Freightos
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Most recently, the recent disruptions in the Red Sea that saw ocean freight rates from China to Europe by over 190% and saw transit times lengthen, sea-air services offered a strategic advantage for logistics professionals able to remain agile, by watching trends and jumping at opportunities to ensure a resilient supply chain.
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
In some sort or another, Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting the weather since 1890, and let’s just say that his record is iffy at best. ” I assume that Phil tries to ignore the pomp and circumstance of how his shadow would determine the upcoming weather pattern, and just wants more sleep (like the rest of us on a cold winter’s day).
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Supply Chain Movement
OCTOBER 12, 2023
In August, China published disappointing trade figures showing that both imports and exports had fallen more sharply than economists had expected in the month of July. They were spurred on by misleading headlines such as ‘From Just-in-Time to Just-in-Case’ in misinformed US media channels.
Resilinc
JANUARY 24, 2022
The freight train that arrived in the Parisian rail hub of Valenton in early January wasn’t an especially large one—at 34 containers, it carried just 20% of the load of a typical intermodal freight train. And France isn’t the only European country with growing rail links to China.
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe. With more than a third of global smelters losing money, there is a risk of 1 million tons of capacity being curtailed in the near future. Continued scarcity and overbuying have led to a perennial shortage.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
It’s hard to predict what demand will be like for products like these ahead of time. Just take a look at pricing fluctuations for Suntory’s Yamazaki 12 Year Old. The more likely explanation is that a combination of prudent capacity management and poor demand visibility led to these prices and the resulting profits.
Freightos
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
It’s hard to predict what demand will be like for products like these ahead of time. Just take a look at pricing fluctuations for Suntory’s Yamazaki 12 Year Old. The more likely explanation is that a combination of prudent capacity management and poor demand visibility led to these prices and the resulting profits. .
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