Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Supply chain disruptions have brought about an age of innovation. In my presentation, I highlighted five key transportation trends that are changing supply chains from a technology standpoint. Air cargo has rebounded with the capacity crunch. The final technology for TMS innovation is IoT.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

Amazon has launched Amazon Air , its dedicated air cargo fleet, in India as the e-commerce giant bulks up its logistics infrastructure in the key overseas market where it has deployed more than $6.5 Smaller parcel carriers made big gains during the pandemic handling packages that the larger players couldn’t deliver.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

The company is paying participating small businesses a per-package fee to deliver Amazon orders within a 10-mile radius to their neighbors’ homes in states like Nebraska, Mississippi, and Alabama. Shortages of formula began to take effect last summer amid supply chain disruptions, product recalls and inflation.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Get the insights beverage companies need to meet today’s biggest supply chain challenges. Port congestion, shipping delays, and other supply chain disruptions are affecting industries across all economic sectors, and that includes beverages of all types. Feeling far from bubbly? Key Takeaways.

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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. European labor strife creates pile-up of export containers. Labor groups cheer Supreme Court decision to let AB5 stand.

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EazyStock

AUGUST 29, 2023

Last month, Hurricane Idalia swept through Florida and several other states in the southeast, forcing airports, marine cargo ports, and distribution hubs to cease or reduce operations. These disruptions caused delays throughout the entire supply chain as effects rippled down. Do you have sustainability goals?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

There have been massive supply chain disruptions since the pandemic began. These disruptions have driven up prices and led to shortages of goods. Congestion at ports has certainly played a role in these disruptions. Ocean ETAs are focused on when a ship gets into port and begins to unload its cargo.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 14, 2022

Cargo vessels, planes, and semi-trucks portray freight transportation as they cross great distances to get loads to their final destination. Among the vast amount of documentation required to keep the supply chain running, few bring more apprehension than the carrier claims process. dollars in 2021.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Though consumers often think of the global economy as small packages arriving on doorsteps, large-scale shipping forms the backbone of the global supply chain. Streamlining the Picking and Packaging Process. Often transported multimodally, these shipments represent enormous investments for customers and shippers alike.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 2, 2023

FedEx invented package tracking, and to do that, it developed innovations such as a multi-part airway bill and package data readers. In the 1990s the company pioneered the use of the internet to track packages. FedEx has developed proprietary technology that uses Bluetooth to track individual packages with extreme accuracy.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As the logistics industry continues to recover from pandemic-era supply chain disruptions, shippers are adjusting quickly to the expectations of a new normal. Falling ocean rates and volatile fuel costs have logistics professionals across the supply chain searching for innovative efficiency solutions throughout their operations.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 19, 2022

Anyone who has not been living in a cave for the past two years knows about the supply chain disruptions that continue to plague local and global shippers and transportation service providers. Eliminate Unnecessary Packaging and Dunnage. Use Analytics to Detect and Correct Anomalies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 26, 2023

would be reclassified immediately to Regular Package Car Drivers and placed into seniority, ending an existing two-tier wage system. Added safety and health protections, to include vehicle air conditioning and cargo ventilation in all larger delivery vehicles, sprinter vans, and package cars purchased after Jan.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 23, 2021

”[5] They continue, “Throughout the pandemic, blame for global supply-chain disruptions has bounced from COVID-19 outbreaks to container shortages, from spendthrift Americans gorging on garden tools to a massive ship beaching itself across the Suez Canal in March. Even the U.S. Michael Brown, a Partner in A.T.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Merchants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, and Walmart say the rising stocks signal a recovery from last year’s shortages driven by supply-chain disruptions and put them in a strong position to take advantage of consumer demand this holiday shopping period. This year, Union Pacific Corp.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

A walkout would impact the movement of upwards of 20 to 25 million packages daily. Postal Service, Amazon Logistics and others will seek to handle any fallout, the sheer volume level exceeds available industry capacity and will result in cascading disruptions for industry supply chains.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Tropical Storm Harvey has forced UPS, FedEx and the United States Postal Service to cease delivery to major swaths of Texas and Louisiana, posing disruptions in the medical, food and packaging industries. US Coast Guard warned that it may take weeks before an all-clear can be given. Auto production in Texas, led by General Motors Co.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. With this increased sourcing agility comes the increased risk of delivery failure due to a supply chain disruption and, concurrently, the increased importance of visibility into each step of the supply chain. • Lack of uniformity in the packaging sizes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by supply chain disruptions around the world has sparked a resurgence of companies bringing sourcing and manufacturing back to the United States or closer to U.S. Amazon has ‘over a thousand’ Rivian electric vans making deliveries in the US. shift to electric heavy-duty vehicles.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

A further shock occurred in December with the reporting of declines in revenues and profitability amid added declines in package volumes, especially with the FedEx Express business unit. Further noted was that package volumes are expected to continue to decline in the coming two quarters but at a described more moderate rate.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 26, 2020

. “They have multi-sourced key commodities or strategic components to reduce their reliance on any one supplier, and they had considered inventory strategy to buffer against supply chain disruption.” Tejal Ranjan @GoIvanti Tejal Ranjan is a senior product marketing manager at Ivanti Wavelink.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

Rapidly rising fuel prices will bring about even more widespread supply chain disruption. Australia Supply Chain: Fruit and Veg Shortages. Far from the madness in Europe, Australia has not escaped supply chain disruption, thanks to its perfect storm of climate and coronavirus catastrophes.

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TMC

APRIL 20, 2017

A key application area I described in my last IoT post was the use of sensors on trucks to track the status of perishable cargos. The end goal is that supply chain modeling exercises will unlock savings opportunities for the entire supply network. billion of the industry’s investments.

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TMC

APRIL 20, 2017

A key application area I described in my last IoT post was the use of sensors on trucks to track the status of perishable cargos. The end goal is that supply chain modeling exercises will unlock savings opportunities for the entire supply network. billion of the industry’s investments.

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TMC

APRIL 20, 2017

A key application area I described in my last IoT post was the use of sensors on trucks to track the status of perishable cargos. The end goal is that supply chain modeling exercises will unlock savings opportunities for the entire supply network. billion of the industry’s investments.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The Asia shortfall was attributed to the recent manufacturing disruptions as a result of electrical power restrictions across China’s major manufacturing regions, and especially ongoing strict Covid-19 lockdowns that continue to be initiated by the government.

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Ware2Go

MAY 17, 2022

Freight logistics is an essential part of any merchant’s supply chain. The importance of freight was thrown into focus during the recent supply chain disruptions, especially during the peak holiday season. They also package and can often consolidate shipments to negotiate better rates.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

Heavily seasonal, the seafood industry has been through several years of supply chain disruption due to the pandemic. Those three companies execute the deliveries on Walmart’s behalf, flying packages from 36 drone delivery hubs located at the company’s stores in seven US states.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This company will manage your warehousing, packaging and shipping. JIT can also fail when it comes up against global supply chain disruptions. For instance, the pandemic of 2020 left many parts of the supply chain reeling from unprecedented shortages caused by either total or rolling shutdowns, depending on the industry.

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