ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Cotton production in India could dip 4% from 2021, down to 34 million bales in the 2021/2022 marketing year. Consultancy UK). Supply Chain Dive).

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

FedEx plans to test autonomous drone cargo delivery with Elroy Air. Air Canada wants more cargo jets 3 months after launching service. FedEx also plans to test autonomous drone cargo delivery, partnering with Elroy Air. Walgreens to offer Wing drone delivery in suburban Dallas. Mexican factories gain in supply chain revamps.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

The Importance of Supply Chain Sustainability for 2022 and Beyond. While it’s undeniably important to source products responsibly and produce recyclable or reusable products, companies also need to focus on making the transportation and distribution of products more sustainable. Ensure Your Materials Are Ethically Sourced.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 12, 2024

Autonomous supply chains can also help businesses by enabling new business models, such as direct-to-consumer, subscription-based, and circular, and creating new sources of revenue and competitive advantage. The Yara Birkeland is an electric autonomous 80 m 120 TEU Norwegian-flagged containership launched in Spring 2022.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

The canal is a key source of revenue for the government of Egypt, and it is one of the country’s top earners of foreign currency. Current traffic levels are less encouraging, and suggest that FY 2024/25 numbers will be even lower unless the security situation improves. The report, which analyzed 8.4

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

The company disclosed the total of single-use plastic across global operations for the first time in 2022 after investors sought more details on plans to reduce waste. The company said it took a $157 million impairment charge for permanently deactivating the 757 cargo jets along with seven engines. percent decrease from 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2024

Cargo ships avoiding Houthi attacks in the Red Sea face a different kind of delay-causing threat as they go around the southern tip of Africa: storms and 30-foot swells. In it, Lidl outlined such efforts as reducing scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse-gas emissions by 63% by the end of 2022 as it works toward a 70% reduction by 2030.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Image source: Bloomberg. Labor shortages , impeding the ability to get cargo unloaded, loaded, or moved. Image source: American Journal of Transportation. Macro Supply Chain Issues Caused a Ripple Effect. Container availability , leaving importers scrambling to find space. The Lack of Supply Chain Resilience, Exposed.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 19, 2022

Fortunately, strategic planning can help you deliver your land cargo on-time , despite the abundant labor shortages. million in March 2022. Low Land Cargo Capacity. Solutions for On-Time Land Cargo Delivery. Consolidating suppliers and vendors reduces the necessary suppliers to source and purchase goods or materials.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The countdown is officially on for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by supply chain disruptions around the world has sparked a resurgence of companies bringing sourcing and manufacturing back to the United States or closer to U.S. shift to electric heavy-duty vehicles. That’s all for this week.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

came from trucks carrying cargo. At the same time the largest container shipping liner, Maersk Line, has ordered eight large ships powered by carbon neutral methanol carrying approximately 16 000 containers each, and made a call for “pit stops” for appropriate infrastructure to source green methanol. Most of this, 45.1

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Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 13, 2025

By pinpointing suppliers in affected regions and analyzing their capabilities and products, clients can proactively identify alternative sources, ensuring continuity and minimizing operational disruptions. Source: Cal Fire) A Red Flag Warning zone, represented in pink, highlights areas where critical fire weather conditions are expected.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase in year-over-year volume. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2025

The top five disruptions for 2024 included: Factory Fires (for the sixth consecutive year) Labor Disruptions Business Sale Leadership Transition Mergers & Acquisitions Some good news shared was that factory fires are reportedly down 20 percent from the previous year and have declined 36 percent from the record high that occurred in 2022.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

2022 ocean schedule reliability dropped to 30%. Source: Sea-Intelligence Source: Sea-Intelligence The number of blank sailings are at the lowest we have seen since the pandemic started. Initially during the pandemic, supply chain managers held more buffer stocks to account for disruptions.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 15, 2021

However, in early 2022, shippers will also be juggling potential delays from the Winter Olympics which will be hosted in Beijing throughout February. As you prepare for 2022, consider what different modes, trade lanes, or inland transportation strategies you can implement in your supply chain. In fact, C.H. Utilize data and technology.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this 2022 guide to freeports: What is a freeport? In the US free trade zones are often used by manufacturers to produce goods using components sourced overseas – which can mean significant savings on tariffs. So what is a freeport, how are they used around the world, and why is the UK keen to establish these special zones?

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

By the time they peaked in June 2022, they were over 30% higher than pre-COVID. Today, in Q4 of 2022, supply chain issues stemming from COVID-related shipping challenges have eased. Here’s four to start with: Shifting focus: In 2021, the key problem to solve was sourcing and supply chain management. What’s the bullwhip effect?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

It allows for better tracking of cargo and people in airports, enhanced security, and enhanced safety – just to name a few. These applications translate ultimately to less down time, less distance travelled, less misrouted cargo, less idle time at the airport, and less flight time circling over the airports, waiting in line to land.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 16, 2022

To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system. Blain notes, “[The] first 10-stop, 70-km (43-mile) series of underground tunnels [are] scheduled to begin taking cargo in 2031.” ” SupplyChainBrain, 6 July 2022. [6] As Robert J. What’s Next? 6] Robert J.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 16, 2022

To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system. Blain notes, “[The] first 10-stop, 70-km (43-mile) series of underground tunnels [are] scheduled to begin taking cargo in 2031.” ” SupplyChainBrain, 6 July 2022. [6] As Robert J. What’s Next? 6] Robert J.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

The survey also confirms that customers exert the highest pressure on carriers to innovate as cargo owners and transport buyers are coming with an increasingly unified voice requesting to open the black box of transports in the interest of everyone. Source: Transporeon road transportation 2021 shipper and carrier survey).

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

Supply challenges arising from the war will hit many industries, with electronics being a prime example, since Russia and Ukraine are both sources of materials such as palladium and neon , vital for the manufacture of semiconductors. From Fuel to Fertiliser, Supply Shortages Start to Bite. Grain From Ukraine: Will it Start Moving at Last?

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Gravity Supply Chain

JANUARY 28, 2022

Gravity’s platform delivers capabilities across its three key verticals: Source, Order and Deliver. This product suite encompasses the end-to-end process from sourcing products and manufacturers; to placing orders through to delivery into your destination. Keep a lookout for the first reveal (set for early Feb 2022)!

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Associated Press reports, “Canal authorities attributed the drought to the El Niño weather phenomenon and climate change, and warned it was urgent for Panama to seek new water sources for both the canal’s operations and human consumption. In January Panamanian authorities slashed Panama Canal ship crossings by 36%.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 23, 2023

1] NIC analysts explain, “During the next two decades, power in the international system will evolve to include a broader set of sources and features with expanding technological, network, and information power complementing more traditional military, economic, and cultural soft power. Cargo backups. Production standstills.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

The advent of containerization heralded a revolution in cargo handling techniques, the ramifications of which are still influencing maritime trade all over the world today. The rollover rate in the Indian subcontinent was up from 24% in 2021 to 42% in 2022, whereas the rollover rate in China reached 36% in 2022, compared to 26% last year.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. A growing number of logistics operators and industry observers see the snarls bottling up supply chains this year extending deep into 2022. Emirates Airlines’ cargo operations at Dubai International Airport in February. Sourcing Journal). E-Commerce.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

Included in this June 14, 2022 edition are updates featuring the following providers: ToolsGroup and Onera. San Francisco -based Onera provides retail technology that connects inventory across siloed systems and transforms them into a single, real-time source of inventory status. GreyOrange. Freightos Limited. Oracle and Cerner.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Despite carrier hopes of volume normalization as the market contracts in 2023, FreightWaves warns, “ 2023 is likely to be another year of sub-replacement level builds due to parts and components shortages as well as Europe’s struggles with sourcing energy to power vendor manufacturing site. ”. YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. The February 2022 Manufacturing ISM© Report on Business reported a value of 58.6, for February, up from 55.5 reported for January.

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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. Between 1990 and 2020, the volume of cargo transported by ships more than doubled, from four to nearly 10.7

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

In a prior published commentary, we provided highlights of March and Q1-2022 global production indices along with their implications. We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. The average LMI index over the first quarter of 2022 was reported as 74.5, and Warehousing Prices (90.5)

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A conscious, holistic approach addressing all four components of the cdes formula, a concept we developed in 2022 to ensure long-lasting financial returns and durable wealth and well-being for humanity. Open source is a way to spread the benefits of these technologies. Place a strong focus on people.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Source: Statista.com. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. Planning : Processes are designed to reduce emissions and meet demand with ethical sourcing. Ethical sourcing of goods. A slow-moving crisis.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 14, 2023

The Shippers Council of the Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society comprises close to 30 of the largest shippers or beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) in the Asia Pacific. Freight procurement is the mainstay of any supply chain professional but price is not the be-all and end-all.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Top View Cargo containers ship logistics transportation Container Ship Vessel Cargo Carrier. Consumers have gotten used to the benefits of cross-border e-commerce and shipping and are unlikely to go back to accepting slower shipping options for many of their shopping demands ( Yun Express, 2022 ).

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