crisp

JULY 12, 2023

Crisp’s resident supply chain expert Barry Bradley shares an update on the state of the consumer goods supply chain, offering insight on how companies can stay ahead of the trends and gain a competitive advantage. But this doesn’t mean our logistical problems are solved.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Today’s supply chain and logistics management executives are tasked with managing multiple supply chain configurations, maximizing flexibility and incorporating complex technology systems into the mix. Today, RFID is building a new era for process automation and supply chain transparency.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Companies like XPO Logistics and Old Dominion Freight have implemented a general rate increase of 5.9 Logistics providers also investing in new equipment. Implications for other industries Demand for consumer goods continues to experience aggregate growth, and with it industrial output. percent and 4.9 trucking industry.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2019

There are undoubtedly moments when risk managers would like to “take a knee” in order to find respite from the risks their supply chains face. The report points to potential vulnerabilities in a significant percentage of global supply chains. First, supply chains have grown complex and global.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2019

As climate change drives up the regularity of natural disasters, supply chains must rely on real time data to thrive. . . . . Supply Chains at Risk. How then can your business protect itself from the risks of such overwhelming supply chain disruptions? Graham Parker. . To put it simply, context matters.

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Requis

JANUARY 9, 2020

It’s the decade we’ve decided to call the “Decade of Supply Chain”, because we truly feel that the next ten years will see supply chain take its rightful place at the heart of business organizations and at the heart of discussions about business optimization world wide. Digital twins.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 22, 2022

Unclogging Maritime Supply Chain Operations by Eliminating Delays and Bottlenecks. When upstream supply chain port operations were disrupted during the early phase of the pandemic, in a bid to remain operationally profitable, over 630 s hips were sent for demolition during 2020.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2018

As these rounds of regulations have unfolded over the last few months, shippers have been left trying to understand what products have been included in the first two waves of tariffed goods and what these changes mean for their supply chains. These impacted goods are subject to a 25% increase upon arrival into the U.S.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s logistic arm Cainiao launched a container booking service last week in response to the global shortage. A Chinese worker looks on as a cargo ship is loaded at a port in Qingdao, eastern China’s Shandong province. For the route from Asia to the West Coast of the U.S., rates are up 145% year over year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

Now is the time to make this happen, especially as supply chain companies around the world make their pledge towards sustainability. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Healthcare logistics has been a bright spot for UPS amid an overall decline in delivery demand. UPS will add 2.3

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

As part of our ongoing commitment to keep our blog readers updated on what’s happening in the supply chain and logistics world, we’re launching a regular industry news roundup, which we’ll release periodically. Increased near-shoring in Mexico and elsewhere as companies seek shorter supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2023

A few weeks ago I wrote that Little Brown Bakers, the manufacturer behind Girl Scout Cookies , is warning of unforeseen supply issues that will be impacting both manufacturing and distribution of its treats. And now on to this week’s logistics news. pounds of cargo in a hold with about 1,800 cubic inches of space. kg CO2e.

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Roambee

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

With technologies like IoT, however, monitoring your cargo — even on the high seas — is no longer a daunting task. Your containers become harder to trace once they leave a port, and if one of them doesn’t reach its intended destination, you usually have little more than a vague idea or delayed updates about where it went, and how.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

For the second consecutive four-quarter period, the freight market faced continual capacity challenges as the global supply chain wrestled with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The past year’s consumer spending continued to build on the momentum established during the first year of the pandemic.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

While there is still some question as to whether blockchain technology can live up to the hype it has generated, it is making inroads into the supply chain environment. Blockchain in the Jewellery Supply Chain. The system has been enjoying success throughout its early phases. Berkshire Hathaway.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2021

Q1 is historically a slow trucking period, but that may not be the case this year as online ordering, and the shift into consumer goods has buoyed freight volume. Consumers, primarily forced to forgo service and experience spending due to the pandemic, reallocated their dollars elsewhere. Stay in the Know – Sign Up Today.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

Despite a global pandemic, many in the consumer goods industry posted a strong 2020 driven by increased demand for their products as consumers redirected spending away from experiences to CPG. An overwhelmingly significant portion of the variability in supply chains comes from the transportation process.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. By the numbers, the top challenges supply chain leaders are currently experiencing include fuel costs (59 percent), inflation (46 percent), delays outside of their control (41 percent), unpredictability (38 percent), driver shortages (32 percent), and losing business due to the economy (30 percent).

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. In that spirit, a number of freight- and supply chain-focused companies and at least two federal agencies used the annual observance of Earth Day to publicize what they are doing or plan to do to help the environment, promote sustainability and reduce emissions. That’s all for this week.

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The company represents almost 8% of trans-Pacific trade shipments for the United States market, and now they have stopped accepting new cargo. However, many consumer goods that were destined for retailers may never actually make it to stores. So how will this affect the global shipping and trade markets? 800-653-8267.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Waymo’s self-driving trucks will deliver home goods for Wayfair. Cardinal Health starts Zipline drone deliveries of drugs and medical supplies. US port backups are extending into freight rail supply chains. Amazon plans two Prime shopping events this year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon in the news: Amazon cloud computing unit rolls out supply chain application. The application, called AWS Supply Chain, was introduced at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Amazon is shuttering some India businesses amid global cuts. s Flipkart.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Moving on to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week… Mercedes-Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch delivery drones (TechCrunch). JDA Powers the Always-on Supply Chain with Latest JDA Manufacturing Planning Release. I’m rooting for love. Oracle Buys LogFire.

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Roambee

APRIL 30, 2020

Up until now, investing in shipment tracking solutions was like buying travel insurance - it was usually purchased in the last step of the transportation contracting process.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Countdown to Black Friday: Are You an Easy Target for Cargo Theft? With Black Friday on the horizon, consumer goods of all kinds are making their way from manufacturers to distribution centers and retail locations across the country. Leverage relationships with your third party logistics provider (3PL). Transportfolio.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 3, 2023

China is the world’s largest producer and exporter of consumer goods. Disruptions across the Chinese manufacturing sector are likely to impact the global supply chain of goods and the world’s economy. . The post 2023 Q1 Freight Market Update appeared first on Zipline Logistics. Russian-Ukraine War .

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From a carbon footprint perspective, the Last Mile delivery of single e-commerce parcels to individual consumer dwellings is one of the most inefficient, costly and carbon producing activities in the retail and consumer goods supply chain!

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Imports of cell phones and other consumer goods increased sharply. Weak economic growth in much of the world has curbed demand for many American-made goods, but U.S. Inventory discipline is showing up in cargo numbers. supply chain reliability. billion as U.S.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 24, 2015

The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time I am very keen on the subject of supply chain innovation right now, for a variety of reasons. Supply chain in turn obviously has a key role to play in overall corporate/product innovation. Certainly we don’t have any good ways to measure it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. FedEx partners with HBCUs to increase the pipeline of Black supply chain professionals. US crackdown on forced China labor risks supply chain snarls. Airline group says global cargo volume grew 6.9 So after nearly forty years, I say thanks for the memories.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 15, 2013

The meeting was kicked off by a business meeting, and I had the distinction of being elected as the Chairman of the newly formed Carolinas chapter, with Larry Basil (VP from APS Logistics, far left) serving as the Vice Chairman. Center for Global Logistics and the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative at NC State University.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

But there’s no decline in the time, knowledge, and effort that shippers and transportation professionals put into the preparation and execution it takes to get products to market in time for consumers to do their holiday shopping—whenever, and however, they inevitably decide to do it. Post 2: Are You an Easy Target for Cargo Theft?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 8, 2021

A few week ago, I wrote an article about the transformative nature of the plant-based meat supply chain. Fast food chains around the country have been introducing meatless burgers, and now Burger King is offering a first: meatless chicken nuggets. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Coca-Cola turns to bulk vessels.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 24, 2020

This hour requirements halt is a temporary initiative to keep the CPG and medical supply chain moving even as other industries suspend business. . According to an article published in Supply Chain Dive , goods that would typically travel via cargo ships are currently being transported via airfreight providers. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

Nintendo is struggling to break out of a frustrating sales slowdown, selling 33 percent fewer units of Switch game systems in the April-June quarter than a year ago in Japan due to a crippled supply chain. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon to swap vans for walking, bikes in London.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Understand how the recent Red Sea ship attacks are impacting global supply chains and how to mitigate potential risks. In this blog, we will look at the supply chain and logistics impact of the Red Sea ship attacks and discuss what businesses can do now to preserve supply chain resilience.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The holdup makes it exceedingly difficult for businesses to manage supply chains, it said. Blue Yonder , a leading supply chain solutions provider, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Doddle, a first and last mile technology business. Maersk joins FedEx Corp.,

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