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The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

Peter is Vice President in the Maritime, Trade & Supply Chain division of S&P Global , a global data, analytics and business intelligence organization serving sectors including maritime, energy, automotive, petrochemical and financial. the world’s largest container shipping conference, now 23 years old. About Peter Tirschwell.

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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season. However, four shipping seasons occur throughout the year and are often regular and expected. That was the case until the ongoing disruptions of the past few years changed the shipping game. Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Although CMA CGM is best known for being a large container shipping company, it is also the parent of CEVA Logistics. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article on the increasing use of machinery to create made-to-fit boxes for more efficient fulfillment shipping. The machines then label and seal the packages.

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The impact of regional instabilities on the Global Supply Chain and how ERP can help

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Russia is the world’s third-largest oil producer and the second-largest foreign oil supplier to the US.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

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 labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. It’s a global problem.

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8 Things to Know in Shipping, Freight, Logistics & Supply Chain this Week

Intelligent Audit

In the webinar, Aryapadi and Jones share their insight backed by freight analytics to address how some businesses have met consumer demands to expand delivery options by utilizing out-of-the-box methods such as crowdsourcing carriers. . How do shippers and retailers face the new challenges of same-day fulfillment to serve the modern consumer?

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How business intelligence can boost customer centricity

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The same SYSPRO survey went on to reveal that only 20 percent of businesses had invested in data analytics tools to process and analyse the data that they were collecting, while only 5 percent of businesses had investigated AI and ML to draw any long-term benefit from the data collection.