial cargo owners or non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) are responsible for verifying weights.
Driverless vehicles and package delivery dominated the supplychain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to it: Google wants to deliver packages from self-driving trucks ( Quartz ). Future of brokerage: Cargo Chief to bet on pay for time ( Overdrive ). Cass Freight Index Report January 2016.
Now, on to this week’s supplychain and logistics news…. Cloud Logistics Announces Banner Results For The First Half of 2016. Within two years, it expects to have 40 similar used cargo jets connecting its package fulfillment centers across the U.S. Wal-Mart in talks to buy online retailer Jet.com (Reuters).
I seethed as the news stations celebrated supplychain success for the December holidays. The health of the supplychain underpins our economy. When the supplychain is sick, all industries suffer. The supplychain can handle cost increases more easily than variability. I am worried.
But before I head out, here’s the supplychain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 For the past few months, there’s been a lot of angst and confusion over the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulation, which is scheduled to go into effect in just a couple of weeks on July 1, 2016.
In other supplychain and logistics news… This is How Google’s Project Wing Drone Delivery Service Could Work (Fast Company). Robinson announced that it opened “a new state of the art certified cargo screening facility (CCSF) in Carson, CA.” Once cargo is screened, it can be quickly transferred to or from the airlines.”
Another Friday where I have limited time, so let’s go straight to this week’s supplychain and logistics news that caught my attention: Uber to move freight, target trucking for the long haul (Reuters). Elementum Expands SupplyChain Management Suite with New Inventory App Powered by World’s Product Graph™.
Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend Kevin Hill with Quality Scales Unlimited who shares his expertise regarding the key trends in supplychain and transportation management. . Supplychains, both international and domestic, are under constant pressure to reduce their costs and enhance performance at the same time.
Another busy week, so let’s go straight to the supplychain and logistics news that caught my attention, headlined by a major acquisition in the transportation management systems (TMS) market: Kewill Announces Acquisition of LeanLogistics. Amazon partners with Atlas Air Worldwide for cargo services (MarketWatch).
The possibilities for AR may be endless, but how can this groundbreaking technology supplement and ultimately, improve the existing modern supplychain? According to research analysts, the global mobile augmented reality (AR) market to grow at a CAGR of 89% during the period 2016-2020. Growth Boom of the AR Market.
There’s unprecedented volumes of global shipments , growing international trade, more flexible supplychains, and easier sourcing than ever before (Alibaba, anyone?). They picked up the World Air Cargo award ‘Best IT for the Industry’ category, the last two years running. 2016 is indeed the year freight goes online.
“There are no sacred cows here,” said Chris Timmer, Chief Commercial Officer at LeanLogistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor) in his opening remarks at the company’s ClientConnect 2016 conference last week. Later this year, the company will formally roll out LeanParcel, with rail and air cargo capabilities on the roadmap too.
Between 2016 and 2019, Amazon converted around 25 shopping malls into distribution centers. FourKites , a market leader in real-time supplychain visibility, announced its acquisition of Haven, Inc., In March 2020, as the supplychain stoppage brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic was felt at U.S.
Moving on to the supplychain and logistics news that caught my attention this week… Mercedes-Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch delivery drones (TechCrunch). JDA Powers the Always-on SupplyChain with Latest JDA Manufacturing Planning Release. I’m rooting for love. Oracle Buys LogFire.
In the tradition of David Letterman, (in no particular order) let’s hit the Top 10 SupplyChain Predictions for 2012. Supplychain risk will not go away. At the start of 2011, I wrote a blog (SupplyChain Risk and Charles Darwin) that highlighted 2010 as the worst on record for supplychain disruptions.
So, fleet managers need to ask a fundamental question, “What does it mean if my drivers, assets and cargo are continuously connected to the enterprise and how can I leverage this fact to create value for my organization?”. Mobile Technology in Transportation Management Impacts all Points Along the SupplyChain.
Another year, another list of must-attend supplychain and logistics events. Attended jam-packed supplychain events only to leave with stacks of brochures? Attended jam-packed supplychain events only to leave with stacks of brochures? Get a fresh perspective at the Quintiq World Tour 2016 in Frankfurt.
I’m on borrowed time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supplychain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: DAT Freight Index Hits All-Time High in September. Spot freight availability was 74 percent higher than in September 2016. Bpost to Buy Radial for $820 Million (WSJ – sub. There were 6.6
On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. Image via StarAir.dk). Behind the Maersk shift. One goal, two different motivations.
A version of this article originally appeared in The Journal of Commerce (August 6, 2016). DHL seeded its empire by moving ocean documentation faster than cargo ships. And while air cargo is a bit more advanced, only 37% of air shipments use electronic air waybills. Technology and Culture. Zvi Schreiber | CEO, Freightos.
Since its July 2016 launch, the Freightos Marketplace has grown exponentially, with a 600% increase in orders in the first six months, a 100% growth in Q1 2017 orders over Q4 2016, over 10,000 registered users, and dozens of sellers, including top twenty global freight forwarders. . . Dr. Zvi Schreiber Founder and CEO of Freightos.
Without the back-end supplychain, however, retailers would have nothing to sell. Manufacturers would supply retailers, who would then resell the goods to consumers — therefore dealing with complaints or queries from the end consumer. Changing retail supplychain environment. ” Good question.
Today, there is a lot of talk about supplychain transformation and the emerging technologies driving that transformation. We need to remember there are some traditional supplychain principles that still apply — even in the Digital Age. Seven timeless supplychain principles. Supplychain iS business.
Our salute to the best advancements in supplychain technology, processes and labor management from 2017. This is our annual salute to the best in people, processes and technology within the supplychain arena. This is our annual salute to the best in people, processes and technology within the supplychain arena.
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