Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Speakers are the SCRC meeting yesterday and today continued to speak more on the topic of transportation strategy given increasing challenges in the transportation sector, and the need for an effective transportation management strategy. This is impacting how you think about managing the network, and in procurement.

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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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GlobalTranz

APRIL 22, 2015

The financial and economic outlook of each mode of transportation. Which countries are ranked as the best logistics performers (we have a long way to go United States). It is also defined as the procurement, maintenance, distribution, and replacement of personnel and material. What is a Logistics Framework?

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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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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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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. Manhattan Transportation Management Enhancements Enable the Acquisition and Supervision of Additional Shipment Capacity. TSA reviewing cargo screening, concerned about terror vulnerabilities (CNN). Convey Closes $8.25

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 15, 2015

The Lab is part of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. million, combined with procurement of locally available commodities, will meet two critical needs in the country’s constrained health care system. A major challenge is procuring equipment in large quantities so that the items are standardized.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. 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. ( of small businesses in the United States.

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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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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Identify Alternative Transportation Routes. As a result, some shipments moving from Asia to the Gulf Coast and eastern ports of the United States will be forced to reduce cargo loads to meet the new requirements. Massive flooding can literally wash away critical infrastructure in your supply chain.

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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 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. ”[4]. He points to the growing number of fulfillment centers (i.e.,

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

From early trade to battling America’s enemies during World War II, maritime transportation has played a crucial role. 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. and its trading partners that ships can carry.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 28, 2018

If you’ve heard the term “perfect storm” applied more to transportation lately than you have since the book by Sebastian Junger came out in 1997, you’re not alone. Since July, air freight pricing has increased between China and the United States. Transpacific Air and Ocean Shipping Space Is Already Tight | Transportfolio.

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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

MARCH 16, 2023

Rail Regulator Approves Canadian Pacific Acquisition of Kansas City Southern Line Background In 2021, a bidding war regarding the proposed acquisition of Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) involving both Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) and Canadian National Railroad (CN) dominated surface transportation headlines. bound cargo. ”

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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. Bob Ferrari.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

Accordingly, significant volumes of ocean cargo shifted to earlier sailings than normal, disrupting typical volume trends in the third and fourth quarters of 2018. Since demand to the United States has decreased from China and increased from Southeast Asia and the India subcontinent, many U.S. during this period.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I’m Nerijus Poskus — Director of Pricing and Procurement at Flexport. Hanjin affected United States a lot more, the bankruptcy of Hanjin affected the United States a lot more than it affected the rest of the world. So today and yesterday, there was not enough capacity, cargo was rolled, prices spiked.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Even as political battlelines in the United States harden, the push for “Made in America” products is being made from both the right and left. Bowman, observes that transportation isn’t the only consideration companies must take into account when it comes to manufacturing. Procurement must also be considered.

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Resilinc

MARCH 12, 2024

In 2023—if it wasn’t already—geopolitics became top of mind for every procurement professional. As a supply chain manager, it is impossible (and unwise) to ignore the state of global politics, as it directly impacts nearly every level of the supply chain, from increased shipping rates to access to critical materials and minerals.

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