The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

One Network has years of experience in healthcare supply networks that provide medicines and vaccines to hundreds of millions of people in Africa and around the globe. How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet. Multiparty Networks are Proven Technology. MORE FROM THIS EDITION. Solving The Cold Chain Challenges.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2022

The Economist article provides some clues regarding the green metal supply chain and its capability to produce enough of the commodities required to power the electric conversion. There are other risks as well: logistics in these regions (especially Africa and Chile). But where are the deposits of these “green metals”?

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Many articles about blockchain technology in the supply chain contain the word “potential.” ” Tech journalist Madeline Bennett ( @MadBennett ) adds, “There is currently a vast amount of resources wasted across the shipping industry due to inefficient and error-prone manual processes.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

When I first began planning this article, the most significant impacts of COVID-19 were primarily limited to Mainland China. At the beginning of this year, all expectations were for rates to remain flat, perhaps even making air freight a viable alternative to ocean shipping for companies that wouldn’t ordinarily consider the option.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2017

Maersk, Alibaba team up to offer online booking of ship places (Reuters). Shipping Alliances Shore Up Industry, Unsettle Customers (WSJ – sub. It could also have tracking and payment options to speed up the entire shipping process. Amazon’s robot army grows by 50 percent (The Seattle Times).

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Requis

JULY 14, 2020

I did an update on that piece in 2017, and then did a deep dive on shipping. It was the process of studying and writing those articles that led me to the notion that there really needed to be a community for people who as I describe as being “obsessively enthusiastic” about supply chain and supply chain innovation technology.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

Unilever owns tea plantations in Africa and is using blockchain to improve sustainability and combat counterfeiting. Like several of the companies already mentioned in this article, Ford has teamed up with IBM to develop a blockchain for end-to-end supply-chain transparency. It’s Teatime for Blockchain.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

” Her article features several fun examples of the donated cards. Much of the cocoa used to make Valentine chocolates comes from growers in West Africa. Cocoa needs to be turned into all kinds of chocolates, get boxed, shipped, and placed on shelves. Valentine’s Day and the supply chain.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

One manifestation of this problem is that multiple ports on the east coast are deepening their approach channels in order to attract bigger cargo ships. The widening of the Panama Canal to enable larger ships to pass through the trade artery will generate this traffic. The UN agency UNICEF is coordinating with key suppliers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 27, 2020

Post-pandemic article and permission to publish here provided by Joe Carson, CEO of Spend Strategies, LLC. originally or made elsewhere and then shipped into the U.S. We recall the Conflict Mineral legislation that discouraged the use of child labor in nine countries in Africa. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The cost of transporting a container by ship has tripled since extreme confinement was lifted. times more than the low of $800 in mid-April last year when shipping companies began to stop ships. times more than the low of $800 in mid-April last year when shipping companies began to stop ships.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 15, 2021

I loved the summary in the Economist article published on July 3, 2021, The Long Goodbye to COVID 19. My goal in this article is to raise a red flag to ensure that we do not fall asleep at the switch in managing global supply chains through the balance of this pandemic. The Economist article tracks a normalcy index by region.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

As I spent the time reflecting over the last three weeks, the number of articles streaming into my feed on supply chain implications was high, but most of them were wrong. A journey from China to Europe that takes 40 days by ship takes 15 days by rail. The images flash in my brain as I close my eyes. My response is “Hogwash.”

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Logility

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A surplus of ships is likely 3. We expect shipping costs to drop in 2023 as we see a rush of new vessels next year. That could make container rates lower and cause shipping costs to drop. Labor issues raised many challenges in 2022, and the outlook remains unsteady, especially in the shipping industry, as we head into 2023.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 13, 2015

In just one day (30 November) there were at least 13 articles breaking down what it means for for Serbia , Africa , North East Asia , and the whole world , with a variety of perspectives from the railway , maritime , political affairs , financial , capital and gadget press. SPECIAL FEATURE: FIVE TRENDS TO SHAPE THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Here are some details from the article: Amazon.com Inc. While some companies have gone that route, particularly those that ship mostly via truckload, demand for freight audit and payment services remains strong, especially for parcel and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments. and the U.S.

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Resilinc

APRIL 20, 2021

When you want to explain to senior managers what your challenges are, you can just show them a few recent Wall Street Journal articles.”. This approach cut costs but added time in shipping, which often inflated balance sheets. and near-shoring (moving it closer). “U.S. to sell to U.S. companies,” said Linton. How much have you got?”.

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Vinculum

JULY 24, 2019

Ease of shopping, product variety, secure payments and free shipping are some of the reasons that have made online shopping a huge success. We promise that at the end of the article you will know where to sell. 4) Africa. It makes it easier for sellers to store, pack and ship their products. In 2021, over 2.14 3) Europe.

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Techgistics

DECEMBER 22, 2016

inVia , another startup, claims to be the first goods to box picking robot where the robot picks from the shelf and places directly into a shipping box. My Five Most-Viewed Articles Ways to Think About Last Mile Delivery - Last mile delivery is going to change significantly over the next decade(s).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Delivery drones article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Simon Pleass at 2flow.ie. What’s more, faster delivery times could potentially reduce shipping costs for customers, and this, in turn, may result in a sales boost for retailers. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 7, 2020

8 of these rivers are in Asia and 2 are in Africa. Container ships travel across and around the Pacific Ocean to deliver plastics to China for recycling only for a lot of that plastic to end up back in the Pacific Ocean. Rivers are considered a major channel for the transportation of plastics into the ocean. Conclusion.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 24, 2019

A recent WSJ article highlighted a fact that confirms much of what we found in our study of counterfeit products in the supply chain a year ago: if you’re buying on Amazon, beware of counterfeits. It has been estimated that 80 percent to 90 percent of the pharmaceuticals in Africa, for instance, are counterfeit.

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Claritum

AUGUST 15, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Many of the product related suppliers are based in the Far East, so there is also a need to understand local pricing, laws, duties, testing and shipping to be fully informed of the potential impact to supply over time. All images courtesy of Kadimah Print South Africa kadimah.com.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

That means maritime shipping lies at the very heart of the global logistical system. At the time, Ron Widdows , former chairman of the World Shipping Council, reported that piracy was costing “the global shipping industry anywhere from $3.5 In this article, I want to address the security risks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

But I will get into the details in a future article. In the past weeks, ocean freight rates have risen as much as $10,000 per 40-foot container, as container ships seeking to avoid the attacks embarked on long detours around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, diverting more than $200 billion of cargo away from the critical trade artery.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 7, 2024

One of the largest entities in SASAC’s portfolio is shipping giant COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company) – (think of a state-run Maersk!) Despite efforts to liberalize the Chinese economy, domestic markets are still heavily controlled by 97 centrally owned companies that channel state capital into strategic economic sectors.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

You penned a Harvard Business Review article on the weaknesses in the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). China invests in building infrastructure in developing countries to expand trade and geopolitical leverage, especially over mineral-rich developing countries across Africa and South America. What is needed to strengthen the SNS?

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