Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Container Shipping Industry The quarterly performance of ocean container shipping lines continue to reflect decreased volumes and significantly reduced profitability levels amid this industry’s reported 30 percent reduction in scheduled route capacity. The firm’s Maersk Line container shipping business unit reported net profit of $2.3

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2017

Moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… FedEx says operations at TNT Express disrupted after virus attack (Reuters). Global shipping feels fallout from Maersk cyber attack (Reuters). The cyber attack was among the biggest-ever disruptions to hit global shipping.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 12, 2022

With a sudden large intake of truck or rail transportation, society moves on with their lives, understanding only a fraction of the supply chain in its entirety. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that, “Freight shipped across the U.S. billion in February 2022, […] up 17.2% Documentation and Paperwork Errors.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

The latest report is refreshingly more candid in depicting the challenges and ills of the logistics and transportation services sector and the need for new thinking and added emphasis on shipper and cargo holder value and service’s needs. entities as opposed to foreign owned entities such as global shipping and logistics companies.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Blockchain has the potential to help enable us to manage and track a ‘digital twin’ of shipping containers across the world.”[2] ”[2] Nikki Baird ( @nikkibaird ), Vice President of Retail Innovation at Aptos, agrees blockchain and supply chain are good match. Addressing supply chain complexity.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Increased Prices Resulting from Shortages and Supply Chain Issues. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. How Labor Shortages Have Hurt the Supply Chain.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

These Giant Drones Could Seriously Disrupt the Shipping Industry (NBC News). Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia (WSJ – sub. Automated Truck Firm Raises $60 Million (WSJ – sub. Turnpike travelers will see semi-autonomous trucks on the road this year (Cleveland.com).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Bigger Container Ships Pose Bigger Risks (WSJ – sub. With more than 30 cargo ships anchored offshore, countless supply chains scrambling, and the prospect of a $2 billion per day hit on the U.S. The larger ships will further test the capacity of ports and canals and the skill of their captains and crews.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2018

economy in 2017 and so far in 2018, manufacturers have been producing more goods than usual and requiring more freight to be shipped. Most shippers and supply chain executives have already experienced effects of the shortage in their business and are now seeking long-term strategies for capacity. trillion compared to $14.6

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 21, 2021

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. The post Profitable Agility: Part 2 of Agility and Resilience in Supply Chain Execution appeared first on Supply Chain Nation.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

To coordinate, contracts can be made with direct links in the supply chain, but how can organizations coordinate with the suppliers’ suppliers or the customers’ customers? However, commonly used KPIs used by supply chain executives are usually focused on logistics performance (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 23, 2023

Last year we noted that the out of sync theme was refreshingly more candid in depicting the challenges and ills of the logistics and transportation services sector and the need for new thinking and added emphasis on shipper and cargo holder value and service’s needs.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

FedEx Introduces Enhancements to Deep Frozen Shipping. New ISF (10+2) Rule May Be Coming in May ( Supply Chain Management Review ). . A strike would have shut down ports along the Eastern seaboard, which together handle 110 million tons of import and export cargo. UPS to Rollout Fleet of Electric Vehicles in California.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

To achieve these goals, corporate leadership must focus on two key areas: shift from internally focused supply chains to collaborative supply networks and actively design their supply chains. Examples of disruptive risks are suppliers going out of business or shipwrecks that result in the loss of cargo containers.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Last September, a jury at Southwark crown court in south London found Amazon guilty of shipping dangerous goods by air. In Amazon’s case, the company stated “We ship millions of products every week and are confident in the sophisticated technologies and processes we have developed to detect potential shipping hazards.”

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 27, 2017

According to Gartner Research Director Andrew Downard, IoT enabled devices power supply chain planning by letting you continuously sense, communicate, analyze and act. This can be accomplished through an API-based economy. That only helps you know what the conditions are right now.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 3, 2020

For example, the National Cargo Security Council estimates the global financial impact of cargo losses exceeds $50 billion annually. With IoT monitoring, you gain business intelligence to identify weak links and opportunities for improvement in your supply chain. Supply chain resiliency. Customer experience.

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Where is your picking operation located with respect to shipping and product storage? Products with tight shipping deadlines or time constraints should also be stacked in this manner, thereby streamlining movement and overall travel time even more.” Design a floor plan that meets your needs now and also allows for growth.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I’d welcome the opportunity to meet with supply chain executives to discuss your research questions and objectives for the coming year, and with technology companies and 3PLs to get an update on your products and services. FedEx to Increase Shipping Rates. Are you attending the CSCMP Annual Global Conference next week?

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters blog commentary, we highlight both private industry and governmental efforts to address the need for basic supply chain execution information exchange and provide our perspectives as to what specific tenets are actually needed. Multi- Industry Effort.

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3rdwave

MARCH 28, 2019

For those that are not familiar with the TPM conference, or Trans-Pacific Maritime, it is the premier conference for the container shipping industry. What’s more, that vessel will need to be repositioned twice without cargo, resulting in lost revenue for that asset.

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3rdwave

MARCH 28, 2019

For those that are not familiar with the TPM conference, or Trans-Pacific Maritime, it is the premier conference for the container shipping industry. What’s more, that vessel will need to be repositioned twice without cargo, resulting in lost revenue for that asset.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 17, 2019

He is of the pioneers of supply chain execution software and understands the roles of automation and optimization in supply chain efficacy. . Patrick Burnson is the Executive Editor at Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review, a role he’s filled since 2007. Russell Goodman.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 6, 2018

cargoes, disrupting trade (Reuters). Logistyx Technologies Acquires Transparix to Support and Enhance Its Industry-Leading Parcel Shipping SaaS Solution. In fact, some companies have started to modify their supply chain networks and investment decisions in response (e.g., What should supply chain executives do now?

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As the global environment is shifting based on political debates, EU/British negotiations, tariffs driven by the Trump administration, as well as the sudden shifts in country-level policies, supply chain executives and planners are working to plan for future uncertainties.

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