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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Planes, Cranes, and Barges: How America Is Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos. With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. And 25 miles north, Intel Corp. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic. Businessweek.

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The New Normal: Falling Rates and Improved Efficiency Set New Standards for Shippers

Intelligent Audit

For example, carriers plan to reduce the capacity for the Asia-to-North America West Coast trade lanes by as much as 29% in the weeks following China’s Golden week in early October. Ocean Shipping Giant MSC Announces Air Cargo Service. Since 2019, shippers have been adapting to an uncertain supply chain.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019. Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Media Type.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Imports from Asia to the United States increased by 40% from 2019 to 2021, while the volume of exports remained almost unchanged. Retailers like Amazon are chartering private cargo ships, making their own containers, and leasing planes to bypass supply chain disruptions like long wait times for dock space and workers. Fast Radius ).

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech- June 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

A previous edition of this column published in December of 2019 highlighted release of the company’s fulfillment operating system. Panasonic is reportedly further eyeing increasing the production of batteries and the construction of new factories in North America. .

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

As logistics costs were already on the rise in 2018 and 2019, companies are now faced with supply shortages, stress on the U.S. Now, this does not just come down to the staff in the warehouse. It is impossible for a small- to medium-sized company to have the warehouse and delivery resources to fulfill all orders themselves.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The trend is borne out in the 2021 State of North America Manufacturing Report produced annually by research and publishing firm Thomasnet.com. The ­report found that 83% of manufacturers are “likely” or “extremely likely” to reshore by adding North American suppliers, up from 54 percent in March 2020. trade with Asia.