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How is the Logistics Economy Holding Up?

Logistics Viewpoints

These are questions ARC Advisory Group will seek to answer in our online survey research of supply chain executives over the next few months. But cross-border trade is an important part of the global economy and much of this trade is in physical goods that must be stored, shipped, transported, and eventually consumed.

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Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future

Talking Logistics

From the last half of 2017 through today and beyond, a slew of market forces, some predictable and some unexpected, have combined to create a very real truck capacity shortage in the United States. The past, present and future market forces causing today’s extreme truck capacity shortage include: Strong Economy. Holiday Season.

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The China Container Risk in Global Supply Chain and Foreign Trade

NC State SCRC

There were several important findings from this report, that is certainly a concern that supply chain executives need to be concerned about. The fact that the PRC controls an industry that has a near defacto worldwide monopoly in the production of shipping containers should be deeply concerning.

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The Role of Digitisation and Analytics in Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

According to Accenture Technology Vision 2021 research, Cloud, AI, and Digital Twins are among the top technologies supply chain executives are looking to deploy in their organizations. Digitisation for Optimised Capacity and Inventory Buffers. Driving Sustainable Supply Chain Change. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Today’s supply chain is challenged by the impact of what would appear to be two disparate challenges: constant supply chain disruptions, and what’s been dubbed “The Great Resignation.” Supply Chain Resiliency in the Face of Labor Shortages: A Two-Pronged Approach. In February alone, 22,000 people in the U.S.

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Red Sea Ocean Transport Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

Shipping Lines Warn Red Sea Security Continues to Deteriorate Bloomberg reported last week that the CEO’s of two major shipping lines, which being Maersk and Norden, have both of the view that the security threat level of shipping traversing the Red Sea to and from the Suez Canal has continued to escalate. percent to 4.5

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What Is an Omnimodal TMS & Its Benefits in Modern-Day Supply Chain Management

MercuryGate

Omnimodal supply chain execution continues to grow in importance for effective logistics management, particularly as recent years have seen tight capacity in every shipping mode and as companies continue to implement e-commerce channels.