Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 15, 2021

Containers are being “rolled” month by month in Asia due to the lack of available containers. 70% of global supply chain shipments are by sea, 18% move by road transport, 9% go by rail, 2% by inland waterways and less than 0.25% by air. Redesign to orchestrate transportation market-to-market. Be a Good Shipper.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Specifically, EBIDA is currently forecasted to be in a range of between $1 billion and $6 billion this year. Our prior published update was on January 19 th.

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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. Nikkei Asia).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Green Corridor: Digitise Wisely to Reduce Emissions by Timothy Foote , Founder of Susymbio Digitisation in the logistics and transportation industry produces efficiency gains for nearly all players in the economy today. Asia is not immune to flight delay and cancellation incidents.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The circular economy is a cost saver and generally has less carbon emissions, because raw materials are sourced locally and therefore with less transportation. In my compost example, I save on buying fertilizer (along with all the processing, packaging and transportation associated with it). Your Sales Plan is NOT a Forecast!

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

International transportation is dealing with ongoing challenges of tighter capacity. From import space and export space tightening up and a hot drayage market causing capacity constraints to volatile air freight rates – international transportation has had its share of challenges the last 10-12 months. Getting Ahead with Export Space.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Although this does not help to avoid tariffs for the components of your product, companies may benefit from decreasing transportation costs as they move final transportation closer to their customers. Firms could choose to insource certain manufacturing processes, such as product assembly. The “first-sale” rule. Conclusion.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Sustainability is definitely coming of age in Asia. In fact, IDC predicts that manufacturers across Asia who digitally transform and accelerate sustainable innovation to improve supply chain operations, will increase their revenue by 20 percent in 2025. Making Asia a Leader – One Green Initiative at a Time.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

by Martin You – Sales Director for Asia Pacific at E2open. Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

DHL Group does not operate ships but it uses them to transport containers. This has become trickier since shippers such as Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have recently rerouted ships away from the Red Sea – the shortest route from Asia to Europe via the Suez Canal – after vessels have come under attack from militants.

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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. Telematics The telematics system is more than just GPS tracking.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

Having the right transportation technology can improve everything from route efficiency to supply chain sustainability. You will want to consider your potential transportation technology provider’s track record. Some technologies even forecast potential delays by collecting data on carriers farther along your route.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 19, 2021

Busy times for all of us and in particular supply chain managers who are dealing with capacity constraints, delays, the rise of e-commerce, forecasting in this crazy environment, identifying and analyzing data, and putting the data to use in strategies. TMS has come a long way since its early days. “Customers want data,” Ron said.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

This week the World Bank released its latest June forecast of its Semiannual Global Economic Prospects Report. This latest forecast indicates that the global economy will grow by 2.1 percent forecasted at the beginning of this year. In the not so optimistic category, the bank revised its 2024 global growth forecast to 2.4

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 3, 2020

Have you ever considered changing your traditional mode of transportation? Now is the time to utilize all modes of transportation in the most efficient way possible. For example, you might be surprised how beneficial rail service between Europe and Asia can be for your business today. . Reasons to consider rail service.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The right way” emphasizes that our fundamental relationship with the Earth demands that products be made and transported in ways not harmful to the Earth. To eliminate unneeded transport or unnecessary miles is always something the logistics manager needs to do. The devil is definitely in the details.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Beating the growth forecast and improving margins drove lucrative bonus programs. The regional teams would always sandbag—or under forecast—to make their budget incentives. Source E2open Shipping Index).

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials. The net result was that global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2022

It still takes over 100 days to move a container from Asia to a U.S. With lead times being as unpredictable as they are right now, retailers have to order these fashion items even further ahead (by a month or two), making forecasting rapidly shifting fashions even more challenging.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Beating the growth forecast and improving margins drove lucrative bonus programs. The regional teams would always sandbag—or under forecast—to make their budget incentives. Source E2open Shipping Index).

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The focus of the transportation suites was on cost mitigation and price negotiation. With the contraction of air capacity and the unprecedented level of imports to the United States from Asia, logistics constraints grew in importance in the pandemic. Delivery: Lowest transportation cost, on-time shipment from shipper’s dock.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Specific capabilities include production planning and scheduling, order slotting and sequencing, transportation capacity planning, vehicle routing and scheduling, all on an API-based microservices architecture. Industry vertical concentration includes Automotive, Manufacturing and Logistics industry sectors.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Fixing forecasts is important. But generating good forecasts is still difficult for even the best managed companies. Surprisingly, there is an immediately available, relatively straight-forward alternative – fixing your inventory (safety stocks) to cope with the forecast uncertainty. Getting the Right Inventory Mix.

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QAD

JANUARY 17, 2023

This has resulted in the WTO reducing its forecasts for world trade over the next two years from 4.7% With other economic indicators showing low global growth, the WTO may need to revise this already low forecast should trade tensions between the world’s largest economies persist. Step 3: Leverage a Global Multi-Carrier Solution.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. As the number of items being sold grew, they became increasingly more difficult to forecast. By definition, in traditional MRP, the forecast is input into supply planning, and integrated into MRP.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 15, 2021

This results in a set of over-simplified, aggregate and gross average-level decision-making that generates today’s poor performance, because increased inventories, capacity, transportation and logistics costs are required to buffer all such variances. Reducing premium transportation by 50%. Reducing COGS by 3%.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

It is with particular pleasure to chat-up with Katie Kinraid, of BluJay Asia Pacific. What are some of the supply chain challenges that you see Customers face in the Asia Pacific region and how can BluJay solutions help to solve them? Transport management systems are more important now than ever before.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Although applied throughout the organization, Cummins identified the elimination of transportation waste as an area that would have a significant impact. By measuring the variability of the process and their impact on the effective rate, Cummins was able to determine how to address each X variable in order to reduce transportation costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Last evening, global parcel, logistics and transportation services provider Fedex Corp. Equity analysts quickly revised their analysis and outlooks for FedEx and other associated transport and logistics focused businesses. Development. As a result, the carrier announced immediate and direct actions in reducing costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Yet, transportation optimization products focus on managing price, not constraints. Expect disruption in transportation cycles. My response is “Hogwash.”

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Foxconn Forecasts Challenging Operating Environment This Year. lawmakers had expressed concerns that with supply chains already highly constrained, the CP Rail stoppage would create an added transportation crisis for import as well as export flows. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. .

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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. A problem also linked to shipping companies. What happened to the containers?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

The logistics of transporting and warehousing returns is a necessary evil for retailers aiming to satisfy and delight consumers. According to Allied Market Research, the returns market is forecast to reach $822B by 2025. Returns Made Easier with SaaS Platforms and Technology.

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20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Asia-Pacific region, which has emerged to be the economic hotspot in the last few decades, displayed a huge slump during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. However markets recovered themselves in 2021 to greater extent and the economists are forecasting an expansion of that steady growth in the year 2022 as well.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 21, 2021

Add predictive analytics to forecast events so you can increase productivity, reduce cost and risk, and satisfy customers. Smart Logistics: Operate at peak efficiency when you know about, and can react to, changing events—like weather, traffic and last-minute customer requests.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

There are some 3PLs who perform niche tasks, like Cerasis does with transportation management for over the road modes like LTL, Truckload, and small package. CEOs from North America and Asia-Pacific forecasted three-year revenue growth averages for their companies of 7.86 European CEOs forecasted 5.33 percent and 11.50

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 20, 2015

In recent blogs I explained why beverage manufactures wanting to succeed in Asia have to acknowledge the region’s rich diversity. The key objective of getting the product to the destination promptly is to reduce time-in-transport and increase the time-on-shelf (the period between the product’s arrival on shelf and the “best before” date).

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