ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Carriers responded by canceling capacity, but demand was back by July, and importers found themselves scrambling for equipment. . When capacity was cut, so too was the empty supply of containers back to Asia. Labor shortages , impeding the ability to get cargo unloaded, loaded, or moved. Image source: Bloomberg.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Material Handling & Logistics ).

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Instead, they are printed ahead of time, for both teams. But what happens to the “Super Bowl Champion” apparel, or really from any major sporting event, for the losing team? What Berglund is referring to is the advantage that shipping lines hold for negotiations with cargo shippers for 2022 and beyond.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 31, 2022

They go to the warehouse at the appointed time. But if there was some delay in the sorting and packing of the cargo, their trucks would spend additional waiting and idle time at the warehouse. These are just some of the inefficiencies in warehouse operations that logistics chain companies have to manage.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The output was just not helpful. We have too hard-wired solutions bolted into IT architectures to enable the flexibility needed by business leaders during times of high variability. Over time, this changed. Air expediting took on a new meaning in January, with air capacity down 18% and escalating prices. The reason?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 15, 2023

Coupled with softening customer demand and the return of air-cargo belly capacity, the current airfreight market condition presents a perfect opportunity for shippers to regain, maintain and balance influence and control. Shippers have until quite recently been faced with a daunting challenge when it comes to negotiating with LSPs.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

As airlines canceled flights, and ports contended with no cargo to ship and no workers to operate, air cargo and ocean freight have been disrupted, with ocean carriers losing millions each week. The coronavirus outbreak has the whole global community concerned and hoping for the swift containment of this humanitarian crisis. .

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Gravity Supply Chain

APRIL 1, 2021

Without a doubt, port congestion and vessels, containers, and cargo not being in the right place at the right time will further exacerbate already very fragile supply chains, with the knock-on effect creating months of additional disruption and even tighter capacity restraints. Just-In-Time?

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American Global Logistics

MARCH 5, 2024

So, we’ve written numerous posts about these events to help you make sense of those disruptions. As of late February 2024, CMA CGM is now shipping cargo through the Red Sea trade route. At the same time, Maersk has decided to wait tout the situation before returning to the Red Sea.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Sustainable transport was one of the topics discussed during the event’s “Solution Day” on 17 November 2022. The transport sector needs to prepare for the time where only zero-emissions vehicles will be available. Did COP27 leverage the momentum that has been growing since COP26?

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2019

When temperatures drop below freezing and winter storms bury highways with large snowfalls, it affects truckload demand in three ways: Ice and precipitation slow down trucking operations , which has the effect of reducing capacity. So every winter event has a rate impact that can be plus or a minus depending on timing and severity.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Container shipping procurement faces a multitude of challenges shaped by global events, industry shifts, environmental mandates, and technological advancements. It serves as the compass guiding shippers toward efficient, economical, and dependable cargo transport.

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Global Trade Management

APRIL 18, 2023

Nearly daily, you can read articles or join webinars about how important visibility has become in managing cargo worldwide. It's not just about moving physical goods from one place to another; it's also about the financial transactions that make that trade possible. And this is just one piece of the puzzle.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

At the same time opening opportunities for driving positive transformational change, stimulating economic growth and building competitive advantage for businesses. In an unpredictable and volatile environment, access to accurate, real-time data is the key to adaptation. million and US$100 million respectively.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 25, 2021

By now many of you have heard about the “Ever Given”, which has been stuck in the Suez Canal since Tuesday, and is blocking all container ships trying to get through with their cargo. Likewise, the focus became on reducing transportation costs – which led to container ships getting bigger and bigger over time.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 28, 2020

Here’s the dilemma – a truck goes from point A to point B with a full truck load of cargo and unloads their cargo but the return trip from point B to point A (backhaul) needs to have full cargo too in order to optimize every transit load and maximize capacity. times more likely to crash.” Trust the Pros.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Logistics has been in the news a lot lately, and it will continue to be for some time to come. But aside from these disruptive events, does everyone really understand what it actually is? The coordinated planning, organization, management and deployment of any resources (not just materials) is considered Logistics.

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ShipBob

JULY 14, 2022

Without this knowledge, you might be leaving your goods in the hands of as many as 20 outside vendors and partners to ensure they get delivered on time — and you may not even know the names of all those vendors. Some days it’s enough to know your shipment is on a boat, somewhere, and that you’ll maybe get an email when it arrives at port.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 25, 2015

It would seem that the aviation industry is doing just fine, thank you. Cargo: The hidden passenger. While a number of dedicated freighters is slowly increasing, every new passenger plane also brings cargo capacities below the deck. Then, both passengers and cargo shippers started demanding lower prices.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 20, 2020

Meanwhile, the global air cargo volume has dropped significantly, explains Greg Knowler, JOC Senior Editor , “up to 5,000 tons of cargo in air freight from China to the U.S. It is a grand irony that this black swan event has stimulated a run on grocers and retail that’s reminiscent of the bank run during the Great Depression.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 17, 2015

This unfortunate event kick-started an urgent need for a replacement vehicle that would fit his growing family and replace the car he’d loved for longer than he’d even known his three children. Borrowing a quote from CBC : “If we can move the cargo out of Halifax in a timely manner, we don’t get into this situation.

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Freightos

JANUARY 25, 2024

So to put this into context and understand just what it means for Freightos – and for the industry at large – I sat down with Zvi Schreiber, Freightos’ CEO, to understand the significance. This is particularly true on the air cargo side… but certainly not limited to air. Freight is digitizing itself now at real scale.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MARCH 29, 2022

It was our first time participating in an in-person event as a team since the start of the pandemic, and there was no better place than TPM. . Long Beach: Effectively managing your supply chain in a time of disruption. Long Beach – just like other ports across the globe – are susceptible to disruption.

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Adexa

JUNE 5, 2019

As data becomes more and more available in real-time, supply chain planning systems must respond to the events as needed on a continuous basis. Or, making the product 2 days later might create a huge disruption in so many other orders because of shortage of capacity already allocated to other orders! As needed ” is the key.

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MIT Supply Chain

DECEMBER 15, 2020

by Chris Caplice, David Correll, and Ken Cottrill When a shipper and a trucking company contract to transport goods at a given time and rate, there is no guarantee they will meet the agreement’s terms. The loads may never materialize, or the carrier may not have the capacity in the right place when it is scheduled to haul the cargo.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Supply Chain continuity of supply issues persist and this includes constraints and delays related to logistics capacity and delivery integrity. Even as restrictions have been relaxed the capacity issues continue, and this applies to logistics as well. The result is that more and more companies are taking matters into their own hands.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 27, 2017

But are they just creative marketing spin (after all, developing them is kind of part of the job), or is what they stand for actually making a difference in your supply chain planning? In Downard’s examples, IoT is really limited to just the sense aspect of sense, communication, analyze and act. At least for now. Let me explain.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Capacity finds those opportunities, and throughout 2016, spot markets have restored 'normalcy' without generating the ripple effects that typically drive contract rates higher. Some recent events signal that rate increases could be only weeks away. If capacity isn’t nourished, it can disappear.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 15, 2018

Having a tool for accurate demand forecasting and capacity planning allows companies to be more proactive. The tech is using data to its full potential to better anticipate events, avoid risks and create solutions. In general, the predictive analytics solutions in logistics and supply chain are on the rise. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A good logistics partner can help your organization effectively source capacity and find expedited freight solutions for your high-attention orders. Expedited freight refers to the process of transporting your orders with quicker than typical transit times. What Is Expedited Freight? Why Utilize Expedited Freight Options?

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SupplyOn

MAY 25, 2020

The challenge of general cargo: No short-term transport capacities available The situation is particularly difficult if the transported volumes are not full truckloads but general cargo or partial loads (less than truckload, LTL). They need much more lead time and predictability to organize their rounds. So, what to do?

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 26, 2017

If that rate continues, total online sales will double, from just under $300 billion in 2014 to over $600 billion by 2019. The retailers save time and money by consolidating packages or mixed cargo, and moving full truckloads of merchandise from one distribution center to another, to pre-position goods in advance of the demand.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 28, 2021

“All retailers, not just the footwear segment are having issues getting product from factories, and then once the product is through the factories, there are significant delays at all ports,” Clifton E. ." —Marilyn Monroe That is if she can find them. Year-to-date through April, footwear store sales are up 62.4%

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

Negotiation, a crucial skill in the realms of business and procurement, demands the ability to remain calm, collected, and confident even in the most challenging situations. However, mastering this art can be tough and perplexing. In this article, we delve into an unconventional yet remarkably effective training tool: movies.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 21, 2021

Protect freight, optimize fleet use, deliver services that scale, even improve driver safety—these are just a few things you can achieve using the right IoT Solutions. 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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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

As of Thursday, August 30, the number of people killed by this catastrophic event has already reached to at least 35 people, 17 people were missing while more than 32,000 people sought refuge in Texas shelters. Another option being explored is for carriers to unload cargo at other ports in order to take in lighter loads upon entering Houston.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

March and now Q1-2022 data point to continued disruption, added cost inflation and elongated transit times continuing to be manifested in the months ahead. . March and now Q1-2022 data point to continued disruption, added cost inflation and elongated transit times continuing to be manifested in the months ahead. . Global Shipping.

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