Ware2Go

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This post was originally published in Financial Times. One measure of this is the daily tally of container ships idling outside the congested ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the entry point for about 40 per cent of goods imported into the US. Container ships are anchored by the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

… And it’s not just Walmart.”[2]. And the time to start planning was probably months ago. Nevertheless, time is getting short. The worry for manufacturers and retailers alike is whether those ordered goods will make it to market or be stuck in some port. Those items are now arriving in U.S. ”[2].

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 31, 2021

I have had a number of calls this past week with various media outlets, including the Associated Press , WRAL , Forbes, and even the New York Times! I’ve been saying for some time that inflation and shortages are likely to continue for some time. At least that’s my two cents. Let’s start with COVID.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

It involves all the activities related to the sourcing and transportation of raw materials needed in the manufacturing process. It involves all the activities related to the sourcing and transportation of raw materials needed in the manufacturing process. Let’s get into it. What is the upstream supply chain?

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. In the process, they reduce cycle times, and speed up customer responsiveness; and they reduce waste throughout their operations.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 28, 2020

Some of my recent research has involved interviews with healthcare physicians, distributors, manufacturers, and suppliers, and these discussions all point to a reality that is very different from what politicians would have us believe. At that time, the FDA was issuing Emergency Use Authorization to several test kits.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

March and now Q1-2022 data point to continued disruption, added cost inflation and elongated transit times continuing to be manifested in the months ahead. . March and now Q1-2022 data point to continued disruption, added cost inflation and elongated transit times continuing to be manifested in the months ahead. . Global Shipping.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 24, 2022

How will those projections change over time? And just when you’ve been doing it for a while and start to get the hang of it, your projections shift again. And just when you’ve been doing it for a while and start to get the hang of it, your projections shift again. How often do you project to replenish inventory ? That’s fine!

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 10, 2021

Grocery manufacturers are seeing shortages and price hikes on wheat, corn, and many other commodities. Chinese operators are in some cases increased prices or halting operations, and are in some cases refusing additional orders due to capacity limitations due to higher raw material costs.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

It won’t come from a direct attack on supply chain systems and tools, but rather it will start from being linked to an unsecured data source. With that much data to search, it takes time to find the source of the breach. Even fewer can take that data and use it to respond quickly to time-bounded demand.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics. The nation’s top ports of entry, Los Angeles-Long Beach and New York-New Jersey, in October imported a combined 1,031,127 20-foot-equivalent units…That amounted to a 2.5% Mercedes Plans More Drone Deliveries After 100 Perfect Flights (Bloomberg Technology). Forget Online Shopping.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

There’s no doubt that the pandemic, with its harsh lockdowns and impact on economies worldwide, has played a dramatic role in the supply chain disruptions being experienced by manufacturers. Many businesses in the US, and elsewhere, were sourcing their componentry from China. New trade routes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

Pierre Draps, founder of Godiva Chocolates, had the company’s delivery trucks painted pink, a color that soon became synonymous with spreading happiness during a dark and difficult time. As we have written about here quite a bit, the last year-plus has been an unprecedented time. The US trade deficit narrowed in April to $68.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The issue has become supply chain and manufacturing constraints, which have delayed the deliveries of such essential items as bottles, corks, and even the wine itself for brokers. This is simply another example of how the combination of capacity, manufacturing, and port delays impacts every aspect of our lives.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

And this global trip isn’t just for sightseeing – leading companies find that a diversified sourcing base and far-flung manufacturing can help cut production costs, increasing the bottom line. Here are just a few pain points that are increasing transportation costs: Container shipping headaches.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2021

But this isn’t regular, run-of-mill congestion; earlier this week 24 container ships were anchored off the coast waiting for space at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. On top of that, there is a severe shortage of railcars in Los Angeles-Long Beach is causing rail container dwell times to double.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

Those four factors added up to extraordinary pressure on spot market truck capacity, driving rates up as high as we’ve seen them since at least 2010, when we established the freight rates database that forms the foundation of DAT RateView. The biggest influences were the Four Es: Economic growth. E-commerce. Electronic logging devices.

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Stord

MAY 2, 2022

Manufacturing and shipping–already handicapped by worker shortages–weren’t able to keep up with new demand. Supply chains aren’t conventionally built on the notion of flexibility. They’re not agile, and they don’t anticipate rapid change in markets. Logistics providers have also been slow to adopt new technology. E-commerce is here to stay.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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. It has also been embedded in autonomous trucks, robots, and drones for navigation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

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. It was a very busy show, with more than 35,000 attendees walking the floors of the Javits Center. But I will get into the details in a future article.

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