Resilinc

JUNE 15, 2021

Container ships are the backbone of world trade. According to Statista, the world’s merchant container ship fleet grew from 11 million metric tons (mt) of deadweight tonnage (a measure of a vessel’s weight-carrying capacity) to 275 million mt in 2020—a 2500% increase.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

Singapore has also embraced solar energy, having multiplied its solar capacity by more than seven times since 2015. The country also plans to boost its solar capacity to at least 2GWp by 2030, which is enough energy to power some 350,000 households. Cache Logistics Trust, Singapore. YCH Logistics, Singapore.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. We can no longer assume that government policy is rational, variability is low or logistics are available. But, even then, the relocation of capacity is not a snap of the fingers.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Rivian Automotive is now free to sell its EV parcel vans to other parcel carriers, and added reinforcement from multiple ocean container shipping carriers that the existing industry volume declines could extend for two to three years. All three reportedly represent one-third of global ocean container capacity.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. The trucking industry was down 80,000 drivers in 2021, and that shortage is anticipated to balloon to 160,000 by 2030. million by 2030.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The VP of Supply Chain and Logistics at our house (aka my wife) has been out of the country this week. So, while I count the days and hours and minutes until she gets back, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Activates For Latest Major Hurricane Of 2018.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Trillion by 2030. . West Coast Container Ship Backup Has Ended. In our Supply Chain Matters news capsule of September 27, we pointed out that business, supply chain and transportation media had reported this that the cost of shipping a container of goods from China to the U.S. Instead, import volumes to the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This may be a reaction to the ongoing supply chain crisis, which quantum could help relieve through its potential to solve complex optimization problems common in shipping and logistics.” ” Greater Computing Capacity. That milestone might not be so far off, though.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Planning for industry changes and shipping costs in 2022 remains critical as companies look ahead to the new year. As recovery continues and supply chain directors and logistics managers look to the future, they need to keep some critical points regarding logistics for 2022 front and center. ?1. over the same period.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In the cloud, companies can deploy resources on an as-needed basis, rather than invest in additional servers and storage capacity that they may only need for a short time. Cloud technology allows organizations to combine all supply chain and logistics information into a single, central solution. Weighing and shipping technologies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 4, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Earlier this month, Yellow averted a strike by 22,000 Teamsters-represented workers and last week it said it was exploring opportunities to divest its third-party logistics company. The Rhine River has been a reliable shipping lane for centuries, helping spawn industrial giants along its banks.

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Locus

JUNE 16, 2023

The biggest challenge that logistics providers face is rising last-mile carrier delivery costs. Retailers and logistics providers should not shift the burden of costs on the consumers as it makes them unhappy and leads to churn. What do you mean by last mile delivery costs in logistics?

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Locus

JUNE 15, 2023

trillion by 2030. Shippers must consider reverse logistics to reduce the cost of returns. However, by leveraging a smart customer experience and dispatch management platform like Locus, shippers can plan deliveries based on automated capacity management, which takes into account routing issues, cancellations, and returns.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 18, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic changed just about every facet of our personal and professional lives, but its impact has been especially dramatic for logistics professionals. Remember the days when you would tell new acquaintances that you worked in logistics — and they weren’t really sure what that meant? They are purely objective.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 28, 2022

As time becomes increasingly valuable in an overworked industry, a May 2022 report featured on PR Newswire said, “the global logistics automation industry was pegged at $49.70 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 11.9% from 2021 to 2030.” Shortfalls of Outdated Supply Chain Logistics Continue to Grow.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 14, 2019

Using the historic shipping data captured in a TMS, shippers can make data-driven, predictive plans. The top shippers are leveraging TMS data and some even use AI to arrive at effective planning to mitigate capacity shortages and other hurdles identified in the patterns within their data. Step 2 – Strengthen key relationships.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2022

But nobody is talking about the supply chain for these vehicles, and the capacity required to build them. And is there enough capacity to produce the new types of vehicles? The IEA predicts about a seven fold increase of such “green metals” by 2030. Copper and nickel would require $250-300bn in capex before 2030.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon has launched Amazon Air , its dedicated air cargo fleet, in India as the e-commerce giant bulks up its logistics infrastructure in the key overseas market where it has deployed more than $6.5 Regional shipping companies across the U.S.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This is Part 3 of a multi-part series addressing logistics imperatives necessary to manage uncertainly and disruptions heading into 2022. President Joe Biden recently announced the country’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 52% by 2030. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Scope 3 indirect emissions associated with companies’ value chains—their upstream supply chains and logistics and all the downstream activities required to get products to wholesale or retail customers—have been much harder to monitor because they are produced by thousands of suppliers, shipping companies, and other vendors.

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Locus

MARCH 30, 2023

Final-mile delivery contributes to 53% of the total cost of shipping. It is a unique microscope that allows your business to obtain a comprehensive picture of your last-mile logistics costs. A Capgemini study has found that absorbing a part of last-mile delivery cost and not optimizing it will hurt retailers’ profitability by 26%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The logistics provider has already deployed 3,000 AMRs globally with over 2,000 in North America. The logistics provider will use the expanded fleet to improve worker productivity, order accuracy, speed, and efficiency. The audit determined that CPW emitted 1.2

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Industry suppliers will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030 and will phase out coal-fired boilers in their own companies and direct suppliers from 2025. Collectively we have a voice and the capacity to make a difference.”. The fashion industry took a large step on Dec. Puma SE, PVH Corp.,Target; Puma SE, PVH Corp.,Target;

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

Already upended for two years by the COVID-19 pandemic, the worldwide logistics industry is facing new challenges. The energy crisis in China and the European conflict are bringing additional chaos in the form of production shutdowns, raw material shortages and blocked shipping lanes.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The other is customs and trade facilitation: focusing on the movement of goods and making sure we’re in compliance and also working efficiently and accurately. Question: It seems like the demand for these products (semiconductors) is off the charts, and that production capacity has been trying to keep up. You could study from home.

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

The other is customs and trade facilitation: focusing on the movement of goods and making sure we’re in compliance and also working efficiently and accurately. Question: It seems like the demand for these products (semiconductors) is off the charts, and that production capacity has been trying to keep up. You could study from home.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In the cloud, companies can deploy resources on an as-needed basis , rather than invest in additional servers and storage capacity that they may only need for a short time. Cloud technology allows organizations to combine all supply chain and logistics information into a single, central solution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. While the Biden administration hopes to see zero-emission trucks make up 30 percent of big rig sales by 2030, California has more ambitious plans. The accelerated decarbonization timeline for drayage is an acknowledgement of the logistical challenges of electrifying long-haul trucks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. A few weeks ago, I wrote that UPS is entering the metaverse , having submitted several trademark filings for goods and services including “non-fungible tokens” (NFTs); “virtual goods, namely, packages, parcels, [and] shipping labels;” and “virtual retail shipping.” It was valued at $1.3

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ThroughPut

APRIL 2, 2020

Managing inventory is one of the most crucial aspects of supply chain optimization as it affects several other parts of your supply chain, including procurement, order fulfillment, and production capacity planning. Logistics and delivery coordination. trillion to the global economy by 2030. Supplier inventory management.

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

One of the major factors that contributed to its success is its tight control over its retail logistics. But managing hybrid fleets has its own share of challenges, like handling contingencies and managing capacity shortages during seasonal peaks. A key issue plaguing the global logistics industry is a shortage of drivers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon now ships more parcels than FedEx. Over the last decade, as we have documented here, Amazon has been pushing its logistics arm to be less reliant on UPS, FedEx, and the USPS for delivering orders. In fact, Amazon has even begun shipping orders for outside customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The seasonal hiring total is smaller than last year when Walmart added 150,000 mostly permanent and full-time associates, as well as 20,000 supply chain workers to help alleviate logistic bottlenecks. Let the holiday season begin. Walmart in the news: Walmart Canada brings AI to the shelves.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 7, 2021

The European Union has recently legalised its commitment to have Europe become the first climate neutral continent by 2050 and has agreed between all member states and the EU Parliament, that the bloc will reduce carbon emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030. Robinson is “can logistics and supply chains be truly sustainable?”.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 23, 2016

export growth between now and 2030. As carriers grapple with capacity adjustments, exporters can benefit from the surplus space available on export ships to Asia and Europe. Carrier alliance adjustments and ocean carrier consolidation seek to optimize routing options and right-size available capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

But I guess when Amazon is looking at a company as the future of its electric delivery fleet, having ordered 100,000 vehicles to be delivered by 2030, with 10,000 in operation by next year, it certainly helps. And now on to this week’s logistics news. This will certainly be an interesting company to watch over the next decade.

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