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E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index Reveals Notably Improved Cross-Ocean Transit Time for Global Freight Deliveries

E2open

(NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, today released the Q4 2022 edition of its Ocean Shipping Index, a quarterly report that offers data-driven insights to better manage the movement of goods around the globe and on key lanes between Asia, North America, and Europe.

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Highlights from TPM 2023 with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

In his role Peter leads The Journal of Commerce, the historic New York City maritime newspaper founded in 1827, today a team of specialized business journalists focused on the end-to-end international shipping supply chain including shipping, ports, airfreight, trucking, rail and home delivery, addressed to the needs of shippers.

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Things Have Changed: What Do We Do NOW?

Supply Chain Shaman

This week I interviewed Robert Byrne, Founder of Terra Technology , on the results of their fourth benchmarking study on forecasting excellence. The work done by Terra Technology, in my opinion, is one of two accurate sources of benchmark data on forecasting in the industry. The other is Chainalytics demand benchmarking.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

XPO Logistics to Acquire 3PD, the Largest Provider of Heavy Goods, Last-Mile Logistics in North America. Source data is a combination of reference and benchmark data from third parties as well as econometric models and formulas. HighJump Software Acquires Evenex. SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half Results 2013.

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Three Tough Headlines: What Can We Learn?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, on average, there are 10-25 ships sitting on the water waiting to unload. Three weeks is substantial and may tip the hand to reshore more manufacturing into North America. Yes, there was lots of the usual hype coming from NRF, and CES conferences filling the airways. 2014 was not a good year for the western ports.

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How to Capture Full Divestiture Value with a 3PL

Talking Logistics

Made between a buyer and seller, a TSA sees that the ‘mother-ship’ provides support to the divested company over a defined period of time, with services such as accounting, IT, procurement and human resources, among others. The potential opportunity to convert a significant portion of operating costs from fixed to variable.

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How Connecting Your TMS Saves Time and Money

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Benchmarking and analysis. With more truckload freight than anyone in North America, being digitally connected to C.H. Bob Maxwell, global category lead, transport and warehouse at Bayer says, “Upon integrating, we saw a significant growth in the use of this tool this shipping season. Capacity assurance.