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. Interstate importation of the above birds from counties that are free of HPAI infections may continue following normal state regulations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

I read earlier this week that pressure on the supply of critical materials will continue to mount as road transport electrification expands to meet net-zero ambitions. billion yen, supported by robust shipments to the United States as well as a weaker yen, according to the data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 17, 2022

In his last role at Bluelinx, Jeff was the General Manager of Metal Products Business Unit which generated $250M in revenue sourcing products from 17 different countries serving 18,000 SKUs to national, regional and local building products retailers. Companies can meet these challenges by partnering with OneRail.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 11, 2019

In the United States, a tariff is a tax on imported goods. Tariffs are a major source of revenue and can promote/encourage domestic products. . . On May 9, 2019, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) formally announced Section 301 List 3 tariffs would increase to 25% from 10%, effective Friday, May 10, 2019.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Production halts, container and transport shortages, and port logjams are just a few of the factors eating away at both efficiency and profits. COVID-19 didn’t start it all, but it certainly exacerbated serious supply chain disruptions that emerged during the trade wars in 2018 and 2019. What’s a supply chain manager to do?

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 19, 2024

As the world population soars, there is an even greater demand for the food and fiber produced in the United States.”[3] … That includes emissions related to farming and land use, producing crops and livestock, household food consumption and waste, and energy used in farm and food processing and transportation.”[5]

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 2, 2020

The first major polio epidemic in the United States occurred in Vermont in the summer of 1894. The last case of polio in the United States was 1979. The thought of a pandemic killing over 350,000 people globally and over 100,000 in the United States in just three months is mind-numbing. Let’s face it.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2018

According to data from Statista Research, by the year 2045 there will be over eight trillion ton-miles of freight moved within the United States alone. The logistics and transportation industry is transforming at a rapid rate, with factors like e-commerce shopping fueling the fire. Crowd-Sourced Logistics.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2019

Bindiya Vakil ( @BindiyaVakil ), Resilinc CEO, notes, “Supply chain, sourcing and procurement professionals are on the front lines of managing global trade risks for their companies. 2018 challenged them in new ways, and 2019 is shaping up to present continued uncertainty as long-standing trade relationships are reconfigured.”

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EcoVadis

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

We’re still very early into 2019 and all signs point to an interesting year ahead. World powers such as Britain pledged legislation in 2019 to cut plastic pollution, Germany promised to phase out coal by 2038, and Copenhagen has made plans to become the first carbon neutral capital.

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Stord

MARCH 5, 2019

If you couldn’t make it, or want to refresh your memory, here are five big themes from the 2019 conference. At one roundtable discussion, speakers from The Home Depot, Walmart, and Maersk addressed the uncertainties shippers face in international transportation.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The United States as well as the broader world appear more divisive every day. “But according to a recent study out of the University of Illinois, even if you have never traveled around the United States, the food you eat (or at least elements of it) certainly has.”[1] Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) appears to define city agriculture as a hobby, indicating it “takes the form of backyard, roof-top and balcony gardening, community gardening in vacant lots and parks, roadside urban fringe agriculture.”[1] ” Footnotes. [1] 5] Staff, “ What is Urban Farming? .”

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 17, 2022

With fuel required across all forms of transportation, parcel carrier fuel surcharges are growing. These averages have impacted the United States in different areas. For example, Texas has had two back-to-back winters with sudden freezes that impacted electricity and water across the state. from the previous week and $1.71

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This has been noted as a faster growth rate than either China or the United States. United States The January S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI™ posted a value of 46.9 percent in 2022, declining for the first time since 2019 and suggesting added concerns for the country’s trade dependent economy in 2023.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. As of 2020, only 12% of semiconductor chips were made in the United States. (

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Requis

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Despite the persistance of some strong fundamentals , 2020 may signal the true turning point in the shift to renewable sources for energy companies. This is not an isolated phenomenon: Norway has been divesting a number of funds of oil and gas investments, especially from high-carbon emission sources like Canadian oil sands.

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Turvo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Regardless of what markets do and what happens overall in the country, trucking and transportation collaboration remain an essential service. The top trucking influencers will remain a valuable source of information. of all freight transported in the United States in 2019, equating to 11.84 billion tons.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2022

He stated in-part: “ The supply chain has entered everyday national discourse for all the wrong reason. Put simply, the United States supply chain suffers from a significant fragmentation of technology and process.” The company’s valuation was pegged at $8 billion.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 3, 2019

As the logistics industry, and the broader business world, looks to 2019, it’s time to explore what the next year will bring to logistics. After reviewing several industry sources most Logistics professionals are in agreement with all of these trends. During that time period, twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) traffic increased from 28.3

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

percent of GDP between the two years from 2019 to 2021. We noted in our published commentary that upon reviewing a grouping of developed regions, namely the United States, Eurozone, Japan and Taiwan , production and supply chain activity levels declined 2.9 percent of GDP to 6.2 CFO Sentiment. percent in June. Stay tuned.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Data source: eMarketer. in 2019) are expected to produce over $300 per square foot on a gross square foot basis. And based on Placer Lab’s data , the investment looks promising, with monthly 2021 monthly in-store visits up across the board in comparison to 2019: Image source: Placer.ai. Image source: Bring Me the News.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

Loading and discharging operations at the ports of Shanghai, Jingtang, Lianyungang, Tianjin, Caofeidian, and Huanghua are slow due to lack of stevedores, while a shortage of licensed trucks and drivers is restricting the transport of cargo to the ports. In the United States, the Pandemic has yet to Peak. Ocean Freight.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 9.28% from 2019 to 2026. Transportation activities (aviation, rail, shipping, heavy and light trucking) are responsible for approximately 17% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. – Boston Consulting Group, Climate Action Pays Off in Transportation and Logistics, July 2020.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

But even if containment has the desired effect, what are the wider consequences of shutting down schools, shopping centers, factories, transportation and supply networks? million units. million units – are manufactured in China itself, either directly by German companies or with Chinese partners. . Most of these – around 4.8

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

In short, we expect it to be difficult to source capacity in the coming months until contract rates edge toward spot rates and the market finds a new “normal.” But that figure still represents a growth of about 8% when compared to 2019. ” Here is a look at why. . “It’s pretty heavy. .

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 17, 2019

On June 28, 2016, Mr. Kass testified before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security. Well, fast-forwarding to the first week of April 2019, a shift in staffing levels at ports of entry across the U.S.-Mexico Current U.S.-Mexico

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Enterra Insights

JULY 8, 2020

As a consumer and as a mom, a best by date might raise food safety concerns, but date labeling and food safety are not connected to each other right now, which is a wide source of confusion. 1] Bethany Moncel, “ ‘Sell by’ and ‘Best Used By’ Labels on Food Packaging ,” The Spruce Eats , 2 May 2019. [2]

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

And here’s to hoping that 2018 results in even more significant advancements in the state of warehousing and transportation technology. We think you’ll enjoy this year-end recap of supply chain innovations and best practices. Last-Mile Delivery. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Ergonomics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 30, 2022

Jabil (NYSE: JBL) is headquartered in the United States. Then Jabil handles the sourcing and manufacturing of those products. They are sourcing from over 27,000 suppliers. Those sites are primarily located in China, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, and the United States. In 2019, Ms.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

From our lens, a more optimistic indicator was the report pointing to average supplier lead times shortening for the first time since July 2019. United States Two indices of U.S. Report authors however, qualified that the domestic market demand was the prime source of activity growth. up slightly from 46.9,reported

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

On a positive note, average purchase prices reportedly fell for the first time in three years while supplier lead times “ shortened to the greatest extent since April 2019, amid reports of improved material availability and lessor supply chain pressure.” Continued Contraction for the United States Two indices of U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Background on Ocean Transport. Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, increased volume in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. Freight Rates 2019-2021. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

tractor fleet and sourcing 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, according to the press release. British supermarkets source peppers exclusively from Spain during the winter months. The rooftops of medium and large warehouses built before 2019 could produce 185.6 percent by 2030. Generating the full 185.6

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

While tracing the origin of a food source and viewing transparent information about its manufacturing process has certainly grown over recent years – there’s no doubt the pandemic has sped up consumer demand for this. Stuck indoors, many of us are getting adventurous with our home cooking. Growing digital presence.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2022

Last week, Business Broadcasting Network CNBC , citing a new workplace safety study, which indicated that Amazon warehouse workers in the United States suffered serious injuries at twice the rate of rival companies in 2021. Amazon’s recordable injury rate last year dropped roughly 13 percent compared to 2019.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Published October 25, 2019 in Global Trade Magazine. This isn’t to say you should avoid international sources for goods. Maybe you wouldn’t need to consider upheaving your operations and relocating your warehouse as a result of shifting trade patterns, like 48% of supply chain and transportation executives are doing now. U.S.

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