The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Kevin’s journey in transportation and logistics began in China, where he managed ocean and air imports for his own venture, Phoria Energy Solutions. Fluent in Mandarin, Kevin spent three years living and working in China, immersing himself in the culture and language. logistics market. Greenscreens.ai Greenscreens.ai

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Enterra Insights

JULY 27, 2023

In his book Fableheaven , author Brandon Mull wrote, “The curse of mortality. ” China, which once touted a one-child policy, now recognizes the ill effects of a declining population. … Over the next few years, China will be losing 70 million (of its) workforce … so this is a big shock to the global supply chain.”[7]

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Freightos

APRIL 6, 2020

FBX 01 (China – US West Coast) over the last three months of COVID-19. It’s been clear to us that global trade needs to rely on digital pricing, quoting, and booking to keep up with an already agile environment. This makes for efficient booking, shaving days off transit time, reducing costs, and improving service for shippers.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The web was the ‘death of distance,’ a concept popularized in 1997 by Frances Cairncross’s book of the same title.”[3] Journalist Daniel Dombey ( @danieldombey ) writes, “Tim Marshall’s book is a reminder of the salience of geography in international affairs.”[4] He was wrong.

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Freightos

JANUARY 16, 2018

2018 started with China-US ocean freight prices increasing by 27% as supply chains came back into full swing. Some forwarders reliant on the spot market are steeply increasing ocean pricing from China. That said, ocean prices for shipping out of China are still well down on this time last year. China-US West Coast.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

When trying to book a specific slot on a container ship (yes, the ones that can handle the equivalent of 20,000 containers), prices have exceeded $16,000 (!). On our end, Freightos has been working on digitizing the space for the past eight years, helping players within work more transparently and smarter on a global booking platform.

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Freightos

JUNE 6, 2023

It really got tricky when we have over thousands of these in production and we’re starting to book freight and we’re realizing that the budget we had put in for freight is… it’s almost 4 or 5X what we had thought it would be. One challenge appears to have been replaced with another.

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Freightos

MARCH 12, 2024

Judah Levine March 12, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 7% to $4,419/FEU. Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N.

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! This underscores the importance of China being the world’s manufacturing hub in the past decade, and most likely for the next few decades. Introduction. Chinese Business Directories.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The two recent crises in global trade – the outbreak and the US-China trade war – show how vulnerable small and medium size businesses (SMBs) can be to shocks to the supply chain, but also point to ways to mitigate that risk. The (Digital) Rise of SMBs. Coronavirus Impact. million freight containers each year.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The EU has started to work on charting out a plan for that transition, but other large markets like North America and China will likely not follow them in 2024. Land Transportation Evolution I was visiting family in Panyu, China recently and was absolutely amazed at the transformation that has taken place on China’s roads.

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The Network Effect

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

China’s super consumers are the biggest and most important consumer class in history. In his new book China’s Super Consumers: What 1 Billion Customers Want and How to Sell it to Them , Tompkins International Principal Michael Zakkour explores the extraordinary birth of consumerism in China and explains who these super consumers are.

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Freightos

MARCH 19, 2024

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. China – N. Demand out of China has also climbed in the last couple weeks, with growing e-commerce volumes one factor. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 10% to $3,871/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) fell 7% to $4,155/FEU. Europe – N.

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Freightos

JANUARY 30, 2024

Judah Levine January 30, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 38% to $4,099/FEU. Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 11, 2022

Mallery wrote a book entitled Economic Union and Durable Peace in which he wrote, “When goods don’t cross borders, soldiers will.” The pandemic shined a spotlight on the dependence of many companies on a limited number of suppliers, primarily in China. She explains, “China is going in another direction.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 17, 2018

In my book, the strongest relations are built from a foundation of shared wins and losses. The post Building strong relations through innovation & co-creation in China appeared first on Supply Chain Movement. If that is the case, first of all you must explain the background stories – the ‘whys’ – much better.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

And the lack of demand visibility is a big contributor to China-US ocean freight rates doubling to the West Coast since June, and passing USD4,000/FEU to the East Coast – which was surprising as most analysts thought that rates and profits would freefall. before any interested shippers are deterred from booking.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2022

Just music and books and the great outdoors. It’s time to unplug and get off the grid. No email, no social media, no television. Before I disconnect and head to the land of ice, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Walmart Tells Suppliers New Fuel and Pickup Fees.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

And the lack of demand visibility is a big contributor to China-US ocean freight rates doubling to the West Coast since June, and passing $4,000/FEU to the East Coast – which was surprising as most analysts thought that rates and profits would freefall. before any interested shippers are deterred from booking. . It worked. .

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It really got tricky when we hadover thousands of unitsin production and were starting to book freight and suddenly realized that the cost of freight was almost 4 or 5X what we had budgeted. Between September 2019 and September 2021, the cost of shipping a 40’ container from China to the US West Coast had increased from $1,500 to $20,586.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 3% to $1,609/FEU. Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. kg China – N. Europe – N.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

But in his 2021 book “ Sense and Sustainability ,” Chaturvedi shows he’s an idealist as well as a realist. China ranks number one as the country from which companies are reshoring, followed by Mexico, Canada, India, and Japan. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea. How do you see this situation evolving?

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In this article, we will show you 7 supply chain lessons we obtain from the book "Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built" by Duncan Clark. Establish logistics partnership China is a big country and some parts are less developed than the others. So they will be able to coordinate with each department much better.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2022

My lead times increased from China from 93 to 210 days, and I am not able to properly plan.” Ten years ago, one of my favorite clients, Joe, challenged me to make the research more accessible, which led me to compile the blog posts annually into an e-book. (He I share it here on Flipping Book (an e-book format viewer).

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Judah Levine November 15, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 6% to $1,711/FEU. Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Issues with China supply chain. For Carriers: Flock Freight helps carriers maximize their revenue by booking high-paying shared truckloads online in seconds. The more VUCA ahead refers to continued supply chain disruptions caused by: Diesel fuel shortages. Potential railroad strike. Holiday season.

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Freightos

JANUARY 16, 2024

Judah Levine January 16, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 5% to $2,588/FEU. Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Output has fallen back into decline after a brief respite in July amid an increasingly steep deterioration in order books. China’s Factory Activity a Mixed Picture The two recognized indices of PMI within China indicate that prior manufacturing contraction levels in July may have bounced back in August. representing a 1.2

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Freightos

APRIL 2, 2024

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. China – N. In air cargo, volumes out of China were strong in late March driven by B2C eCommerce growth, though Freightos Air Index China export rates dipped somewhat to $4.23/kg Europe prices(FBX11 Weekly) increased 2% to $3,258/FEU. Europe – N.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Judah Levine February 7, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) increased 7% to $4,367/FEU. Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The three enabling initiatives are the First Movers Coalition, the Just Transition Maritime Task Force and the US-China climate agreement. The fifth Z – Zero emission partnerships: US-China climate agreement. He is the co-editor of the first book of Maritime Informatics recently published by Springer.

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Freightos

MARCH 27, 2024

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. China – N. Europe prices(FBX11 Weekly) fell 18% to $3,189/FEU. Asia-Mediterranean prices(FBX13 Weekly) increased 9% to $4,532/FEU. America weekly prices decreased 5% to $5.65/kg. Europe weekly prices fell 10% to $3.52/kg. Europe – N.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Judah Levine February 28, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 2% to $4,809/FEU. Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 29, 2017

Well, I have written two whole books on the subject, and I even put the word ‘easy’ in the title of both of them. My first book (easily?) Made In China! covers how to overcome the challenges when setting up a supply chain in China – avoiding the most common mistakes which are often caused by cultural differences.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

In an equally troublesome bit of news, the number of vessels waiting to cross the Panama Canal has reached 154, and slots for carriers to book passage are being reduced in an effort to manage congestion caused by ongoing drought conditions that have roiled the major shipping gateway since the spring.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 30, 2023

I am currently halfway through his most recent book called ‘Embrace the Chaos’ about this inevitable transition. And who says the future affluent consumers in India and Africa will develop the same needs for goods as those in the West, Japan, Dubai and the wealthy upper class in China? We are, after all, in a change of era.

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Freightos

JULY 5, 2017

While Alibaba was advocating sales to China as Amazon advocated cross-border importing, both are clearly pursuing an SMB focus, as Big Box retailers continue to struggle. During the second half of June, Amazon and Alibaba both held conferences in the United States, appealing to small and midsize businesses selling on their platform.

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