Talking Logistics

APRIL 30, 2019

This softening and improved truckload and intermodal capacity has continued into 2019, and the outlook for a steadier market has remained. This quick shift from the historically tight market of 2018 to a more shipper-friendly market at the start of 2019 has been a surprise to many within the industry. Where Are We Headed?

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CHAINalytics

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Many organizations are consistently missing the mark with their transportation spend due to contract rate increases and fluctuating spot rates on ocean freight lanes. The lack of visibility needed to keep your ocean freight management in line with your forecast presents additional challenges for shippers.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. CMA CGM, the third largest ocean carrier, is increasingly oriented towards shippers, with the vertical acquisition of CEVA in 2019. Accelerating the shift. Image via StarAir.dk).

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 8, 2021

Why the Truck Market’s Sharp Turn Caught the Freight Industry by Surprise The MIT FreightLab’s latest industry roundtable explored the drivers behind today’s extremely tight market for truck capacity and the broader implications for supply chains. However, in U.S. No one knows when supply and demand will be back in balance,” he said.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

More Resources Home November 7, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Indeed, Asia – N. Europe dipped 2% to $4.21/kg

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

More Resources Home November 15, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. America weekly prices decreased 3% to $5.56/kg

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

were able to take the emission numbers from pre-COVID 2019 (over 17.4 He crafted delivery solutions for e-commerce clients and managed supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies. The recent pandemic offered a historic opportunity to see what a dramatic change in workspace cultures could have for our planet.

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CHAINalytics

JULY 10, 2019

The post 7 Challenges Facing Supply Chain Leaders in 2019: What’s changed? appeared first on Chainalytics.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

Recently in 2019, the DBS Marina Regatta was held at the marina bay front. It is time to give serious consideration towards adopting “Sustainable Procurement” policies to prepare for eco-friendly legislation and, the demands of both society and customers. We must continue to inspire and promote sustainability.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

Macro events like the Coronavirus crisis trigger demand volatility that affects every link in your global supply chain—from the raw materials you procure to setting safety stock levels to planning logistics and promotions. 24 June 2019 – ID G00711287. Gartner: Winning in the Turns: Scenario Planning for Economic Uncertainty.

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

More Resources Home Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Even with an international naval force in place, Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea continue. Rates to N.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Robinson’s own technology and data from the largest network in the freight industry, help our customers stay on top of the trends that influence their supply chains. With these caveats in mind, plotted below are the CES data for employment at general freight, long-distance truckload and LTL firms.

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CHAINalytics

JANUARY 25, 2019

As you push forward in your ocean freight transport bid for 2019, we’d like to address some additional factors you should consider in order to get the most out of your sourcing event and help keep your budget and balance sheet in line with business objectives. (In

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

More Resources Home February 13, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. America weekly prices decreased 35% to $3.91/kg

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

More Resources Home January 3, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. These rates are more than double prices in January 2019.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 26, 2022

.” Three specific areas where RPA can improve processes are: • Procurement. There are at least four reasons why RPA is a compelling option to automate procurement processes: (1) RPA is quicker and cheaper to implement than many ERP projects (and requires less IT support). (2) 2) RPA provides an ROI of 30-200% in its first year.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 3, 2019

Indago is a Latin word that means “to investigate, search out, try to find/procure by seeking.”. Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Freight Push Rattles Logistics Sector (WSJ – sub. Amazon the Freight Broker.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

This past Monday marked the first normal Boston Marathon since 2019, as the 2020 marathon was canceled due to the Covid pandemic, and the 2021 marathon was shifted to October with a smaller field. Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 And what a race it was.

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SupplyOn

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Dr. Johannes Walther, CEO, IPM AG opened the Railway Forum 2019 As the 6th Railway Forum impressively demonstrated, digitization and automation are the predominant topics in the railway industry. To achieve this, Deutsche Bahn counts on a powerful procurement as well as on reliable suppliers.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Rivian will reportedly continue to provide EV delivery vans to Amazon through 2030 as part of the company’s 2019 supply agreement to provide 100,000 Amazon branded EV vans by 2030. Reportedly, the EV van producer is now allowed to secure parcel van supply deals to other interested parcel delivery fleet operators.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2019

They need a general understanding of everything from procurement of raw materials to customer service. How can resources be procured at the best price? What are the best ways to move freight? 2] Martin Verwijmeren, “ Supply Chain Excellence Is a Journey, Not a Destination ,” Manufacturing.net , 13 February 2019. [3]

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Freight Plus

OCTOBER 25, 2019

It’s indicative of a soft freight market, a drop in industrial production, and lower world oil prices. Russ Aborn: It could be that they are culling the freight that is not as profitable as they’d like. Based on what we’ve seen, they certainly are not pricing new freight aggressively to secure new business. Chris Peckham. ?.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

One example is the transition to green freight transportation, and more specifically, how the adoption of fuel-efficient vehicles and practices could have negative outcomes for labor. Also, what supply chain skills will be needed to support the transition to circular supply chains and sustainable sourcing and procurement?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 19, 2020

Our 2019 Top 10 List! As we come to the end of our 3rd year here at Supply Chain Game Changer it is time to publish our semi-annual 2019 Top 10 List. Our audience and reach continues to expand with Supply Changer now being ranked as one of the Top 20 Supply Chain blogs in the world and one of the Top 15 Procurement blogs in the world.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost. Last week we cited a report by The Wall Street Journal indicating that the CEO of the globe’s largest freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel , indicated that “ There’s no peak season to be expected in 2023.”

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In 2019, both countries combined exported 25.4% Rather than risk running out of stock, businesses compensated by increasing procurement of inventory to err on the side of caution rather than face stock-out situations and unhappy customers. 5 The modal shift to air freight from ocean freight. of all wheat.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This, along with container shortages, drove up ocean freight spot rates and caused sporadic export delays. To keep freight moving throughout supply chains, additional workers were recruited throughout the pandemic at higher hourly pay while existing workers received bonuses and pay raises. How is Inflation affecting freight rates?

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 11, 2019

The following logistics life hack, specifically directed at transportation managers, presses an existing TMS element into service in an unexpected, unorthodox way and promises to save shippers significantly on freight costs by providing an innovative way to validate rates in a volatile environment. Here’s how it works.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

Financial results were positive and included annual net revenues increasing 32 percent on a year-over year basis, and 42 percent when compared to pre-pandemic 2019. The theme of this editorial is our belief that this is a time for some unfiltered communication from senior business, supply chain, and procurement executives.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 15, 2019

of procurement expenditures. 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. Between 2016-2019, Texas plans to spend $6.6 Today in: "Where's my freight?". The state has agreed to update to. Transport Topics.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 2, 2019

When broader market rates for truckload freight change significantly, shippers can find themselves paying prices for shipments well outside of what current market rates should dictate. It would seem, shippers are currently experiencing this situation today as the markets telegraph lower freight rates. Here’s how it works!

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Noted was that one of the busiest times in freight logistics, the seasonal back-to-school retail stocking period, likely did not materialize. seaport activity are down double-digits from 2022 levels, but several percentage points from the volumes experienced in the pre- Covid 2019 period. Further reported was that volumes of U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

At the end of 2019, prior to the onset of the Covid-19 global pandemic, this index stood at $1,832 per TEU. This index closed the year 2021 at a value of $9,304 per TEU , reflecting a 113 percent year-over-year increase from that of 2020.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

In 2019, it re-acquired HD Supply, a company it sold in 2007. A Middle-East-based B2B online platform, Tradeling, launched last year with an initial investment from Dubai Airport Freezone Authority to help businesses across the Middle East and North Africa to procure goods from around the world.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

More Resources Home November 21, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. America weekly prices decreased 6% to $5.23/kg

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In 2017 I also assumed responsibility for Field Services and in 2019 Data Excellence & Analytics embracing digital transformation driving our Tailored, Sustainable and Connected 4.0 De-Carbonising Road Freight Operations: Bridging the Know-Do Gap. People and Halal Supply Chains. Green Skies? IOT for Supply Chain Tracking.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Machine learning can prove useful all along the supply chain from procurement to production to marketing to after sales support. “Reducing freight costs, improving supplier delivery performance, and minimizing supplier risk are three of the many benefits machine learning is providing in collaborative supply chain networks.”

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