The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

History of Alliances in Container Shipping Source: Port Economics, Management and Policy What are Global Shipping Alliances (GSAs) in the shipping industry? History of Alliances in Container Shipping Source: Port Economics, Management and Policy What are Global Shipping Alliances (GSAs) in the shipping industry?

Risk Management 130

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

MercuryGate Announces Dynamic Exchange Offering Faster, Easier Access to Capacity. In other transportation management news, MercuryGate announced the launch of MercuryMart, “a dynamic information exchange providing TMS users with access to a broad range of sources of available capacity.”

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2017

A path between the origin and destination may be defined based on any factor, including travel time or cost, and any actual or predicted congestion. Source: Amazon patent filing. Here’s what my daughter wrote: Daydreaming runs in the family. So, dream on, baby, it’s what we do. Dream on and see where it takes you. products (Reuters).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In the cloud, companies can deploy resources on an as-needed basis, rather than invest in additional servers and storage capacity that they may only need for a short time. Centralized information eliminates data silos and strengthens information sharing through real-time communication (instead of point-to-point data transmission).

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 3, 2020

By just about every measure, natural resources such as these are significantly more efficient than legacy sources like coal, natural gas and oil. “Which energy source gets you the most power delivery for your investment dollar? “Which energy source gets you the most power delivery for your investment dollar?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Molex ended up selecting a product from Infor Nexus – GT Nexus at the time. The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. Those industries include data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics. It is part of Koch Industries. The Molex Supply Chain.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 196

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

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. It’s rare for ocean liners like Maersk to live in the same category as tech giants like Amazon or Alibaba.

Price Reduction 177

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

Today, Supply Chain Design is becoming more operational and real-time, as companies have to respond more quickly and intelligently to fast-changing forces impacting their business (e.g., At the time, LLamasoft stated the following: The OPTIMIZA business unit will be set up as a new LLamasoft “supply chain planning” business unit.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The 2023 Strategy envisions a Just and Equitable transition, meaning that the transition to a low-carbon economy is fair and inclusive, leaving no one behind. This had been a concept absent in the IMO’s Initial GHG Strategy, or Ambition, set in 2018. Use a ‘five decarbonisation lever’ framework to develop a road map for decarbonisation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

This has proved to be a major source of risk. Poor business continuity planning, lack of risk management programs and single source suppliers, have magnified the impact of such risks. Just-in-time delivery models and lean supply chain principles, are now under scrutiny and brought many long-standing crevices to light.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2021

In 2017, Pinnacle Propane was acquired by a Dutch company, SHV Energy. The bulk business also involves filling the tanks of businesses that use propane as an energy source. The goal of the project was to make timely deliveries while reducing out of gases. Pinnacle Propane is based out of Irving, Texas.

Forecasting 167

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

And this global trip isn’t just for sightseeing – leading companies find that a diversified sourcing base and far-flung manufacturing can help cut production costs, increasing the bottom line. Here are just a few pain points that are increasing transportation costs: Container shipping headaches. This leads to rate fluctuations.

Cost Reduction Strategies 101

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Times have changed. Times have changed. Supply chain planners (I’m lumping in all the silos, including demand, supply, inventory and capacity planning) today are dealing with challenges that were unimaginable when Lotus notes were the next big thing. Let’s just look at some events: 2017 – Hurricane Irma (plus others).

Network Optimization 158

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Logility

JANUARY 28, 2022

and abroad, and satisfy consumer expectations, a transparent supply chain supported by the necessary traceability technology is no longer just a nice-to-have. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO ) on cotton products sourced from China and south-east Asia. Compliance. Public Sector Pressure.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

This type of response is just not helpful. 11/2017 Logility acquires Halo for 9.3 Grounded during this pandemic, and unable to interact with clients in person, I try to write 3,000 words a day. Morning after morning, fueled by good black coffee, I type away. ” When this happens, I sigh. Background. They did it.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

Redwood Materials was founded by former Tesla Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel in 2017. Redwood has indicated a commitment to solving the ability to source battery anode and cathode components in the United States and producing them from an increasing amount of recycled content. for the first time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Jim Hackett, the CEO of Ford at the time, was quoted as saying: “We didn’t realize there was an off switch. Oil prices jumped, with Brent rising above $105 a barrel for the first time since 2014, after Russia’s attack on Ukraine exacerbated concerns about disruptions to global energy supply. The Nord Stream Pipeline.

Price Reduction 207

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. This isn’t just about pricing power that derives from those volumes. million TEUs of capacity it must fill.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

I took these breaks just to get my 10 minutes out of the office as often as I could. But just as people are always dying, they are always getting born. Did we appreciate that at the time? I interviewed Simon Hartley, the cofounder of Wumdrop. Wumdrop is a successful last mile logistics company in South Africa. Absolutely!

South Africa 209

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Logility

MAY 7, 2020

Structured and unstructured data including that from social media, Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain sources continue to stream in but much is left untouched. However, capturing the data you need is just the start of the journey. Organizations are simply overwhelmed. Exponential Growth in Supply Chain Data.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2019

The dictionary defines potential this way: “having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.” It comes at a time when the industry is under intense pressure to deliver improvements in these areas.” The word “potential” is often viewed as a positive characteristic.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Digitalization that was expected to span over years and years, has taken place in just a few short months as businesses have started adapting to the current environment. ”[3] The dictionary defines potential this way: “having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.” ”[2].

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

It is just not enough to do a software upgrade or slowly push continuous improvement projects. The implementation of a Demand-Driven Materials Requirements Planning (DDMRP) using Orchestr8 followed in 2017. Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. Incrementalism Is Not Enough.

Demand Planning Software 245

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2019

According to the 2017 MHI Annual Industry Report , released in April 2017, 80 percent of executives surveyed believe that digital supply chain will be the predominant model within five years. At the core of just about every efficient transportation process is data. Specifically, how to best manage the growing volume of data.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 101

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In addition, customer service levels have improved as companies have been able to boost operational times to nearly 100 percent around the globe, reports Jenipher Wang, Ph.D. The IoT Became a Core Concept in Transportation Management Technology. Companies spent more than $7 billion on IoT-based technologies. of the WIOMAX SmartIoT Blog. .

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NC State SCRC

MAY 27, 2020

ii] We observed an intense and immediate response by the Joint Acquisition Task Force to rapidly source supplies and quickly institute a robust vendor risk assessment process. health care system and risks in a supply chain dependent on global sourcing, would buffer the country from unanticipated disruptions.

Supply Chain Design Software 98

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It was designed with linearity in mind: a singular focus on minimizing transport costs through building high-capacity, point-to-point distribution infrastructure. And as global trade has accelerated in recent decades, greater levels of investment and manpower have been dedicated to expanding capacity to achieve cost efficiencies.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 15, 2022

”[1] He presciently added, “Does it make sense [to ignore the threat of war] at a time when nationalism is clearly and ominously rising everywhere on earth?” Hot risk factors today include data security, logistics disruptions and trade policy uncertainty. Oddly, however, concerns about war remain largely off the radar.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Like I said last year, making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target: sometimes you get lucky and hit the mark; other times you miss the bullseye by a mile. But just like in baseball, for every home run hit, there are many more bloop singles and strikeouts.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

According to the CISCO study, “The top five challenges across all stages of an IoT implementation included time to completion, limited internal expertise, quality of data, integration across teams, and budget overruns.” A quarter of manufacturers report that network capacity is a problem, too. One would be wrong.

Internet of things 100

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GlobalTranz

MAY 7, 2018

Most all shippers have felt the recent tightening in capacity. A mix of weather-led constraints in 2017, a continual shortage of semi-truck drivers, and the enforcement of hours of service (HOS) rules with electronic logging devices ( ELDs ) have all accelerated a rise in transportation costs. Download eBook.

Capacity 120

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 18, 2019

Source: Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2017 Survey. Let’s look at them from the perspective of the supply-chain Plan, Make, Source, and Deliver model. Planning is necessary at just about every stage in the supply chain, and if. Before we begin though, it’s worth mentioning one small caveat. Eisenhower.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Analysts from Samsung observe, “As the omnichannel experience raises customer expectations to an all-time high, retailers must create supply chain-based operational efficiencies if they want to maintain strong customer service. This focus sharpened and became even more important with the rise of e-commerce and omnichannel operations.

Internet of things 100

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 1, 2019

Like Goldilocks, supply chain professionals are looking for the “just right” solution to their dilemma. ” In the best of times, getting inventory right is a challenge. .” ” In the best of times, getting inventory right is a challenge. These are not the best of times. ”[2].

Optimal Sourcing 124

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

million to a $1 billion industry in the five years between 2012 to 2017. The speed of drones is a major selling point for customers, of which 79% say they would be “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to request drone delivery if their package could be delivered within an hour (Source: Walker Sands Future of Retail 2016 Study ).

Cost Reduction Strategies 110

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2017

11 Ways Tech Will Change Logistics in 2017. This year, supply chains reached Silicon Valley (and not just in the form of logistics startups ). We’re wrapping up 2016 with a recap of eleven logistics technology trends that shaped the year; and will change how goods are produced, shipped and consumed in 2017. FREE DOWNLOAD.

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