Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2018

If consumers ever think about supply chains and how the items they desire manage to find their way into their homes, they likely picture fleets of trucks, trains, airplanes, and cargo ships — the logistics part of supply chains. ”[1] He believes all of these innovations are good things.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Vásquez told the Associated Press, “In the first quarter of the fiscal year, the passageway saw 20% less cargo and 791 fewer ships than the same period the year before.” The editorial board at The Washington Post points out, “This is not just Panama’s problem. Unfortunately. ” How bad have things become? .”[3]

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The output was just not helpful. This means building a cognitive engine to sense, learn, and adapt using market data for innovators. 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. The reason?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Operational innovations like the invention of containers led to the huge growth in global value chains, and today 95% of manufactured goods move on ships.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 9, 2024

With IoT, real-time monitoring capabilities, and telematics, this becomes easier to put in motion, with technology taking care of the end-to-end process with speed and accuracy like never before. Real-Time Monitoring Monitoring the flow of goods has reached unprecedented heights in terms of expediency, timeliness, accuracy, and speed.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

With market swings and changing consumer demands forcing companies to adapt to stay competitive, one approach that has gained popularity in recent years is the use of Global Shipping Alliances (GSAs), which are agreements between multiple carriers to share vessels, routes, and other resources. Where do we stand today?

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

The advent of containerization heralded a revolution in cargo handling techniques, the ramifications of which are still influencing maritime trade all over the world today. ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach which saw their busiest March on record, handling a combined 898,287 TEU’s. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard.

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Locus Robotics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

However, despite the numerous advantages that robotics brings to the industry, several myths continue to exist that question the revolutionary capacity of this type of innovation. Therefore, it is not about doing away with jobs, but rather about altering the distribution and organization of tasks.

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Freightos

MAY 25, 2021

In this article, we review how carrier and forwarder fragmentation remains one of the most significant hurdles for modern freight, how freight standardization and platformification are posed to change that, and why innovation we can’t even imagine might be around the corner. into one device that could be programmed to trigger workflows.

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Freightos

MARCH 17, 2019

Tenders can take BCOs (Beneficial Cargo Owners) three to five months of preparation, but despite this, the fixed price often breaks down during peak season. Just like streaming replaced that iPod as a better way of listening to music, ocean freight procurement now has a better way. Time to go with the stream. Remember iPods?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Transportation service providers look for new and innovative tools, technology, and processes to improve delivery solutions while staying competitive. 10 Reasons the Retail Industry Should Invest in a Last-Mile Delivery Solution. WRITTEN BY CELINE CLAYTON / POSTED ON MAY 19, 2022.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

I’m on borrowed time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: DAT Freight Index Hits All-Time High in September. If you’re a transportation executive, you already know what’s happening in the market today: capacity is tightening and rates are climbing.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Which is why email newsletters just work – delivered to your inbox each day (usually) bringing a limited selection of top stories in condensed form. This is the experts’ selection – but if we had to choose just one, our go-to read is the fast-rising WSJ Daily Logistics Report. Air Cargo World. ACWmagazine.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 10, 2016

But this time we prevailed, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 8th inning. Freight Rates Push Lower as Truck Capacity Outweighs Demand (WSJ – sub. It’s why I coach. It’s why I love baseball. It’s why I can’t wait for our next game on Sunday. April 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI).

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USC Consulting Group

JUNE 30, 2020

While business owners by and large understood that this would be the case, they’re nonetheless doubling their efforts to get operations as close to normal as quickly and as safely as possible in a bid to make up for lost time. “This challenge will require our policymakers to innovate and act boldly. .

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Technology is such a constant force for change that we tend to look at new technological innovations as almost normal — or at least par for the course. If your business is going to keep pace with its competitors in such a rapidly changing world, it’s going to need to embrace and integrate as much technological innovation as it can.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2022

But nobody is talking about the supply chain for these vehicles, and the capacity required to build them. And is there enough capacity to produce the new types of vehicles? GM has committed to 30 new electric vehicles by 2025. Fo rd is committing to an all-electric vehicle platform with zero emissions by 2035.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 25, 2016

Tom Albrecht, Managing Director at BB&T Capital Markets shared his outlook of the transportation market — in short, a lot of factors are leading to weak demand today, including the current state of commodities, but he expects supply and demand to balance out by the end of the year, with capacity maybe tightening in 2017.

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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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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 Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

The overall theme attached to the latest report was “ Out of Sync ” which we believe is rather appropriate in that during most of 2021, logistics and transportation modes incurred non-stop disruptions and were generally not synced to just-in-time material flows as well as business needs for predictable and manageable logistics costs.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 14, 2016

This frames the IoT discussion as a “big data” problem, detracting from the fact that it should be a “big sophisticated real-time collaborative integration” problem. On top of that hardware-driven thinking, we still need to think of innovation in the process. When data has no process support.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

Almost 75 percent of US companies are experiencing capacity shortfalls in their supply chains, due to Coronavirus-linked transport disruptions , a new study has shown. European electronic component distributor TTI says it is using air cargo companies UPS, FedEx, and DHL to mitigate the impact of holdups in China. The Auto Industry.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Analysts from Samsung observe, “As the omnichannel experience raises customer expectations to an all-time high, retailers must create supply chain-based operational efficiencies if they want to maintain strong customer service. That’s why the Internet of Things is poised to make a significant impact in supply chain operations.

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Vinculum

MARCH 18, 2021

Warehouse digitalization is the most critical change to not just warehouse operations but achieves the efficiency levels needed for an intelligent and automated warehouse. How Warehouse Mobility Solutions helps increase productivity: Innovation in warehousing continues to flourish.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Then on the last day of 2015, we will feature the top 50 most read blogs of ALL time from the 653 Cerasis blogs as a special treat! Transportation Industry Braces for a Looming Transportation Capacity Crunch Crisis in 2017. We are now on the 4th of our 5 main blog categories we will feature as we wind down the year.

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Freight Center

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

A dedicated 3PL shipping agent can easily compare quotes, which carriers can serve your freight and what lanes are the most efficient for you to optimize capacity. A TMS also has tracking capabilities so shippers and 3PLs can monitor the progress of their cargo. The freight shipping industry is constantly changing. The Human Touch.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 19, 2015

Cloud Logistics Offers New Innovations in Second Upgrade of 2015. Amazon’s timing for the service, known internally as “On My Way,” couldn’t be learned, and it is possible the company won’t move ahead, the people said. House approves fast-track 218-208, sending bill to Senate (The Hill). Infor Advanced Planning Optimizes Supply Chains.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

The agreement will give confidence to both companies and investors to support clean energy investment and technological innovation that will ensure the necessary capacity to meet or exceed the stated targets. To quote Nike again: Just do it! This is a pretty aggressive goal taking into account a growing business.

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Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Blackberry unit sales 2015: 7 million iPhone unit sales 2015: 233 million Back to the topic at hand, while there can be little doubt that the barriers to entry in the package delivery market are massive, we’ve seen this playbook before from Amazon in the form of adjacent innovation. Postal Service and FedEx.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 30, 2015

Jeff also highlighted the contribution of freight brokers to the efficient movement of cargo. Jeff knows this business, and he has an innovative approach to logistics management. Some of these apps are pretty cool -- DAT has an app just for drivers, and all DAT products are in constant use on all kinds of mobile devices, too.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

In the process, they reduce cycle times, and speed up customer responsiveness; and they reduce waste throughout their operations. Due to the rapid change in global business environment, managers find it difficult to gain the edge over competitors. We believe many practices in global supply chain management can be applied in every industry.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In the shipping sector, new rules from the International Maritime Organization on sulfur limits in fuel is transforming that industry by requiring ships to burn low sulfur fuels; additionally, there is currently over-capacity of ships internationally (for a variety of reasons), and that will have a major impact on the ship-building industry.

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Freightos

JULY 2, 2019

It’s hardly news that cargo airline digitalization lags. Only three top airlines have real-time (API) pricing and booking connectivity for customers. One explanation for the lag is the relative influence of cargo businesses to the airline’s passenger business. Some airlines still fly planes built in the 1970s.

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Freightos

JANUARY 28, 2016

A (short-term at least) solution for large forwarders to sustain growth path by acquiring assets, reach or just size. Forwarders have their innovation heads in cloud technology, so that they move data as well as they move freight. Cutting capacity hasn’t worked. Cutting capacity hasn’t worked. Ocean carriers are reeling.

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Freightos

JANUARY 28, 2016

A (short-term at least) solution for large forwarders to sustain growth path by acquiring assets, reach or just size. Forwarders have their innovation heads in cloud technology, so that they move data as well as they move freight. Cutting capacity hasn’t worked. Cutting capacity hasn’t worked. Ocean carriers are reeling.

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