Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. While Facebook is looking at virtual reality, Alibaba and Amazon are looking more at freight. More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Expanding and shifting sourcing Earlier this year, a number of retailers told analysts that they had expanded their sourcing partners to diversify inventories and mitigate risks. Floor & Decor is one of the latest retailers to diversify its countries of origin by moving a large portion of sourcing out of China.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Due to the drought, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) updated booking conditions for ships for the Panamax locks (the older locks of the Panama Canal used by smaller ships). Under Condition 3, the total number of booking slots is limited to 14. Some ships were delayed by as much as 21 days. As of this week, the bottleneck has lessened.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

It covers 37 states and parts of Canada through a fleet of more than 150,000 crowd-sourced drivers, it says. Contrast this with China which has built out 800,000 across the country. USPS reflected the impact of PSRA on its books as a one-time, non-cash benefit of $59.6 From a shipping perspective, time is critical.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. If you’re like me, staying up to date on supply chain news is critical. wsjlogistics.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2016

Freightos Launches First International Freight Marketplace to Power $2 Trillion Worth of U.S. In other technology news, Freightos announced “the launch of the world’s first online marketplace for international freight, providing instant comparison, booking, and management of freight services from multiple logistics providers.”

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

The metaphor was reflective of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in making its first appearance in China , and then globally, with sudden and immediate implications. Every game is different, and every challenge requires a different play book. Everything is a little out of sync right now. ”.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

From optimizing freight movements and controlling freight costs, to supply chain SKU transparency and optimal inventory management, the value proposition for global transportation management is substantial and significant. Complexity in the global supply chain has increased dramatically since that time. A very recent survey of U.S.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 19, 2015

Leaving China. Leaving manufacturing sites in China or other foreign locations has its own set of considerations, such as ending foreign employment contracts, paying exit taxes, and obtaining government approvals to leave. She is the author of three books including, “42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. Freight Rates 2019-2021. As a result, companies plug along planning based on historic lead times and freight rates which as you can imagine is doomed for failure. Why I Am Worried.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

From optimizing freight movements and controlling freight costs, to supply chain SKU transparency and optimal inventory management, the value proposition for global transportation management is substantial and significant. Complexity in the global supply chain has increased dramatically since that time. A very recent survey of U.S.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Source: Laurie Cus. China Approves Merger of Cosco, China Shipping (WSJ- sub. October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Further enhancements include strategic freight management, load and pallet building as well as resource planning integration for better visibility and planning of the container fleet.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. Freight Rates 2019-2021. As a result, companies plug along planning based on historic lead times and freight rates which as you can imagine is doomed for failure. Why I Am Worried.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Freight Rates News. Freight and logistics trends that rate in the news. Check out our roundup of nearly 100 digital logistics/supply chain sources. It broke records in China and elsewhere in Asia. MEDIUM TERM: CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE. DECEMBER 2015. We summarize key monthly trends in six sections.

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EMERGE App

JULY 16, 2018

These two e-commerce business models have really taken off in the past decade, helped no doubt by the resurgence of China as the world’s manufacturing hub, the app economy and the convenience of an always-on mobile web. Here, I’ll cover private label products first and how you should go about sourcing for suppliers.

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Turvo

JUNE 8, 2020

My husband and I, desperate to reclaim any small portion of our lives post 3 children had booked a summer getaway to CO. A consultant, a tech wizard, a VP at a large Transportation company, and an ex-freight broker turned, a strategic sourcing specialist, turned HR consultant, mother of 3, trying to navigate her next career phase.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We will discuss how other services and companies compare to Freightera using ground freight shipping in North America as the baseline. Empty circle: No or Not applicable Freight Carriers Freight carriers are the backbone of our industry. Freight carriers specialize in carrying freight. Half-filled circle: Depends.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We will discuss how other services and companies compare to Freightera using ground freight shipping in North America as the baseline. Empty circle: No or Not applicable Freight Carriers Freight carriers are the backbone of our industry. Freight carriers specialize in carrying freight. Half-filled circle: Depends.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Therefore, a firm would be well served to develop a supply chain strategy as described in my book: Supply Chain Transformation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

The tight capacity and shipping downtime can increase rates and severely disrupt freight flow for months. Protectionist trade policies are also causing companies to shift their country sourcing practices, and there is no reason to believe that we will see geopolitical posturing along the trade front fade soon. Following the U.S.-China

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In my 2005 book The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage (MIT Press, 2005) I wrote that continuous security, resilience and risk mitigation efforts can be hampered by their own success. I gave the example of Sun Microsystems, which suffered a spate of freight thefts in Europe.

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20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2022

Also known as the Lunar New Year, this is the most important festival of China and marks the waning of winter, in the dawn of the spring season. China is a major economic hub in the world right now. Moreover, the recent outbreak of the omicron variant of coronavirus has made freight forwarding an even more daunting task.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2016

This tremendous growth was driven by freight shipping, which scaled in size but didn’t significantly improve underlying technology, getting bigger, not getting smarter. In an era that has embraced data technology for improving everything from entertainment to finance, freight is still manual. Sources: A , B.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Frost & Sullivan places Freightera among ‘Key Automated On-Demand Brokerage Solutions in North America’ along with Uber Freight and Convoy. ” Frost & Sullivan research showing Freightera among ‘Key Solutions’ for freight automation and high growth potential to 2025. trillion in 2017 to $16.9

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

Source: [link]. Freight Operators Dismiss Threat of Digital Startups (WSJ – sub. Robinson Launches Rail Service, Connecting China and Europe. Robinson launching a trans-Eurasian rail freight service between China and Europe. Happy Mother’s Day to all moms, for everything you do.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

And it’s about to get hit by a freight train of innovation. How much do we love freight innovation? Enough to go through every single article published in the top tech blogs – Techcrunch, Verge, Mashable and Recode – since 2007 to count how often articles about logistics startups, freight or cargo were published.

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Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

From Online Retail to Internet Shopping Mall Amazon started out as a retailer selling books online and gradually became a major player in retail by selling virtually everything online. Source: Statista. No tech company exemplifies adjacent innovation better than Amazon and no other tech company benefits from scale as much as Amazon.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Reported by GPCA, “China is one of the key destinations for GCC polyethylene exports. Reliance on China as the key export market for GCC chemical and petrochemical companies, has shown why integrating and extending partnerships along the supply chain are crucial to mitigate risks. percent of the GCC’s GDP.

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Global Trade Management

AUGUST 4, 2008

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. In China, despite heavy investment in port facilities, the huge demand for services threatens to constrain thru put. · Subscribe To. Monday, 4 August 2008. Stefan Reidy.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

However, this year is different as companies try to get ahead of new tariff implementations in the Transpacific Eastbound (China to U.S.) January or February: Volumes ramp up before businesses close in China for Chinese New Year; spot rates spike. And some materials can only be sourced from China.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? Strategies include sourcing more items directly from manufacturers to improve margins, SKU rationalization and space reduction, “show more carry less” and assisted-store ordering.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 26, 2021

For low-priced products, focus on low-cost food producers like Brazil, China and India. Vendor Sourcing. Preferably, book a physical appointment. Hire a global end-to-end freight forwarding partner to serve as a transport agent and move your cargo. Identify where your competitors are going wrong.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 20, 2020

The deaths in Italy have surpassed those in China. As of right now, top lines have been essentially wiped out for industries like air transportation, freight, gastronomy, tourism, travel, and many more. China has gone 2 days now without new infection cases of local citizens (just those who have traveled in from abroad).

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 10, 2021

This is in addition to those implemented on China Mainland-originating shipments in mid-May. per pound for packages sent via UPS Worldwide Express Freight® and UPS Worldwide Express Freight ® Midday. When ocean freight volumes hit this level of congestion, it inevitably carries over in the form of increased air freight.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 10, 2021

This is in addition to those implemented on China Mainland-originating shipments in mid-May. per pound for packages sent via UPS Worldwide Express Freight® and UPS Worldwide Express Freight ® Midday. When ocean freight volumes hit this level of congestion, it inevitably carries over in the form of increased air freight.

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Freightera

MAY 26, 2017

As many of you may be aware, freight shipping, international shipping and also aviation are not included in the COP21 agreement. As I mentioned before, freight transport is currently seven percent of freight emissions. Notice the worst possible thing you can do with freight is put it on an airplane.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I thought I understood all the major supply chain implications of the pandemic until I began reading Yossi Sheffi’s new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy beyond Covid-19. In terms of trade, these are not critical, single-sourced Tier 1 inputs needed in manufacturing. More than 2,100 U.S.-based

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