Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It was designed with linearity in mind: a singular focus on minimizing transport costs through building high-capacity, point-to-point distribution infrastructure. And as global trade has accelerated in recent decades, greater levels of investment and manpower have been dedicated to expanding capacity to achieve cost efficiencies.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 27, 2020

i] As the virus spread more quickly in Washington State, New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans, the administration quickly realized that the coronavirus would not be “magically going away.”

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

Most states across the US have opened for business in some capacity. reopening, combined with produce season , to continue to tighten capacity regionally in the coming weeks.?? . We expect rates in these markets to fluctuate week to week b ased on capacity and demand. . Currently, we are seeing signs of recovery.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

However, capacity remains loose around the country, as many trucks remain idle. We expect cross-industry reopening, combined with produce season, to marginally tighten capacity on a regional level in pockets around the country in the coming weeks. Namely, the market is seeing increased volume and limited capacity in the region.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The manufacturing sector covers such a broad spectrum of products and processes that any discussion about industry trends must take place at a very high level. One of the megatrends that has been driving manufacturing for over a decade is digitization. Manufacturing Trends. And the manufacturing sector overall looks strong.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

Some Chinese factories still have warehouses filled with goods that they produced and failed to ship in early January, before the Lunar New Year holiday that transformed into a nationwide shut-down of about a month, due to a lack of trucking capacity. COVID-19 Impact on Procurement. in vehicle sales worldwide in 2020 due to Coronavirus.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 21, 2021

As consumer demand nosedived during the pandemic, companies cut their manufacturing capacities. An opinion piece in the Washington Post argues that the country’s performance in this area is notoriously poor. Left to their own devices, markets will recalibrate, and these imbalances will gradually disappear.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

But alternative models are emerging, including distributed manufacturing enabled by robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and 3D-printing, distributed intelligence brought about by the internet of things and distributed labor enabled by the internet and mobile devices. Companies can clearly make a dent. Organizational models.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Even as the market softens from last year, carriers continue to strategically accept the freight that allows them to have more revenue generating miles and hours because this leads to more loads per truck (essentially creating capacity), greater pay for drivers (if they’re paid per mile), and ultimately a higher profit.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

The man visited Brothers Liquors on Old Fort Road in Fort Washington and bought 15 identical tickets for the same Pick 5 drawing and ended up hitting the jackpot, winning $50,000 per ticket. Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

Washington farm exports crimped by cargo-container shortage. With the third vaccine authorized, these manufacturers are pressing for more companies to be authorized to ship the vaccine. Drop shipping is where retailers have manufacturers ship items directly to the consumer rather than carrying them in their warehouse.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Even as the market softens from last year, carriers continue to strategically accept the freight that allows them to have more revenue generating miles and hours because this leads to more loads per truck (essentially creating capacity), greater pay for drivers (if they’re paid per mile), and ultimately a higher profit.

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Cathy Roberson

DECEMBER 17, 2022

(Source: Reddit ) There’s been a lot of supply chain pains over the years, many of which are well documented – port congestion, capacity issues, rising spot rates, plunging spot rates, hidden fees, maxed out warehouses – just to name a few but one that I’m still trying to wrap my head around is access to bathrooms.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

The project aims to increase the country’s total shipping capacity by 60% by building four new international port terminals and modernizing nine existing terminals. The ultimate goal of the project is to create a more attractive, comprehensive, and integrated supply and value chain for foreign manufacturers and importers. million TEUs.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail. These topics are already being debated in Washington, and a couple of news items this week will certainly add fuel to the debate.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

What is to stop individuals from using other gateways in the region such as Baltimore or Washington DC to enter the country? As the demand for PPE has soared manufacturing capacity has become constrained, and some distributors are citing supply concerns. The situation is exacerbated by local stockpiling.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Although, long term, reshoring makes sense for some, at the end of the day, what reshoring does is remind executives at manufacturing companies to look at the long term, then decide what is best for the company. But this respite does not mean that manufacturing jobs are reappearing. labor force was 35 percent smaller than it is today).

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

The Federal Railroad Administration announced a Climate Challenge initiative, which urges railroads and rail equipment manufacturers to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The BrightDrop Zevo 600, formerly known as the BrightDrop EV600, completed the nearly 260-mile trip from New York City to Washington, DC.

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Arkieva

MARCH 2, 2016

Someone even went as far in a Washington Times op-ed to say “It’s worse than 2008, it reassembles 1937…”. If you are a retailer, manufacturer, or distributor, the day-to-day moves in the Dow neither drive nor necessarily reflect the day-to-day operations of your business. So what should businesses do to prepare for a bad economy?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2014

” Gary Hufbauer, senior trade expert at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, put it best in a quote from the Wall Street Journal : “[Reid’s opposition] is a one-two punch against trade policy.”. And you’re still wondering why more people didn’t watch the State of the Union address?

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Aera Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

According to the Washington Post , biologics are being used to treat hemophilia, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, chronic pain and some forms of cancer. Yes, the situation is complicated, but take Arnold Schwarzenegger’s advice, and everyone chill. Big Opportunities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This morning the Washington Post rang. Each state has a rich manufacturing economy. While ships on the water are moving to other ports, this will put a strain on the US port system that is struggling with capacity issues. Capacity will be an issue. Tight capacity is not isolated to only the path of Florence.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Sarah Boisvert @fablabhub Sarah Boisvert is the author of The New Collar Workforce and founder of Fab Lab Hub that offers Digital Badges for skills such as 3D printing, robotics, CAD design and AI in manufacturing. It’s no longer a question of whether they will exceed human capacities, but when.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This edition will cover all things related to the Semiconductor Supply Chain: Why semiconductors have been supply constrained What manufacturers are doing to respond What the future of the industry will look like According to Gartner, the semiconductor industry grew a staggering 26.3% in 2021 and is projected to grow another 7.4%

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

This edition will cover all things related to the Semiconductor Supply Chain: Why semiconductors have been supply constrained What manufacturers are doing to respond What the future of the industry will look like. And I think the problems that we’ve seen with the supply and capacity issue really were exacerbated during the pandemic.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2020

Loads on the spot market, in which retailers and manufacturers buy trucking capacity as they need it, rather than through a contract, have fallen by a chilling 62.6% (in 2019),” according to an article published by Business Insider. The increase in shipping strained capacity and drove rates up. Southeast Logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

Samsung has two big factories in China while SK Hynix Inc is buying Intel Corp’s NAND flash memory chips manufacturing business in China. chipmaking equipment to factories in China that manufacture advanced NAND chips. he crackdown, if approved, would involve barring the shipment of U.S. Apparently, warehouses are full.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

They should create shock absorbers by way of safety buffers, be it inventory, capacity or other supplies. Someone even went as far in a Washington Times op-ed to say “It’s worse than 2008, it reassembles 1937…”. Today we face a comparable optimism and belief in Big Data and Manufacturing 3.0. Read More ». Read More ».

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 26, 2024

The impact of this directive involve Boeing ’s aim to initiate an added fourth 737 MAX production line within the company’s Everett, Washington aircraft assembly complex.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 15, 2015

Washington is once again working to address infrastructure spending. Overall truckload capacity—as measured by the millions of truck posts on DAT load boards—is higher than it has been in the past two years. Carrier Capacity. They may kick the can down the road with a temporary bill and follow up with a more permanent solution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Starting next week, Amazon will start actively recruiting existing small businesses in 23 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. percent), manufacturing (4.5

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2015

Resilinc Launches New Solution for Supplier Capacity Management. And we’ll certainly see more of it this year, as evidenced by the news this week that Anheuser-Busch InBev is launching an e-commerce app called Bud Light Button that will allow consumers in Washington, D.C. an alcohol-delivery startup operating in Washington. .

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Resilinc

MAY 18, 2021

Everyone who follows automotive supply chains knows that there will be no short-term solution: there is massive pandemic-fueled demand for chips and carmakers are competing with consumer electronics manufacturers who secured stock first.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 21, 2022

As the The Washington Post recently pointed out, “ The pandemic also exposed weaknesses in the nation’s transport plumbing: investment shortfalls at key ports, controversial railroad industry labor cuts, and a chronic failure by key players to collaborate.”

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2014

If you’re shipping in Oregon, Washington, or the Carolinas then lanes are at capacity. However, market forces such as fuel costs and decreased capacity work to undermine these goals. However, plan a bit more time as the weather delays that could hit your freight as winter buckles down. They’re full up with giant Christmas trees.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2015

If you’re shipping in Oregon, Washington, or the Carolinas then lanes are at capacity. However, market forces such as fuel costs and decreased capacity work to undermine these goals. However, plan a bit more time as the weather delays that could hit your freight as winter buckles down. They’re full up with giant Christmas trees.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Douglas Stotlar, Con-way’s president and chief executive officer, will serve in a non-executive advisory capacity during a transition period. • XPO expects to substantially increase its ABL capacity based on the addition of receivables from the acquisitions of Norbert Dentressangle and Con-way. • The company has approximately $1.2

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