Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2021

Ships also account for around 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions [2] , contributing to the acceleration of climate change. as of January 1, 2020 [3]. It is the IMO’s strictest environmental regulation to date and ushered shipping and terminal sectors in a new era to transform the way marine supply chains operate.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Since early 2020, global trade has been buffeted by waves of increased customer demand, supply chain challenges, and constant uncertainty and volatility. Since early 2020, the supply chain ramifications of COVID have been a rollercoaster for businesses of all shapes and sizes. What Goes Up, Must Come Down.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels. Mind you, some retailers may indeed be pleased with their inventory levels, but others may be trying to figure out where to store the excess inventory since so many warehouses are beyond full.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2024

A day has passed after a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. Coast Guard authorities are assured that the bridge debris and/or underwater obstacles are sufficiently cleared for cargo ship navigation.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 29, 2021

As the delta variant provides an added layer of uncertainty throughout the world, experts frantically search for solutions as peak season shipping 2021 approaches. The second half of 2020 featured new growth and unprecedented demand in the world’s economy that has yet to slow and will continue to grow as peak season approaches in 2021.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 16, 2022

In his recent blog , Anmol Khurana discussed the immediate effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict for companies shipping products in and out of the region. While Russian cargo sits on loading docks and ships, waiting to be inspected and rerouted, throughput levels are down across Europe — with noticeable effects on product availability.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Ahead of the 2020 holiday shopping season, Ken Bays, Vice President of Product Development at Inmar Intelligence, observed, “Holiday shopping is always a big time for returns.”[1] That’s why having a world-class shipping strategy is important. Today, things are more complicated and returns are increasing. ”[5].

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Port backlogs, cargo limitations on container ships, and a lack of available equipment and port facility staffing.? Such congestion naturally leads to bottlenecks in planning drayage and eventual increases in the total cost of shipping, not to mention an added strain on trucking as the bottlenecks grow.? . According to the?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Restaurants, bars find suppliers’ inventories are running dry. Container shipping prices skyrocket. However, this year, like most everything during Covid, will be different.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Prior to 2020, every supply chain in the world was challenged by increasing levels of demand unpredictability and market volatility. In fact, IT spend as a percent of business capex crossed over the prior ~10 year average in 2019 and we see that trend extending in early 2020.”. Natural disasters. Geopolitical events.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. 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.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 31, 2022

Many retailers were slow to invest in required technologies until 2020 when the COVID pandemic temporarily forced physical stores to close and/or limit hours of operation, e-commerce purchases jumped, and last-mile delivery providers struggled to deliver goods on time to consumers. Costco, for example, acquired Innovel Solutions in 2020.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

Consumers couldn’t get enough of buying goods since the pandemic occurred in 2020, and shippers struggled to keep enough inventory on hand once pre-pandemic inventories were depleted. As a result, many retailers are sitting on excess inventory. This year, everything seems to have changed again.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 2, 2021

As such, my search continues and it may be continuing into 2022 since inventories remain low, shortages in raw materials continue, and overseas delivery delays impact the furniture industry. According to the US Census Bureau, furniture & home furnishing store sales are up 43% for the first half of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The problems we are experiencing now started in March 2020 when COVID hit and suppliers in Asia shut down. . By May 2020, suppliers were mostly operational again, but there was a huge downturn in U.S. Higher container costs , resulting in container-by-container decisions on what to ship.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 27, 2021

1] One of those “future shocks” occurred when the Suez Canal was blocked for days by a grounded container ship — the Ever Given. Journalists Costas Paris ( @CostasParis ), Parmy Olson ( @parmy ), and Sarah McFarlane ( @sarah_mcfarlane ) reported, “Some 19,000 vessels crossed the Suez in 2020.”[2]

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making. Inventory and Material Management Is Also Presenting New Challenges for the ? Retail Value Chain.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 10, 2022

Supply chains have encountered delivery delays, capacity constraints, and volatile rates since the COVID pandemic began in 2020. We are shipping it in some cases across the country to ensure that we have supply where we need it, and if we were less efficient than what we would like, we have this terrific footprint. "As

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 21, 2021

This is all happening while the Transportation Security Administration is reporting a 1000%+ increase in passenger travel in April 2021, compared to April 2020, with the vaccine fueling hopes of getting back to a sense of “normalcy.”. Right now, cargo is king and leading routing decisions for most airlines. Flex your creative muscles.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

It’s important to note that any cargo from the Wuhan, Hubei Province (the origin of the outbreak), and other quarantine zones, are restricted from leaving the province, which includes full container loads (FCL), less than container loads (LCL), as well as air freight. Assessment of inventory levels. Chongqing Municipality.

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AFFLINK

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

As we enter the last half of 2019 (and cast our eyes on 2020), there are a number of developments that need to be watched. With unique identifiers, shipments and cargo can be tracked on a transactional level. The entire history of a shipment or cargo can be tracked, with clear hand-off points and accountability. 5G and IoT.

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Cathy Roberson

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Let’s not forget Costco Wholesale, which in 2020 acquired Innovel [renamed Costco Logistics] for big and bulky last-mile deliveries. This is not an alarming percentage, but it’s considerably lower than the 88% of shippers that said similar in 2020. Retailers are fulfilling e-commerce orders in different ways.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The year 2020 was a big year of disruption for people around the world. Supply chains were pushed to their breaking points in 2020 for all manufacturing vertical segments, resulting in: Halted or slowed production by manufacturers in the auto industry. grew by 10 years in 90 days in 2020. Transportation and Distribution.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Intelligent Audit CEO Hannah Testani, in a LinkedIn post congratulating her company on its performance, wrote “ I’ve never been more excited about the potential in our industry to truly empower shippers to ship smarter by leveraging clean, normalized, transformative actionable intelligence. ”. UPS Sets High Bar for Peak Season Hiring Goals.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

The latest report is refreshingly more candid in depicting the challenges and ills of the logistics and transportation services sector and the need for new thinking and added emphasis on shipper and cargo holder value and service’s needs. Last year’s annual report reflecting on 2020 business logistics costs indicated a level of 7.4

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 5, 2022

While focusing on revenue quality and minimizing operational costs, an article by Supply Chain Dive noted that the parcel giant may even allow further collaboration between FedEx Express and FedEx Ground which have been historically separate until 2020. Massive Inventory Levels Are Crashing Against Signs of an Economic Recession.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Lawton notes, “Lack of integration is a critical issue for almost every business involved in shipping goods, and RPA software can help close some of the gaps.” 1] Janet Brice, “ Gartner: Robotic process automation (RPA) is a game changer ,” Business Chief, 20 October 2020. [2] They are: 1. Data entry automation.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Compared to the 1,382 containers on average lost per year between 2008-2019 as reported by The World Shipping Council, that’s a big jump. Although vessel accidents are unplanned and usually unpredictable, there are steps you can take before you ship so you’re not scrambling when you get the news your freight was involved in an accident.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 21, 2022

A Pitney Bowes study forecasts ecommerce shipments to double by 2026 and that 90% of US consumers expect free two-to-three-day shipping. However, it took a pandemic to 'discover' the last mile as many providers failed to deliver on time, and shipping costs increased. I wear a number of hats these days.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Without it, your inventory stays on the shelf, and your customers look elsewhere to get what they need. Inventory management techniques. It involves: Inventory management. Those first three steps involve how the various components of your products — and your customers’ orders — are assembled and readied for picking and shipping.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

Containers are piling up in ports, international shipping has been hammered, Western companies are battling to source products from traditional suppliers, and disruptions are being experienced throughout the global supply chain. COVID-19 Impact on Shipping. And, according to some analysts, things could get worse—a whole lot worse!

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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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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

Carriers and providers experienced windfall profit levels in their ability to leverage the constant disruptions and ship deployment imbalances into skyrocketing spot rates, added services fees, surcharges or demurrage penalties. The rate was further 80 percent below the peak spot rate of $10,377 reached in September 2021. Parcel Segment.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. higher than 2020.

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Vinculum

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

What do you think happens when there is no proper management of the inventory in the entire process? To maintain e-commerce logistics, one must follow the inventory management, order placement process, storage or warehouse, backend, and front-end management of the e-commerce platform. Enhancing the value chain insight.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

Specifically noted by the authors: “ The increase in new business was the weakest registered for one-and-a-half years, in part reflecting the drag of the first decrease in international trade volumes since August 2020.” The Flexport Ocean Timeliness Indicator tracks average ocean container shipping transit times. to an all-time high.

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