Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

On the other hand, transportation metrics continue their slowed pace, reaching the second highest level of capacity growth, and the third fastest rate of price contraction in the history of the index. According to the September report , growth is increasing for inventory levels, inventory and warehousing costs. for September.

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Resilinc

APRIL 30, 2024

The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be extremely active, with multiple forecasts predicting above-average activity, increasing the potential for supply chain disruptions. Flooded or closed roadways, bridges, and overpasses can delay freight, rail, and even air cargo. This can lead to increased freight rates.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 17, 2021

Part 2: Lessons from Comparing Disruptions In the previous post in this two-part series, The 7 Core Capacities of Supply Chain Resilience , we identified the core capacities that are the building blocks of supply chain resilience. Disruption comparison matrix?—?Source: Source: James B.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Warehouse vacancy rates are at an all-time low. Learn how to secure top-tier warehouse space and SLA’s without paying peak season premiums or getting locked into a long-term contract. The 2021 holiday season’s supply chain disruptions have made headlines and attracted attention from merchants and consumers alike.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

In the retail sector, supermarkets in many countries have seen their highest weekly sales ever, as consumers stock up on goods that they fear may be in short supply. On top of this, a growing number of truck and van drivers are off work, often with symptoms of the virus, while many warehouse workers are unhappy about the risks posed.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 will be remembered as an unprecedented year of supply chain disruption and market volatility creating a host of challenges for shippers and carriers alike. The blog further noted several top benefits of leveraging a 3PL's access to more mid-market carriers and freight invoicing services. #8.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 13, 2022

Supply chain disruptions are continuing to occur for a variety of reasons. Weather delays can affect shipping lanes, manufacturers face product shortages, demand continues to spike for certain products, containers are difficult to acquire, and the trucking industry faces a driver and capacity shortage, just to name a few.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Manufacturers and distributors experienced huge supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic which exposed many vulnerabilities and tested the resilience of supply chain leaders globally. In fact, SYSPRO research revealed that 60% of businesses were impacted by supply chain disruptions during the pandemic.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

Doing so, we enable our customers’ digital journey with new capabilities to help counter increasingly complex challenges and satisfy customer-centric requirements, while managing more frequent supply chain disruptions and rising costs.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. For a forwarder, refraining from working with Maersk today is expensive because it removes 17% of global shipping capacity. Accelerating the shift. Image via StarAir.dk). of the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

Regarding perspective, between December 2021 and March of this year, the index reflected an easing of global supply chain pressures. The authors point to the delivery time disruptions occurring in China , an increase in air freight costs from the U.S. with the increased capacity Transportation Utilization is down (5.5)

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ” warehouse workers in June of 2022. There were 1.96

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2023

Consequently, the warehousing capacity metric increased a reported 6.8 Similar trends were highlighted in our Supply Chain Matters summary of the May 2023 LMI report. percentage points In May, noted as an indication that shippers are consuming even less of available capacity than the month earlier.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 24, 2022

The increased investments were attributed to supply chain disruptions such as raw material shortages, delays at ports, labor shortages, lack of warehousing space, and tight capacity across all modes of transportation. · Increased costs “driven by cost of freight.”

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

If you have an order that needs to get to its destination in a hurry, expedited freight options could be your best choice for delivery. Though often a result of an unexpected need, there is still a way to control costs and ensure quality performance when arranging expedited freight services. What Is Expedited Freight?

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

which is attributable to Q4 holiday sales and the subsequent dips in Warehousing Capacity (+3.6) and Transportation Capacity (+5.2) and slowdown in Warehousing Utilization (-14.0) The canal disruption is further noted as having more freight being routed to U.S. and Transportation Utilization (-10.7).

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Houston is also a major freight hub for rail and sea traffic, as well as trucking, including trade with Mexico by land and with South America and other regions by sea. It could take months.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It’s been three months already since we published our first regular roundup of supply chain and logistics news—doesn’t time fly? SMEs vs. the big boys in the battle for US warehouse space. Australia’s continuing weather-driven supply chain problems. A Tense Future for Renault’s Supply Chain.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Robinson Director of Research and Market Intelligence: The truck driver shortage is top of mind for many as supply chain disruptions continue, port backlogs persist, and the gap between inventory supply and sales demand widens. The answer is not simple and involves research and analysis across a number of factors.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 27, 2021

Supply and demand are two sides of the same coin, the vital coin of inventory management supply chain analytics. Without adequate inventory and supply to go along with capacity and demand, supply chain management will struggle to keep pace during peak seasons.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 17, 2021

For global freight shippers, managing disruption comes with the job. Supply chain disruptions that consist of port and terminal congestion, shipping delays due to high cargo volumes, lack of labor due to Covid-19 and limited space have caused a myriad of challenges for shippers. Ocean Shipping.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A study by Bank of America Global Research, cited by Reuters , found that mentions of “supply chain” increased by 412% in third-quarter earnings calls hosted by Fortune 500 companies this year, compared to 2020. Warehouse and labor management. This work is rescheduled to reflect the new supply plan.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Warehousing. If they have many items, these will need to be selected from different zones of the warehouse and placed together in a shipping box. Other items that are heavy or bulky must be shipped via freight , and that requires access to a whole different network of specialists. It involves: Inventory management.

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Locus

JUNE 2, 2023

Inbound logistics activities typically include transportation, warehousing, inventory control, material handling, quality control inspections, and scheduling. Effective inbound logistics management helps streamline production operations and reduce supply chain disruptions. What is outbound logistics?

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

Increased supply chain visibility Supply chain visibility, such as being able to track items from leaving your supplier to arriving in your warehouse and being delivered to the customer, facilitates a smooth supply chain. Using connected devices in warehouses can increase efficiency and safety.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

Increased supply chain visibility. Supply chain visibility, such as being able to track items from leaving your supplier to arriving in your warehouse and being delivered to the customer, facilitates a smooth supply chain. Supply chain digitalization. Reshoring and nearshoring.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Steve is an award-winning supply chain and operations expert with over 20 years of experience heading multi-billion dollar global strategy, operations, and supply chain transformations for some of the world’s largest, most complex organizations. PR Contact Anita Raj pr@throughput.ai About ThroughPut Inc ThroughPut.ai

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

In the report’s Executive Summary , the authors indicate that as consumers adjusted to new norms of work and social life: “ clogged ports and paltry capacity failed to meet surging and often desperate demand.” parcel volumes, and as noted in our ongoing Supply Chain Matters commentaries added considerable capacity and headcount during 2021.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Issues with logistics and shipping capacity continue to haunt supply chain management as experts predict that the shipping bottlenecks and backlogs at big U.S. Many business leaders and supply chain logistics managers are preparing for continued disruptions along the major ocean, truck, and air routes. .

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Strategic relationships, improved collaboration with logistics providers, and the possibility of bringing 3PL/4PL in-house to reduce transportation and warehouse costs and gain more control over logistics operations are all strategies to enable supply chain resiliency. This has a substantial impact on their EBITDA margins.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As the logistics industry continues to recover from pandemic-era supply chain disruptions, shippers are adjusting quickly to the expectations of a new normal. Falling ocean rates and volatile fuel costs have logistics professionals across the supply chain searching for innovative efficiency solutions throughout their operations.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

… Authorities have now imposed restrictions on Beijing, while the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, a gateway for air freight, also limited the movement of people in May.” Since China is home to seven of the world’s 10 biggest container ports, lockdowns could disrupt supply chains well into the foreseeable future.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

Part of this decrease may be attributed to temporary declining freight volumes as regions in Asia continue to deal with COVID-19 related suspensions of production, shipping or transport operations. and Warehousing Prices (90.5) Warehousing Capacity also hit a record in March, reaching an all-time nadir of 36.1

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. The advisory reportedly noted that the industry would not be able to weather reduced shipping demand levels by existing capacity constraint methods.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 24, 2016

Behind those Amazon Prime boxes, a bull market in warehouses (Reuters). HighJump Adds Supply Chain Analytics to Enterprise Software Suite. April 2016 North American Freight Numbers. Cass Freight Index Report – May 2016. MercuryGate Accelerates Door-to-Door Intermodal Services with Modal-X Integration.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to FreightWaves, the FreightTech 100 2023 is “[…] a selection of the most innovative companies in the freight technology space.” Freight Rail and Union Members Reach Tentative Agreement. Like Many Industries, Wire and Cable Nervous as Supply Chain Issues Disrupt Operations.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

Regarding ocean container freight rates, spot rates are noted as dropping across the board on both Asia-Europe and Asia-US The implication is that if spot rates drop way below contract rates, shippers will likely seek to renegotiate contract rates recently consummated earlier this year. and Europe.

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