Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Apple Gets Permit to Test Self-Driving Cars in California (New York Times). Source: Amazon patent. Here are some details from the press release: With Haven TMS, Haven evolves from a logistics quote marketplace into a full-featured transportation management system (TMS) with collaboration, procurement, and analysis modules.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Spot market rates seem to be suffering more from over-capacity than from lack of freight. Despite the abundance of trucks, the typical equilibrium has not yet been restored between spot and contract rates, so carriers are getting paid more on brokered freight than on shipper-direct loads in some lanes. Expect demand to rebound in Q2.

Negotiating Skills 93

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

FedEx Express is teaming up with California Bay Area-based Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. At the same time, the number of suppliers in China that received procurement bids declined by 9 percent in 2021.

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Because import freight is sitting on docks longer and warehouses receiving containers are backlogged, we’re also seeing a shortage of containers and chassis to move containers. QAD Sourcing manages the electronic RFQ process with suppliers. A lack of railcars to move cargo from the ports is adding more delays. Production Execution.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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QAD

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Meanwhile, ocean freight rates are hitting historic highs. Truck transportation continues to be challenged with driver shortages , tight capacity, and warehousing is likewise finding it difficult to source workers. Of course, last year we saw historic wildfires in California and other western wine-producing states.

Supply Chain Design Software 94

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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QAD

JUNE 28, 2022

Now they want to know what acre of land it was grown on, the source of the water and the living conditions of the workers.” And, with the move to electric vehicles, OEMs and automotive suppliers are seeing heightened concerns on the topic of sustainable sourcing as electric batteries require cobalt.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

Although the company has not disclosed details, it is believed to be having trouble procuring parts for Bluetooth wireless communications components used in the controllers and main units as well as analog chips for controlling currents. Nintendo is having negotiations on procurement, but the outlook is uncertain.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2021

Then in January 1969, he and many others witnessed the ravages of a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. “Food, construction, fashion, fast-moving consumer goods, electronics, automotive, professional services and freight account for more than half of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

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