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Operations and Supply Chain Management
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. The supply-chain problems are helping drive stronger inflation, the WSJ’s Gwynn Guilford and Anthony DeBarros report , as rising transport and other logistics costs flow through to the cost of consumer goods. Transportation. Sourcing Journal).
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. As more goods are manufactured domestically, there is a greater demand for domestic transportation services.
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Zipline Logistics
MARCH 30, 2021
In short, we expect it to be difficult to source capacity in the coming months until contract rates edge toward spot rates and the market finds a new “normal.” The Consumer Brands Association (CBA) released a study citing that they expect CPG purchases to decelerate between 1-2% in 2021 compared to 2020.
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. Industrial Economy Rebound .
Elementum
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
But the largest source of cost increases for most companies have been driver wages and benefits. Currently, there are more than 500,000 over-the-road drivers delivering goods across the U.S. Implications for other industries Demand for consumer goods continues to experience aggregate growth, and with it industrial output.
Enterra Insights
MAY 6, 2019
Bindiya Vakil ( @BindiyaVakil ), Resilinc CEO, notes, “Supply chain, sourcing and procurement professionals are on the front lines of managing global trade risks for their companies. Cargo caught up in industrial unrest : “Strikes, overtime bans, or work-to-rule can affect any transport mode, almost anywhere in the world.
Global Trade Management
DECEMBER 11, 2014
It consisted of 30 containers carrying 1,400 tonnes of cargo – mostly toys, stationery and other items for sale over Christmas across Europe. Yiwu is the world’s largest wholesale hub for small consumer goods and plays host to a vast 4 sq km (1.5 It is also Spain’s third largest source of imports, after Germany and France.
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