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5 Easy-to-Use Ways to Monitor Supply Chain Health

Talking Logistics

Do you have the right metrics? Metrics show how your supply chain is performing – providing they are the right ones to do the job. Inappropriate metrics can give a false or incomplete picture of supply chain performance. Second, what metrics are the best indicators of performance in terms of these goals?

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Launching the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) for Daily Rates

Freightos

As a result, nearly every industry has created on-demand metrics to gauge market performance, hedge risks, and to power intelligent decisions. But despite its size, containerized freight’s poor visibility persisted. Prices for everything and anything are subject to change and freight rates for containers are no different.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton. IATA data shows global demand for air cargo markets jumped 3.7%

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This Week in Logistics News (August 13-17, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Shuttered Sam’s Club in Matteson to find new life as e-commerce fulfillment center (Chicago Tribune). I’m curious how the 40 percent reduction in transit time was actually achieved since blockchain doesn’t make cargo ships move through water any faster. Nikola Raises $100 Million in August.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

Panelist Hannah Testani, Intelligent Audit CEO and freight-auditing technology expert, noted that COVID brought 2030 volumes to 2020. million metric tons. . With Intelligent Audit, shippers can easily access the freight auditing, anomaly detection, and on-hand expertise they need to navigate a complex supply chain.