ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’ve worked in the supply chain for 30+ years, working for major retailers including Kmart, Michaels and Five Below, as well as on the 3PL and logistics side with companies including FedEx, where I was Vice President of Global Transportation, and UPS, where I worked as Vice President of Supply Chain Design. Image source: Bloomberg.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

The alliance was formed in 2014 and covers major shipping routes between Asia, Europe, and North America. While GSAs can provide benefits such as cost savings and increased efficiency, they also introduce new risks and challenges for shippers. Where do we stand today? How alliances in the shipping industry might impact shippers?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Fortunately, great minds are making progress to capture this energy in ways that could change the transportation and logistics industry. Sembcorp, LYS Group, Engie and JinkoSolar, are just a few players involved with solar power installation. One familiar site in our transportation environment are busy roads.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The output was just not helpful. We have too hard-wired solutions bolted into IT architectures to enable the flexibility needed by business leaders during times of high variability. Over time, this changed. The focus of the transportation suites was on cost mitigation and price negotiation. It will not be over soon.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 15, 2022

It turns out that these bugs were recently, and accidentally, introduced to the US from east Asia. Long Beach, LA ports set June cargo records. Long Beach, meanwhile, moved just over 5 million in the first half of the year—up 5.3% The influx of cargo is due to several reasons, according to port officials. Alphabet Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

We’ve all been talking about the looming supply chain talent shortage for quite some time. But I just read an article about another labor shortage Walmart is facing: store managers. But I just read an article about another labor shortage Walmart is facing: store managers. Autonomous cargo ship completes 500-mile voyage.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. The supply-chain problems are helping drive stronger inflation, the WSJ’s Gwynn Guilford and Anthony DeBarros report , as rising transport and other logistics costs flow through to the cost of consumer goods. Transportation. ?. Trouble viewing this email?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining by Timothy Foote, Director Transportation & Network APAC at Asendia and Founder of Susymbio 2023 is soon enough to end, and the transformation to a clean logistics future moves forward. Air transport emissions reduction goals sadly will be hampered by insufficient supplies of SAF.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. March and now Q1-2022 data point to continued disruption, added cost inflation and elongated transit times continuing to be manifested in the months ahead. . Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. Global Shipping.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 9, 2024

The Silk Road became a massively critical route that moved goods from the Mediterranean region to East Asia. With the advancement of transportation, like wheels and navigation techniques, transport to distant territories was completed over shorter periods.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The global transportation system in 2021 is experiencing a unique and unexpected crisis. Market participants state that the cost of transportation has increased from approximately $1,500 to $6,000 – $9,000 per container in February this year. And it wasn’t just about docks and warehouses. Fewer ships in operation .

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This involves a lot of long-haul transportation.” But more than half of their shipments – including a significant portion that begin at factories in Asia – travel across oceans or continents These long-distance shipments go by ocean, air, or rail. Molex ended up selecting a product from Infor Nexus – GT Nexus at the time.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 17, 2021

Supply chain disruptions that consist of port and terminal congestion, shipping delays due to high cargo volumes, lack of labor due to Covid-19 and limited space have caused a myriad of challenges for shippers. Right now, the reliability that a vessel carrying goods will arrive on time is roughly 40%. Air Shipping.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Readers' choice! Category Key.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. Did You Know That … It wasn’t just about freight. The History of the Shipping Container.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 21, 2021

Protect freight, optimize fleet use, deliver services that scale, even improve driver safety—these are just a few things you can achieve using the right IoT Solutions. Analyze real-time streaming data from environmental sensors, traffic feeds and telematics systems. If you can measure it, you can track it on the IoT.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Weight limits have also been adjusted, forcing some ships to unload and transport cargo to the other side of the canal via train—increasing transportation costs. Demand for the canal remains high, leading to increased wait times. What’s happening in the Panama Canal 2023? How long will the Panama Canal drought last?

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 25, 2015

It would seem that the aviation industry is doing just fine, thank you. Or so I thought until I ran into some old and new friends at the recent Payload Asia Conference in Singapore. Cargo: The hidden passenger. So, every time you take a commercial flight, you are sharing the flight with tonnes of commercial cargo.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 25, 2021

By now many of you have heard about the “Ever Given”, which has been stuck in the Suez Canal since Tuesday, and is blocking all container ships trying to get through with their cargo. Likewise, the focus became on reducing transportation costs – which led to container ships getting bigger and bigger over time.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, Amazon’s logistics services include transportation and warehousing solutions, allowing businesses of all sizes to leverage Amazon’s expertise and resources in streamlining their supply chain and improving their delivery capabilities. In this blog post, we’ll explore how Amazon does it all.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Which is why email newsletters just work – delivered to your inbox each day (usually) bringing a limited selection of top stories in condensed form. This is the experts’ selection – but if we had to choose just one, our go-to read is the fast-rising WSJ Daily Logistics Report. Air Cargo World. Transport Topics.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

Ikea’s Singapore operations called it a “global transport crisis” and estimates 850 of its 8,500 products are affected by shipment delays. A Chinese worker looks on as a cargo ship is loaded at a port in Qingdao, eastern China’s Shandong province. For the route from Asia to the West Coast of the U.S.,

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 19, 2020

If you’re like many other organizations around the world, you’re trying to adjust how your business operates and adjust for logistics at the same time. Only freight that can account for added transport time is a good fit for expedited LCL shipping. The right level of LCL shipping expertise. Our team of experts at C.H.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia (WSJ – sub. It didn’t take long for the recently rebranded BluJay Solutions to make its first acquisition: Blackbay , “a leading provider of mobility-enabled solutions for the transport and logistics industry.”

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Our inventory is up substantially over the same time last year, helping us feel prepared to deliver for millions of families this season,” said Target in an Oct. Our inventory is up substantially over the same time last year, helping us feel prepared to deliver for millions of families this season,” said Target in an Oct. 12 statement.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 23, 2023

economy through the lens of the logistics and transportation sector in terms of costs and implications to the economy during the past year, in this case 2022. That compares to t he “Out of Sync” theme attached to the 33 rd Annal Report released at this same time last year.

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Elementum

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Other insurers across the United States, Europe, Bermuda and Asia also took a hit close to US $2 billion. Tianjin is considered the fourth largest global port in terms of cargo throughput. China’s Tianjin port suffered a devastating explosion in August which left many manufacturers, insurers and shipping supply chains crippled.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 11, 2013

In my previous article on the evolution of transportation management, Driving Value from a Transportation Management Center: Think Global, Act Local , I discussed how transportation best practices were evolving from more rigid, centralized control towers to more flexible and collaborative Transportation Management Centers (TMC).

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2015

Amazon’s timing for the service, known internally as “On My Way,” couldn’t be learned, and it is possible the company won’t move ahead, the people said. So far, though, an Uber same-day delivery program launched a year ago with plans to sign up dozens of retailers has announced partnerships with just six. FAA expects to clear U.S.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

UPS has hired tens of thousands of new workers and spent $179 million to speed up delivery times, but the thinner margins add to pressure on Chief Executive Carol Tomé to figure out how to handle the accelerating shift to e-commerce more profitably. Transportation. PHOTO: MARK ELIAS/BLOOMBERG NEWS. Advertisement. Sign Up Here.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why Businesses, Large and Small, Think it’s Fair to Share.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2017

Amazon’s robot army grows by 50 percent (The Seattle Times). Uber Freight Just Launched and Trucking Will Never Be the Same (Inverse). I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday. 2017 started right where 2016 left off: with plenty of supply chain and logistics news. Below are the headlines that caught my attention this week.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I’d advise shippers to not get complacent about transportation costs for the longer term, however. Hanjin's exit strands 89 ships worldwide containing some $14 billion worth of cargo, much of which was headed to the U.S. No doubt this will complicate efforts to get products from Asia to U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 20, 2018

At the same time, the country’s export market is growing, as is its industrial stature, especially as a centre for outsourced manufacturing. Now might be a good time to enter the Vietnamese market, as foreign penetration is not yet as advanced as in other developing Asia nations like Thailand. A Land of Logistics Opportunity.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Statistics covered in the article include: How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

In April of 2005, just a month after completing my first half marathon (and vowing I would never run a full marathon in my life), I went to the finish line at the Boston Marathon and saw Team Hoyt for the first time. For those unaware of just how long the Ironman is, it consists of a 2.4 And I did; we both did actually.

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