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Flexibility in the Face of Uncertainty

Freightos

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.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Aside from cutting down trees to make the straws, it turned out that the straws were not recyclable, so there was just as much waste. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Over the last few months, I’ve heard the term greenwashing over and over again. David Ho, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, wasn’t buying it.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

What does this have to do with logistics you ask? And now on to this week’s logistics news: Alphabet’s Wing Develops Fleet of New Drones for More Efficient Package Delivery. At the Port of Los Angeles, 876,611 TEUs were moved last month, marking the busiest June on record. It’s a stink bug. ” Food Inflation Jumps 10.4%

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This Week in Logistics News (January 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Air freight can slash delivery times to just a few days compared to weeks taken by ocean carriers. I spent the beginning part of the week in New York attending the NRF Big Show. But I will get into the details in a future article.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Artificial intelligence has been applied to just about every supply chain application imaginable, including transportation management and execution, demand planning, supply chain planning, warehouse management, and order management. And now on to this week’s logistics news. He then wrote the music, recorded, and mixed it in his house.

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The Year the Ports Stole Christmas? Hopefully Not.

Logistics Viewpoints

I assume many Logistics Viewpoints readers are busy with their day-to-day responsibilities and have been unable to dig deeper into the status of the port congestion, but would like to know more as it is directly related to one’s day to day responsibilities at work. Although it does appear that Seattle-Tacoma may have a bit of excess capacity.

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A Gloomy Future for the Port of Los Angeles?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In June 2016, the Panama Canal will double its capacity, and this capacity expansion will undoubtedly reshape the freight flows around the globe, including those transiting through the Port of Los Angeles (click here for a past blog related to this subject). Guillaume Roels. million worldwide.