Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

Global wide production, transportation and logistics activity levels reported for February, but continued rather concerning data related to global transportation service levels and cost. Commentary related to January’s PMI and logistics data can be accessed at this web link. Global Wide Production Activity. reported for January.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

Several effects of this have shown up in the last year alone, with hurricanes, floods and wildfires damaging infrastructure and extreme weather conditions shaking up the global economy: The Texas Freeze in 2021 was the worst blackout in the history of the United States as the state shivered in temperatures 40 degrees below average.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

The impact on supply chains is particularly apparent in the following two broad areas— shipping and procurement of products/components/raw materials. Ports in the United States, The Netherlands, Britain, France, and elsewhere have reported a drop in cargo volumes ranging from around 5 percent in January to an estimated 25 percent in February.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. As supply chain logistics and transportation teams are keenly aware, rates peaked to more than $20,000 per container for both routes at this time last year.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 29, 2020

The next key subject to address is importing PPE into the United States and/or Canada. Importing PPE into the United States. However, when the demand for passenger travel plummeted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a dramatic reduction in cargo capacity followed. and Canada customs best practices.

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 15, 2015

The delivery was organized by the Academic Consortium to Combat Ebola in Liberia (ACCEL), a network of academic centers with technical expertise in emergency medicine and logistics systems. The Lab is part of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. Some manufacturers have increased their output as demand has soared.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). The United States’ and Europe’s production of global semiconductors decreased from approximately 80% in 1990 to 20% in 2020. As of 2020, only 12% of semiconductor chips were made in the United States. ( United States Census Bureau).

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Enterra Insights

MAY 3, 2018

. “117 such facilities were built across the United States from 2010 to 2016 for a total of 141.2 ” Burnson goes to note that e-commerce is having an impact on air freight hubs, maritime cargo, middlemen, and intermodal operations. . … Omnichannel is not just a logistics decision. million square feet.”

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Material Handling & Logistics

APRIL 7, 2018

She has already served in an international procurement management program with Volkswagen and built a procurement department from scratch with Porsche Design. She is now part of J&J's capital, construction and facilities services global procurement team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Media Type. Privacy Settings.

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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, Nerijus Poskus, director of pricing and procurement for the freight forwarder and customs broker Flexport, predicts that this spike won’t last longer than one or two months.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 28, 2019

You can’t just turn around a giant cargo ship. Once cargo has shipped, there are no “backsies.” Everything from custom duties to cargo inspections can create bottlenecks within the supply chain. On the contrary, you should be exploring all your procurement options globally, nationally, and locally. By Ali Hasan Raza.

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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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. ” CVS Health also said it has imposed a limit of three baby formula products per purchase in stores and online, until it can procure sufficient supply from its vendors. The post This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

And in Panama a huge transshipment area will grow where they will will do break bulk, put cargo onto smaller ships and send to North America. Railroads were critical in helping to develop the United States in the last half of the 1800’s. This is impacting how you think about managing the network, and in procurement.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The United States has become one of the most prosperous and innovative nations on Earth due to its connectivity with the rest of the world via the oceans. The growth of cargo moving through America’s ocean ports has increased significantly over the last two decades. and its trading partners that ships can carry.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

Other opportunities presented by the use of Walmart’s blockchain solutions include the ability for consumers to scan products in-store and receive instant information about them, including their sources and the logistics processes involved in their journeys from origin to retail outlet. Blockchain Passes the Alpha Acid Test.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 14, 2023

A Bit of History The original Shipping Act, enacted in 1916, established the United States Shipping Board (USSB), the first federal agency tasked with regulating and overseeing commercial shipping in the United States. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 is designed to mitigate these concerns, but how?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 1, 2022

In postings in November of last year we observed that with supply chain management and logistics teams literally bargaining with carriers for transport services regardless of spot market pricing, there was ample opportunity for carriers to make a lot of money from chronic demand and a gross shipping supply imbalance. Background.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

The prize was the creation of a railroad network that could provide singular service spanning Canada , the United States and Mexico , the first of its kind. bound cargo. ” Such a network would be pivotal to supporting material moves for the re-constituted USMCA trade agreement. counterparts from the transport of U.S.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

FLEXE , Flexport and Convoy –three technology companies adding flexibility to the supply chain–,recently hosted the first Peak Logistics breakfast in Seattle, Washington. The founders of each company came together to discuss the overlap of technology and logistics and how it can be used to solve every day problems.

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Freightos

MAY 31, 2022

In retrospect I’m pleased that I was blissfully ignorant of the fact that it would take so many years for even a single cargo airline, or container ocean liner, to provide an API (that is digital computer to computer connection) for instant rates, capacity, and electronic bookings. I’ve been there myself. Forward-Looking Statements.

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