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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Freight Rates 2019-2021. As a result, companies plug along planning based on historic lead times and freight rates which as you can imagine is doomed for failure. Net/Net: The Panama Canal cannot handle the largest ships, and moving a vessel through the Panama canal increases the cost of a container by approximately $8,000.

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free). Freight Rates 2019-2021. As a result, companies plug along planning based on historic lead times and freight rates which as you can imagine is doomed for failure. So what you might say?

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How To Overcome The Current Supply Chain Disruptions As A Manufacturer

Precoro

While the worst of the pandemic appears to be behind us, COVID-19's impact on manufacturing supply chains continues to reverberate the landscape. Worse, new waves of infection in China show manufacturers may not be out of the woods yet. Consequently, supply chains today are struggling to cope with sales growth.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 1-5, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Freight Truck Orders Plummeted 48% in January ( WSJ – sub. Panama Canal expansion to be complete by end of June ( Reuters ). Improved workflows to enable collaborative New Product & Technology Introduction and automated manufacturing instructions to outsourced manufacturing operations. UPS Delivers Peak Profits.