GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). Today's post will cover the top 5 manufacturing blogs from 2016 so far. Top Manufacturing Blogs from the First Half of 2016 So Far. Our last post covered the Top 5 Logistics blogs of 2016.

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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. Including Bomi, UPS Healthcare has doubled its global footprint since 2020. By June 2020, it had ballooned to a $3.4 Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. We look at 6 core areas that manufacturing companies will take a long look at as they gear up for a successful 2016. E-Commerce for Manufacturing. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I am also developing a framework for my new book. 06/2020 Kinaxis buys Rubikloud for 60M$. Procurement and transportation operated as islands. Manufacturers operate in a constrained environment, and the goal is the automation of the Theory of Constraints theory. Stay tuned.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

But in his 2021 book “ Sense and Sustainability ,” Chaturvedi shows he’s an idealist as well as a realist. In this Q&A, Chaturvedi shares his views on rebuilding American manufacturing, reshoring, nearshoring, and other topics of the moment in supply chains. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

trillion by 2020. Although the obvious solution to the truck driver shortage is to increase rates, carriers and transportation providers are holding out in the hopes that autonomous trucking and new technologies may pave the way for a low-cost solution. A truck that is also a manufacturing facility!

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

For those unaware of the term, shrink is an accounting term used to describe when a store has fewer items in stock than in its recorded book inventory. The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design. The vacancy rate was over 5 percent in the third quarter of 2020.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides monthly highlight commentary and perspectives on published January 2023 global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Our previous posting in this series of global wide manufacturing PMI highlights was in early January summarizing both December and Q4-2022 reported indices data. increased 0.4

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. A Zealous Focus on Cost.

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Freightera

MARCH 1, 2022

Freightera CEO wins award for elegant marketplace solution for businesses, reducing shipping cost and CO2 emissions from freight transportation. Starting in North America, Freightera is automating freight transportation, making shipping easy, accessible, and green. For more information, see freightera.com.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. A Zealous Focus on Cost.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the closing of the third quarter, the numbers once again signal added contraction in global manufacturing output as product demand levels weaken. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. This index has now remained below the 50.0

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2017

Now consumers can compare products from multiple manufacturers and/or retailers in order to find best product at the best price – all from the comfort of their own home – and then have it delivered within days or even hours. The question is: how will this impact retailers and manufacturers? Transforming the Retail Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

According to Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, data is an organization’s most valuable asset. Various barcode systems are now used to track a vast range of products as they are manufactured, distributed, stored, sold, and serviced. Footnotes. [1]

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in dramatic shifts in volume characteristics for many transportation providers - first in supplying retailers in inventory restocking and direct to consumer and then, along with retail restocking and direct to consumer, supporting manufacturers as facilities reopened during the second half of the year.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This equates to more than a fifth (21.2%) of the total distance traveled by road freight in the bloc last year, up from 20% in 2020. Wiggins, co-founder of transportation management software firm 3GTMS, told CNBC via email. “Is Digital transport. in 2020 to 14.8% in 2020 to 14.8% A complicated business. In the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

IBP requires cross functional alignment to eliminate silos, to achieve accountability for delivering strategic, financial and operational outcomes, and to enable scenario planning that provides forward visibility into the consequences and risks of decisions (Sorensen, 2020). Sander & Wood, 2020). Automation versus Augmentation.

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Elementum

MAY 19, 2022

The 50’s saw the development of “containerization” which enabled intermodal (ship, rail, air, truck) transport. This includes assembly, processing, maintenance, repair, refurbishment, quality control, and manufacturing. we expect to see more companies bring manufacturing, assembly, and repair back inhouse. Also in the US: 4.9

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 29, 2021

That means that there will be fewer available trucks to transport the products flooding the freight market in an already tight market. Despite a dip in May, retail sales were growing in year-over-year comparisons throughout the back half of 2020 and even into the spring of 2021. Available jobs hit a record in April at 9.3

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , provided a banner headline of renewed contraction as production conditions worsened by the end of Q2. in May to a value of 57.8 in May.

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 22, 2020

But with freight conditions like those we have seen throughout most of 2020, building in additional lead time is an even more essential piece of your logistics operational puzzle. For best logistics outcomes, shippers should look to arrange transportation as soon as possible following a completed purchase order. Ideal delivery times.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Proudly, I had led my division to have the lowest manufacturing costs with the highest Return on Assets. I believed that we would find a company with the lowest distribution costs (warehousing and transportation), and the lowest manufacturing costs, and this would result in the best overall cost structure. I was wrong.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The second edition of his book, Supply Chain Management for Dummies, is now available. But in 2020 it has reversed, and people go into the office to get away from the distractions. Along with your 11 courses on LinkedIn Learning, you’ve got a new edition of your book coming out. Here’s why.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2022

In October of 2020, Supply Chain Matters Founder and technology industry analyst Bob Ferrari interviewed the director of the Shopify Fulfillment Network. When the pandemic first hit, the company’s CEO literally shelved all of existing 2020 plans and focused full resources on helping small businesses navigate to an online presence.

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Freightera

JANUARY 13, 2021

Starting in North America, Freightera is automating freight transportation and increasing operating margins for carriers and businesses shipping freight. The Freightera platform allows businesses to find the best prices and lowest-emission transportation options. Company revenue grew 557% from 2017 to 2020.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It has been a tale of two extremes for much of 2020. What Is Driving the 2020 Freight Market? At Zipline Logistics, we have tracked a 1297% increase in shipping volumes for baking mixes, a 493% increase in coconut oil, and a 50% increase in snack foods for major CPG manufacturers through KanoPI, our shipper intelligence tool.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 1, 2021

How a global manufacturer has learned some vital lessons about managing uncertainty and planning for the future Meri Stevens, Worldwide Vice President of Supply Chain, Consumer Health and Deliver at Johnson & Johnson speaks with MIT CTL Director Prof. Yossi Sheffi on Mar. Yossi Sheffi on Mar. Yossi Sheffi.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 5, 2020

Upheavals in one country can heavily impact manufacturers worldwide, too. Manufacturers realized that they had no backup plans for the production of components critical to their operations. A well-managed manufacturer-supplier relationship will result in better quality and service, reduced risks and lower costs.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2020

But much in the same way shippers had transportation difficulties in 2018, the past year was not easy on the other side of the industry — carriers. Industry incumbents like Celadon , New England Motor Freight , Falcon Transport, and HVH Transportation all shut down, some abruptly, after supply-side conditions did not improve.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth. The PCA has temporarily lowered the availability of booking slots from August 8-August 21 for Panamax vessels, which are the largest vessels that can cross the canal. 11 release.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 1, 2020

1, 2020 /CNW/ — ThroughPut Inc. , He developed simulation-games software that taught people how to include bottleneck (constraint) perspective in the planning and execution phases in manufacturing, distribution and multi-projects, while being exposed to significant uncertainty. PALO ALTO, Calif.,

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Freightera

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Freightera, the innovative online freight marketplace, just won the 2020 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 award. business shippers instant access to fixed-cost, all-inclusive freight quotes from the best-performing and lowest-emission transport companies. VANCOUVER, B.C., About Freightera. Media Contact.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

Calls for more effective transportation capacity planning, inventory management, multi-sourcing and diversified supplier base strategies are crucial to mitigate business continuity in case of a crisis. It can enable manufacturers in controlling the impact of future disruptions in several ways. – LogiSYM July 2020.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The GCC chemical industry is second largest manufacturing industry in value add, after refining. Slowing demand means 6% lower imports from the GCC vs 2019 and 10% lower than 2020 forecast before the virus outbreak.” percent of the GCC’s GDP. Reported by GPCA, “China is one of the key destinations for GCC polyethylene exports.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

2020 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends: What’s Around the Corner? As 2020 moves closer, one concept that I’m hearing discussed more and more in discussions and appearing online is that of the circular supply chain. Happily, though, that’s not something you can expect to change in 2020. It’s that time again… Well, almost!

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BlueYonder

MAY 4, 2018

Adding more competition to the alternative-fueled transportation industry, Anheuser-Busch will buy up to 800 hydrogen-fueled trucks from Nikola Motor Co. subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA plans to use the vehicles for long-haul deliveries from breweries to distributors starting in 2020. for beverage delivery.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 12, 2015

Logistics includes all the warehousing and transportation of all Unilever products from personal care and home care to food and refreshments, such as ice-cream. The global company target is to achieve this by 2020; in Turkey we achieved it five years ahead of schedule. Q: Which book has inspired you the most and why?

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