Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 24, 2022

What differentiates the wide body Airbus A330 as a full cargo aircraft is its capacity to transport high volumes of lower-density cargo such as packages. The report noted that the move steps up the rivalry with parcel carriers FedEx and UPS as well as adding an added source of recurring income for Hawaiian Airlines.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

This includes port data, social media, news, event and weather (SNEW) data, weather data (to some degree), traffic data, and other available sources to provide an accurate ETA to warehouses, stores, and end consumers. Capacity Fluctuations. The changing nature of capacity means shippers need access to capacity ahead of demand.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. Managing bid packages, for instance, can be time consuming and complex. Disaggregate freight spend data. Be demand driven.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 8, 2021

Customers now expect reliability, speed, and convenience in their small parcel delivery experience and a company’s ability to meet those expectations can even be a source of differentiation. Recognize freight market conditions and current consumer expectations. Monitor and adjust your strategy based on technology and data insights.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

By combining the need to source more capacity with analytics, companies can expand carrier networks, tap assets in overlooked markets, and move freight more efficiently. Data-driven carrier selection is also critical to ensure the timely delivery of packages. Remember that e-commerce means one thing—more small packages.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. Transforming your supply chain for greater resilience requires a 3PL partner with technology, expertise, access to multimodal capacity, communication, partnerships, and more.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In going door to door trying to sell a Freight Management service, as well as in my experience working in companies, I have had the opportunity to see a variety of ways in which companies, large and small, were managing their Freight and Logistics spend. Freight and Logistics. You must manage Freight and Logistics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Most are capacity constrained. For years Campbells strove to grow the soup category only to lose share in the soup category due to limited manufacturing capacity for the Swanson’s brand. With air capacity limited due to the decline in air travel, companies moving products using cold chain assets will struggle. What To Do?

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In freight auditing, freight audit advisors work with freight shippers to ensure that all charges are accurate and to prevent wasting money. Shippers can ensure they are getting the best possible rates from their carriers by working with a freight audit consultant. What Freight Auditing Is and Why It’s Important.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 22, 2020

He shared that Barry had been having extreme difficulties sourcing and retaining inventory and had opted to hang it up. This sea change in the beer industry has also had outsized consequences for the supply of CPG packaging (huge increase in demand) as well as for the manufacture of draft barrels (demand ground to a halt).

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Parade

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Today we’re shining our spotlight light on aifleet, a tech-savvy trucking company and Parade capacity partner based in Austin, Texas. The ATA says the , driver shortage is worse than ever , and , rates reflect the current capacity constraints. The proprietary technology they’ve developed for their 50 (and growing!)

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2016

Those carriers are just no longer able to handle all of our capacity that we need at peak.”. Robinson Opens Second Air Freight Screening Facility. November 2015 North American Freight Numbers. Google was issued a patent this week related to drove delivery (“ Automated Package Delivery to a Delivery Receptacle ”).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2021

While Amazon has rolled out its own digital freight matching marketplace named Amazon Freight, the company is always looking at new opportunities in this area. According to sources, the incubator is not about tackling the challenges of today’s capacity crunch. Final Thought.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey (WSJ – sub. LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. Manhattan Transportation Management Enhancements Enable the Acquisition and Supervision of Additional Shipment Capacity. Convey Closes $8.25

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2022

After shocking its investors with fiscal Q1 financial performance , the essential headlines for the latest reporting were declines in revenues and profitability amid added declines in package volumes, especially with the FedEx Express business unit. Reportedly, total average daily package volumes declined 10.2

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

parcel shippers with the threat of a labor strike for parcel carrier UPS and for LTL carrier Yellow Freight. A walkout would impact the movement of upwards of 20 to 25 million packages daily. Next week is turning out to be a rather challenging week for U.S. While transport providers including FedEx , the U.S. economy in $71.1

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Since we promised to update you regularly, we’ve collated some of the latest stories from the world of freight shipping, warehousing, logistics services, and supply chain technology, so that you can keep your finger on the pulse of the fast-changing logistics landscape. Renault’s plans for network redesign and S&OP improvement.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 7, 2022

However, the latest West Coast quirk is about to take summer freight risks to a new level for Californian shippers. Freight costs will likely increase for shippers as the requirement for AB-5 for these owner-operators to make minimum wage. Disruptions are already commonplace within the state of the retail supply chain. minimum wage.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Suhas Bhise (Head of PPC, Logistics and Sourcing, Arvind Limited): At Arvind, we began looking for a new solution because there was a limitation to how much our existing planning system could meet our requirements. Our remuneration packages – including the CEO’s – were tied to the NPS. But today I say, “Why wait?”

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Resilinc

AUGUST 31, 2021

“Companies and countries investing in new capacity is also driving shortages because the equipment to make semiconductors is highly automated,” said Vakil. Resilinc’s research indicates that staffing issues arising from the pandemic were a major source of the spike. Then the Delta variant hit, changing demand again.”.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 29, 2020

Over the past several months, China has been the main source for PPE. So, it’s important you’re up to date on the latest regulations to avoid your freight being held up. Policy 53 increases CIQ inspection on all PPE products, labels, packaging, and documentation. Metered freight solutions. Exporting PPE from China.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 19, 2021

This effectively reduces active capacity in the network. How the stimulus is an extraordinary event creating freight demand. In addition to a tight year and normal cyclical events, today’s truck market will receive additional freight from three stimulus packages. Other GDP forecasts for the U.S.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 31, 2022

According to 3PL provider AFS, the cost per package increased 3.5% However, in its first-quarter earnings call on May 26, it saw some success in reduced splits or reduced packages per order. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, as well as a monthly podcast on Air Cargo World.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2016

Transervice Announces Launch of Tech-Based Freight Management Company. Let’s hope the company has better luck in Europe delivering packages on-time next holiday season. Let’s hope the company has better luck in Europe delivering packages on-time next holiday season. Sales Downshift at Heavy Truck Makers ( WSJ – sub.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

History of Alliances in Container Shipping Source: Port Economics, Management and Policy What are Global Shipping Alliances (GSAs) in the shipping industry? Indeed, direct contracts will enable shippers to negotiate the best package that include: rates, volume capacity, container availability and some extra services.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

Australia too sent immediate support package of ventilators, oxygen tanks and PPE Kits. High capacity oxygen tankers were airlifted from UAE. The USISPF through donations from its member companies also sourced 1,00, 000 portable oxygen concentrators for home and hospital use.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Despite the challenges of limited capacity, the changes allowing carriers to increase rates have a residual history of informational asymmetry. Such consolidation continues through mergers and acquisitions too, including the Lasership acquisition of OnTrack to extend parcel capacity. Those higher costs come with guaranteed capacity.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Leveraging AI for demand forecasting means: You can analyze any amount of historical data and current trends from external sources to predict future demands more accurately. Embracing AI for supplier management within the supply chain translates to: Optimizing your sourcing decisions through critical data insights. The solution?

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 15, 2018

The tech is fundamentally changing the way packages move around the world, from predictive analytics to autonomous vehicles and robotics. Having a tool for accurate demand forecasting and capacity planning allows companies to be more proactive. That may seem like a cliché, or hype, or buzz, but it is true. billion by the end of 2021.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 14, 2018

The Problem: Shippers Using LTL-Exclusive Shipping Have Minimal, If Any, Profitability in Freight Spend Shippers have been bartered with the topic of LTL shipping for years, including how to make better use of it, reduce freight spend and leverage technology. Full Truckload White Paper Series. Download Here. New Series.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This article examines how UPS accomplished this through capacity and cost management. Here we are building a digital platform that goes upstream to look at orders — in other words, packages at the shopping card level. I nside the Numbers. For the third quarter, consolidated revenue rose 4.2% year-over-year to $24.2

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 5, 2022

As many companies push for this change and commitment to a business, it leaves less capacity for typical pharmaceutical chains—especially pharmaceutical companies that do business in the last mile of residential delivery. By now, most news sources have shared the areas of concern and delays with road and maritime transportation.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2013

In this week’s news… UPS Freight Announces 2013 Rate Adjustment. Cass Freight Index Report for May 2013. Amazon plans big expansion of online grocery business: sources ( Reuters ). On May 28th, ABF increased its general rates and charges for its freight division by “about 5.9 It seems like 5.9 It seems like 5.9

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Supply Chain Matters further highlighted an announcement by electric automaker Tesla’s management in Germany who unveiled a package of hourly wage hikes for 11,000 factory workers at the automaker’s gigafactory operations in that country. All three reportedly represent one-third of global ocean container capacity.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Despite carrier hopes of volume normalization as the market contracts in 2023, FreightWaves warns, “ 2023 is likely to be another year of sub-replacement level builds due to parts and components shortages as well as Europe’s struggles with sourcing energy to power vendor manufacturing site. ”. YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

UPS Freight Adds LNG Tractors. Norbert Dentressangle offers services that strongly mirror XPO’s portfolio: contract logistics, including e-fulfillment; freight brokerage; an asset-light palletized network; freight management; dedicated and owned truckload; and global freight forwarding. Con-way Inc. Talks on EU-U.S.

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3rdwave

AUGUST 7, 2019

However, where transportation management traditionally focused on the basics of moving “boxes” or “packages”, today it is much more strategic. The transportation information is held in disparate systems – suppliers, carriers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, domestic carriers, etc. Terms of Purchase.

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