Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. billion profitability in 2023, and an astounding $36.8 Our prior published update was on January 19 th. That compares to $9.8

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CHAINalytics

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Over the next three weeks, we’re featuring Chainalytics’ and some guests’- (this week we … The post The Ocean Cargo Forecast for 2023: Switching Conditions in the New Year appeared first on Chainalytics. This is the first post in a three-part series.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights additional developments, evidence and added signs that reinforce that there will be no peak holiday focused surge in transportation and logistics in the latter half of 2023. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ”

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2023

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that again dropped to an all-time low for June 2023. Both metrics contributed to the overall contraction in the LMI along with contracting price levels for transportation. Similar trends were highlighted in our Supply Chain Matters summary of the May 2023 LMI report.

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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. billion in 2022, the company estimated.”

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 25, 2022

With tightening freight capacity, shippers need more carrier coverage to make an informed decision about the right price to be paid to transport freight. Shipping freight and the costs that come with it are often seen as fixed. Even as the current driver shortage in the U.S. The Problem with the Status-Quo.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

In addition, Spinnaker SCA’s offerings will augment Publicis Sapient’s capabilities around advanced AI/ML analytics, supply chain digital twins, data solutions, warehouse management, transportation management and expanded digital sustain services. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

As to our question as to whether Airbus’s existing 2023 aircraft delivery plans would be impacted by this wide scale inspection program, the report indicates that the global plane maker has insisted that Pratt continue to contractually support the delivery of new PW1000G engines to final assembly lines. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 14, 17, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis capsule of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. This tech provider was more recently named as the Fast Company World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. Freight rate reportedly fell 37 percent. The LMI has now declined 6.7

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other industry specific media are reporting that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy is preparing for a possible sale or other action. Both reports cite declining freight industry demand and increased competition among start-ups in this digital freight and logistics segment.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

When we as individuals are going to and from work, we experience physically, the emitting of greenhouse gasses by our transportation sector. What if technology came into the picture that allowed for far less moving about in fossil fuel burning transport? We can see the exhaust coming out of tailpipes from cars and trucks.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this October 10, 2023 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology we provide our capsule highlights of investments announced by supply chain management focused tech providers. This includes our October 10, 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of March and Q1- 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which reinforce a state of stabilization within global supply chain networks. The overall average for all of Q1-2023 was 48.6 The March 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report on Business® fell to a value of 46.3 for January.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

parcel shippers with the threat of a labor strike for parcel carrier UPS and for LTL carrier Yellow Freight. While transport providers including FedEx , the U.S. Meanwhile, some freight brokers are already diverting loads from Yellow to other carriers because of concerns that freight will be impacted by a strike action.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 5, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of April 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which continue to reinforce a state of contraction level stabilization within global supply chain networks. The April 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report on Business® registered a value of 47.1 for April, a 0.8 value reported in March.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 10, 2024

Background Throughout 2022 and 2023, we have highlighted for readers the various indications of Apple’s unfolding China Plus sourcing moves. That culminated in our research arm’s published December 2023 Supply Chain Matters update, Apple’s Unfolding China Plus Sourcing Strategy for iPhone Production.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. Supply chain solutions solve problems not just in transit but throughout the planning and order life cycle — from order processing, to transport planning, to fulfillment, yard, tracking, and post-delivery.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials. The net result was that global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This involves a lot of long-haul transportation.” There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. You would call up the freight forwarders, and they would send an Excel spreadsheet” that contained all the shipments for Molex in the coming days or weeks. The Advantages of Agility.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In this blog post, I describe the different paths these modes took and where things stand at the close of 2023. Here at Freightos, our vision is to digitalize international freight–air and ocean. But so far air freight and ocean freight have gone in different directions. Compared to forty airlines. Time and money.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

They provide capabilities to coordinate supply chain procurement, planning, fulfillment, or other network wide decision-making capabilities among various supply networks and order fulfillment segments. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

IDC also forecasts that by 2023, 30 percent of Asian enterprises will ship freight using a SaaS-enabled platform, resulting in improved efficiencies in load matching and reduced shipping costs. Dynamic routing has empowered logistics providers to consider plans B, C and D, offering alternative options of ocean and air freight cargo.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Gartner estimates that by the end of 2022, 85% of enterprises will have some form of RPA implemented in their business and Forrester calculates the RPA market will exceed a 50% CAGR by 2023, going from roughly $500 million to $2.8 Procurement. Freight Management. Freight management is driven by time-critical, manual tasks.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Inflation set in for fuel and transport costs, increasing logistics costs as a whole over last year. The purpose, as stated on the NY Fed’s website, is to integrate “… transportation cost data and manufacturing indicators to provide a gauge of global supply chain condition.”. 5 The modal shift to air freight from ocean freight.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Global parcel logistics and transportation carrier FedEx reported fiscal Q2 quarterly financial performance this week with the implications continuing to resound across traditional and online E-commerce business circles. billion relative to its initial 2023 business plan. FedEx Freight pension plan. Latest Quarterly Performance.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2023

This index compiles 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog. The April 2023 GSPI reportedly dropped to a negative value 1.32, down from negative 1.15 reported for March, and a negative 0.29 reported for February. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Seasonal Holiday Hiring At Its Lowest Levels Following up on our Supply Chain Matters posting highlighting the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) November 2023 holiday spending forecast , The Wall Street Journal reported this week ( Paid subscription ) that the number of U.S. This report cites data from the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 23, 2023

economy through the lens of the logistics and transportation sector in terms of costs and implications to the economy during the past year, in this case 2022. The report further indicates that “ supply chain demand is likely to remain stagnant or even diminish over the remainder of 2023.” The report includes four thers.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

percent for its LTL Freight unit, beginning in January 2023. percent rate increase initiated for this year, along with ongoing fuel and other surcharges added for respective parcel or freight movements. The carrier has now announced plans to hike shipping rates 6.9 percent to 7.9 This announcement is cumulative to the average 5.9

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. As supply chain logistics and transportation teams are keenly aware, rates peaked to more than $20,000 per container for both routes at this time last year. Added Perspectives.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that dropped to an all-time low for May 2023. Transportation utilization reportedly dipped a hefty 9.5 Consequently, transportation prices reportedly declined 8.9 © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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CHAINalytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In a volatile market of macroeconomic factors, record-high general rate increases, fuel pricing hikes, and extended peak seasons, it’s easy to feel powerless against sky-rocketing transportation costs. This is the second post in a three-part … The post 3 Tips for Navigating the World of Parcel in 2023 appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions and that was reinforced by the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index (LMI) reaching its lowest level lowest level in six and one-half years. This survey was conducted in May among participants in the global freight forwarding community.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This, along with container shortages, drove up ocean freight spot rates and caused sporadic export delays. Higher fuel surcharges were added to all modes of transportation to recoup higher prices. How is Inflation affecting freight rates? Spot rates will continue to fall heading into 2023. compared to September 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The transaction has reportedly been approved by the Board of Directors of Coupa and is expected to close in the first-half of 2023 subject to closing conditions including approval by Coupa shareholders, who will be compensated at $81 per share. Trimble to Acquire Transporeon in the Logistics and Transportation Technology Segment.

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