Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Background Prediction Four within the Ferrari Consulting and Research Group’s 2024 Predictions in Global Supply Chains , now available for complimentary downloading in our Research Center , represented our belief that the increased labor activism that occurred in 2023 will continue this year, but with different nuances. assembly plant.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

A report initially published by The Information ( Paid subscription ) and subsequently industry publication Freightways , cited sources indicating that the Seattle based company, that counted Jeff Bezos , Bill Gates and Marc Benioff as investors, with Fidelity and T Rowe Price as later stage backers has taken this action.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Parallel Event This week , business broadcasting network CNBC’s popular Mad Money host Jim Cramer traveled to Seattle to conduct an on-air interview with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Boeing Acts Swiftly According to reporting from Bloomberg , Boeing CEO David Calhoun immediately cancelled a planned annual senior leadership retreat which was scheduled to begin today, and has since summoned company employees to an all-hands meeting to be webcast on Tuesday from the company’s 737 production facility in Seattle.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 3, 2018

For congested metropolitan areas such as Seattle, the focus is actually on the ‘final 50 feet’ of those shipments.”[3] ”[2]. The Last City Mile. Historically, last mile deliveries in urban meant delivering goods to a store and even that was a challenge.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides perspectives and likely motivations on Amazon’s announced effort to hire an additional 250,000 workers to support upcoming 2023 holiday fulfillment needs. Last week, a published report from the Seattle Times was headlined: Amazon going big to fill the delivery void left by Shopify’s retreat.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights Airbus and Boeing Q1-2023 commercial aircraft delivery and net orders performance. With a stated 2023 total aircraft delivery target of 720 aircraft, the Q1 performance falling short of the 180 threshold number already provides added pressure for Airbus to make up the difference in the final three quarters.

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Freightera

MARCH 22, 2024

Get The Service You Need at The Level You Deserve and With a Sustainable Road Forward The logistics and freight industry faced a significant shakeup in 2023 with the closure of Convoy’s trucking software company. The Engines are Just Getting Warmed Up At Freightera, we’re not worried about closing our doors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2023

Nearly three quarters (73%) of economists surveyed as part of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Chief Economic Costs Outlook for May 2023 believed that south Asia – especially India – would benefit from recent turbulence in the global economy. The home-goods retailer says in a complaint filed with U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Amazon in the news: Amazon, Hawaiian Airlines gear up for 2023 launch of Airbus freighters. Earlier this week, Amazon and Hawaiian Airlines announced that the retail giant will use Hawaiian Airlines to fly its first Airbus freighters on primary cargo routes and to Hawaii beginning in the second half of 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Also reported was a securities filing indicating that Boeing had plans to hire upwards of 10,000 workers in 2023. Added Development A published report this week penned by noted and respected Seattle Times Aerospace Reporter Domenic Gates adds a new and previously undisclosed development up until now. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2023

But despite those challenges and uncertainties, the majority of supply chain leaders are optimistic about the future, with 61 percent reporting a positive business outlook for 2023. The agreement paused dockworker job actions potentially through the end of this week. The move is well underway for many businesses, as U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 17, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2023 subject to customary closing conditions. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

US EPA to set tougher heavy duty emissions rules in 2023. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) said it plans to issue tougher greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy duty trucks and other larger vehicles through at least the 2030 model year by the end of 2023. And now on to this week’s logistics news. trade with Asia.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

But, while chip demand is receding, it is not enough to spell the end of the shortage as supply challenges will likely remain in place into 2023. The 80-pound hexagon-shaped aircraft, about 5½ feet in diameter, is nimble enough to make deliveries in highly populated areas such as Boston, Atlanta and Seattle.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 16, 2023

The reasons were obvious, ongoing supply chain supply challenges as again reiterated by company CEO Guillaume Faury to reporters: “ The headwinds of the complexity of the supply chain remains in 2023. ” Boeing ’s total reported commercial aircraft backlog of orders entering 2023 was reported as 4,578 aircraft. Bob Ferrari.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 25, 2024

According to Amazon, Amazon Business achieved $35 billion in annualized sales in 2023. Including ninety-six Fortune 100 companies such as Intel and Citi, as well as organizations like Johns Hopkins University, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and the United Service Organizations, and U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

Bloomberg reported similar disruptions observed in ports in Tacoma and Seattle. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Other actions occurred last week including a reported labor shortage at the Port of Oakland’s international terminals on Friday of last week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 9, 2023

Indeed, a recent model from the University of Arizona concluded that 2023 would see above-average hurricane activity, after two years of relatively mild storm seasons. Fortunately, those researchers also said that fewer of those storms are predicted to make landfall.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 21, 2023

As far back as last year, it directed managers not to schedule paid time off during July and August 2023, periods when they could be pressed into service to move parcels if there was a strike. Women make up 12 percent of commercial drivers nationwide, according to the 2023 Women in Trucking Index , released this month.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The acquisition agreement was signed by Blue Yonder and Doddle on October 11 and the transaction is expected to close in Q4 2023. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines said it would work with Santa Monica, Calif.-based based UP.Labs to develop six startups over three years that focus on the future of transportation.

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