GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. Meanwhile, Brazil, Russia and India will become major suppliers as companies access the remaining untapped resources of the world. New markets are emerging in the global economy daily.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Journalist Eamon Barrett ( @Eamonbarrett88 ) reports, “According to shipping analytics firm Windward, 20% of the world’s roughly 9,000 active container ships are currently sitting in traffic jams outside congested ports. The latest China lockdowns combined with the Russia-Ukraine war is too heavy a burden. ”[4].

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Resilinc

MAY 24, 2022

This period of high prices and margins coincided with—and was partly supported by—supply chain disruptions, including the February 2021 deep freeze on the Texas Gulf Coast and port and shipping congestion in much of the world. Russia and Belarus are large [natural gas] producers, and uncertainty about sanctions has reduced their exports.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In prior Supply Chain Matters updates, we called reader attention to General Motors efforts to lock-in supply needs up to 2025 , battery designer and supplier Panasonic’s announcement for an augmented U.S. According to industry data, five of the six most sold vehicles in July were electric-powered models.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

“Customers will buy five items and return one, but when they package the one item, they use the same box the five items were originally shipped in,” explains Ryan Kelly, vice president of e-commerce and alliance marketing at FedEx. Then, you need to get your packages ready and attach a prepaid shipping label to them.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. The auto industry makes up less than 9% of chip demand by revenue, and that figure is expected to increase by 10% per year until 2025. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

billion in 2025, the global oilfield services market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.6%. The world’s top producers of oil—the United States, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Canada, and China—rely heavily on it for their economies. In order to keep the cost of shipping oil by truck or rail low, refiners demand more pipeline.

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