Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 20, 2022
Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Building highly automated warehouses takes time.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 26, 2023
A severe drought affecting the Panama Canal is forcing container vessels to lighten their loads and pay higher fees, with further increases in the cost of shipping cargo through the canal expected this summer. Rainfall was less than 50 percent of normal from February to April near the canal and the lakes that feed it.
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Supply Chain Matters
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Hyundai Motor America To Raise Auto Worker Wages In our prior Supply Chain Matters commentaries reflecting on the UAW labor union’s tentative collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Hyundai Motor America announced this week that the automaker will raise certain U.S. production worker hourly wages starting in January 2024.
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
JANUARY 19, 2022
For example, one of the main problems with Asian-US trade is that all container ship deliveries are now routed to the West Coast, even though the bulk of America’s manufacturers are based on the East Coast. This is to avoid more costly routes such as the Panama Canal or taking the long haul around the tip of Africa or South America.
Vinculum
JULY 24, 2019
1) North America. 2) South America. North America. Amazon operates in 16 other countries in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania region. South America. Dafiti, one of the newest marketplaces in Latin America, attracts over 25 million unique visitors per month. 3) Europe. 4) Africa.
Supply Chain Matters
JUNE 6, 2023
Coast Port terminal operators represented by the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshoreman and Warehouse Union (ILWU), union workers have previously enacted cargo movement disruptions to garner negotiation leverage. Dockworkers, truckers, rail and warehouse workers in Europe, Asia, and the U.S.
Resilinc
JANUARY 15, 2024
7 Chemicals and Fertilizers Chemical fertilizer in a warehouse waiting for shipment, as a result of the Red Sea ship attacks. Surcharges for all Asia to North America shipments will start in mid-January. Multinational food-products company Danone has also diverted shipments and is considering mitigation plans. #7
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