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Amazon supply chain management pushes retail to the limit

Kinaxis

Amazon is even entering the transportation space, signing agreements with the Air Transport Services Group and the Chinese government to enter into the freight cargo business – effectively cutting out the middleman. It’s great to offer same day shipping, but what happens if there’s a catastrophic level disruption at the origin source?

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Multimodal 2015 – Advanced Supply Chain Management and Logistics for Cargo Owners

Supply Chain Movement

It is this ability to present the entire freight transport and logistics supply chain under one roof that makes Multimodal the go-to event for shippers, importers, exporters, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers – all seeking ways to run a slicker supply chain. Manufacturers. Government/Military. Who attends?

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5 Things to Know About U.S.-Mexico Logistics

Talking Logistics

It has been further spurred by the trend of nearshoring over the last decade, as American companies have relocated their manufacturing facilities to Mexico to take advantage of a skilled workforce, improving infrastructure, and proximity to the United States. government has similar restrictions for Mexican carriers. For example, a U.S.

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10 Disruptive Issues in the Supply Chain

American Global Logistics

As of late February 2024, CMA CGM is now shipping cargo through the Red Sea trade route. At present, shipping through the canal has declined by 36%. Re-shoring involves moving manufacturing or production back to a country from which it was previously outsourced. One sign of a return to stability comes from CMA CGM.

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Impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Supply Chains (Guest Post by Wolfgang Lehmacher, WEF)

SCM Research

My guest post today comes from Wolfgang Lehmacher, who presents a white paper prepared by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with BVL International. He is member of the IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards Jury and the Logistikweisen, a think tank under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry BMVI.

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Giants in the tank. Has liner shipping lost its mojo?

DELMIA Quintiq

Coming back to the conference, every presenter had to acknowledge that the going is tough and one should not expect much change in the near future. This irrational behavior continues in light of a 3-year effort by the Chinese government to telegraph in no uncertain terms the switch from an economy based on manufacturing to services.

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A Coronavirus Supply Chain Success Story: Public-Private Team Effort to Get Logistics Tech to 1st Responders

Savi

government agencies and allied partners with state-of-the-art global asset tracking and in-transit visibility hardware, software and integration services. Contingency Planning & Coronavirus: Overcoming Manufacturing Supply Chain Disruption During a Pandemic. Manufacturing plants were shutting down. Or so we thought.