Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Retailers should have had their goods by now yet for some their inventory hasn’t even left the country of manufacture. What are the options for Retailers to circumvent these logistics delays and get their inventory on hand in time for Holiday sales? Panic should be setting in now if it hasn’t already. The State of Things.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Inventories at U.S. So, wish me luck in securing authentic University Blue Jordan IVs. And now on to this week’s logistics news. general merchandise stores expanded 1.2

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

Following an unprecedented downturn, the freight market has posted an almost full calendar year of impressive growth spurred by demand from a few sectors of the domestic economy. The second half of the past quarter was highly atypical and posted freight volumes that vastly exceeded those generally seen during peak season.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

Built by Swedish freight technology company Einride, the Pod features a tall, glass window behind which the vehicle’s sensors can be placed high for maximum situational awareness and thus safer deployment. Shipping industry officials say the factors that caused bottlenecks earlier in 2021 have continued into 2022.

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Stord

MARCH 24, 2019

Inbound volume at the Port of Los Angeles, for example, was down 18.2% For months, shippers had been moving inventory from China to the United States earlier than usual, trying to get ahead of a new round of tariffs scheduled to hit in March. Last year, the company’s total inventory grew by 10.9%, increasing by 1.3%

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 17, 2021

webinar, we provided an in-depth analysis of current supply and demand trends in the North American freight market. The strong economic recovery and need to rebuild retail inventory creates high out-of-season demand in port cities. Once sales rebalance, will inventory follow? During last week’s Market Insights Live!

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Air freight Is Rising. Air freight rates have been a major story throughout 2021. kg, according to the Freightos Air Freight Index. While rates dipped over the course of the year, another spike occurred on July 12, 2021 ($4.74kg), and as of the most recent data available, rates are sitting at $4.41/kg.

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Because import freight is sitting on docks longer and warehouses receiving containers are backlogged, we’re also seeing a shortage of containers and chassis to move containers. IndustryWeek conducted a survey of CEOs in October 2021 to identify supply chain pain points. Federal Government Actions. In October, the U.S.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 20, 2021

In this article, we aid shippers in understanding why these shutdowns are occurring, how they will affect the replenishment of inventory, what other disruptions might occur in tandem, and how a data-rich shipping strategy can help. Why Port Shutdowns Are Continuing. Resilient, Data-Rich Supply Chains Are the Solution.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 14, 2022

have predicted owing to the accumulation of inventory in manufacturing. During the height of the pandemic, especially during 2021, consumers spent lavishly on goods because access to many services, such as eating out in restaurants, was restricted. is that these issues may ease sooner than is generally expected. including myself?—?have

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. Earlier this month, the forecast was revised to an expected 2.5

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As shippers drew down existing inventories, replenishment became necessary to quickly satisfy consumers’ spending habits. This, along with container shortages, drove up ocean freight spot rates and caused sporadic export delays. By the end of 2021, bottlenecks at ports stretched into the Pacific Ocean.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Procrastinators beware… 2021 is not your year. Let’s start with inventory issues. The holidays are a make-or-break for retailers large and small, but this year it will be fraught with product delays, low inventory and higher prices. s freight system. Heed our warning when we say — start your holiday shopping early.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

spiked above $20,000 at its highest point in 2021, the spot rate dropped below $4,000 per 40-foot container. Reportedly, the queue of container vessels waiting to unload at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was just four vessels last week, compared to over 100 ships in January. Instead, import volumes to the U.S.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A truck navigates container stacks at the Port of Los Angeles last Friday. Freight heavyweight J.B. Hunt’s third-quarter earnings signal a strong market for freight operators, but increasingly restrained economic forecasts suggest clouds on the horizon. retailers’ inventory-to-sales ratio in August, down from 1.11

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Port of Los Angeles, which is vying with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to be the nation’s busiest facility, saw a 25.8% Global trade has eased as warehouse inventories of retailers and manufacturers remain elevated,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 22, 2016

The proposed first route between Los Angeles and San Francisco would cut travel times from 4 hours to 35 minutes. The idea of tubes whisking freight across the land at near-supersonic speeds smacks of an old-school image of the future. 1126km / h).

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

According to the Long Beach Post News , the Port of Long Beach implemented a 24/7 operations pilot program to go to 24/7 operations on September 21, 2021. The increased port activity movements will have one ultimate impact—more freight ready for OTR transport. What Will Increased Port Activity Mean for the Everyday Shipper?

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

The upstream supply chain refers to the flow of inventory in the pre-production stage, mostly in relation to the organization’s suppliers. This was followed shortly by the Great Resignation, with resignation rates in the manufacturing industry almost hitting 60% in late 2021. Let’s get into it. What is the upstream supply chain?

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. The report cites data indicating that the volume of Asia-East Coast routings is expected to reach 889,000 TEU ’s by the month of June, up 40 percent from 2021 full-year average routings. Further, U.S.

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Stord

MAY 2, 2022

While the rest of the world adopts cloud technologies to help them break down silos and integrate communication, companies continue to use disparate applications and tools for managing orders, evaluating inventory, and shipping goods. Q1 2021 saw 39% year-over-year growth in US e-commerce sales. If your inventory is in St.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

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. At the end of July of this year, this same index stood at $6,628 per TEU , reflecting a reported 23 rd consecutive weekly decrease, and 29 percent below the same period in 2021.

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Ware2Go

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The best solution is to find a outsourced fulfillment partner who can ease your logistical and delivery burdens while also helping expand your reach and optimize your inventory carry costs. As your business grows, however, it becomes quite difficult to fulfill large order quantities while trying to expanding your brand.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

This index stood at $9,304 at the end of 2021. Part of this decrease may be attributed to temporary declining freight volumes as regions in Asia continue to deal with COVID-19 related suspensions of production, shipping or transport operations. Trucking disruptions in these areas threaten the flow of inbound and outbound inventory. .

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as in Europe and other global locations. Shipping container shortage article originally published on Supply Chain Game Changer on July 2, 2021. Ships are stacked up at major U.S. Shipping companies themselves are reaping major profits. Prioritizing supply chain visibility.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 13, 2021

General rate increases are expected to be higher than in the past as shippers and carriers attempt to balance costs and expenses during ongoing recovery as we saw just last week with Central Freight Lines going bankrupt after 96 years and laying off over 2,100 employees. Closely track cost accruals and secure freight payment.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 19, 2021

Freight rates have risen dramatically over the past year following an unprecedented downturn at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since Q2 of 2020, the freight market has posted nearly uninterrupted growth. Historic Port Congestion Leads to Freight Difficulties . What Does Port Congestion Do to My Freight Rates?

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