Resilinc

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I’ve seen an increase in the number of large and medium-sized Life Sciences companies that are investing in supply chain risk management. Before, these companies did not have robust analytical solutions for creating visibility and managing suppliers. How is the Life Sciences industry different post-COVID?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I was on the phone with Australia, China, Indonesia – really everywhere – trying to negotiate directly with suppliers. So, suppliers were asked if they used carriers or their own trucks to haul freight. But there was a cost to this. It required “being up all night on the phone with people around the world.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

But building an agile, resilient supply chain doesn’t happen overnight; it requires forethought and planning. Navistar had already been developing a supply chain risk management program and were in the midst of executing digital transformation initiatives when the crisis hit.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

But building an agile, resilient supply chain doesn’t happen overnight; it requires forethought and planning. Navistar had already been developing a supply chain risk management program and were in the midst of executing digital transformation initiatives when the crisis hit.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

Regarding ocean container freight rates, spot rates are noted as dropping across the board on both Asia-Europe and Asia-US The implication is that if spot rates drop way below contract rates, shippers will likely seek to renegotiate contract rates recently consummated earlier this year. and Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

A China Plus sourcing stance has become ever more important as is longer-term alignment to government induced supply chain policies and legislation initiatives for deemed critical materials. A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S. billion in September.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

Frequent readers of the Supply Chain Matters blog may recall one metaphor that this Editor has invoked over the past three years – the Eagle ’s tune, In a New York Minute ( Everything Can Change ). Everything is a little out of sync right now. ”.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

New Transport Mode to Redefine Freight Movement. in Series A to Bring Real-Time Visibility to the Supply Chain via APIs. oTMS Raises $25M in Series B Funding Round to Build China’s Open Transport Platform. July 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). project44 Raises $10.5M

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. McKinsey ).

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

The company was eventually forced to transport its bikes and equipment by more expensive air freight to avoid congested U.S. Customer service agents reportedly were making on the fly decisions reallocating equipment destined for a specific customer order to another order, without the ability to replan for the inventory shift.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 24, 2023

To improve supply chain efficiency and avoid disruptions to supply chain operations , proper supply chain management involves continuous monitoring and improvement to reduce risk significantly. Let’s dive into how today’s ecommerce businesses approach supply chain risk management.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

For the industry’s senior executives, the ability of reaping the rewards on the good times will now be put to the test of managing the difficult times or in providing investors with continuing profitability gains or attractive market acquisition moves. Robinson suddenly ousted its CEO.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 12, 2021

Impact on Migrant workers: Migrant workers in India and China have been the victims of national and international crises. Faster and cheaper processing, availability of cloud capabilities, modeling, and data analysis enabled tighter coordination between supply chain partners. The world is facing huge geopolitical uncertainty.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Carriers, freight forwarders, and shippers that were dealing with the China to North America trade lanes were already operating in crisis mode. 336,500 TEUs were transported from China to the EU by rail in the first six months of 2021, that is 44% more than 2020 and 99% more than in 2019. The NotPetya Cyber Attack.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

Federal Maritime Commission Chairma n Daniel Maffei indicated at a Journal of Commerce conference held this week that: “ Many shippers really want us to do something about the rapid inflation of rates and decline in reliability in the ocean freight system.” and China , but the European Union and the United Kingdom as well.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

And you can’t forget about the other Unpredictables: Iran, Russia, China, and ISIS; all of these entities could have a destabilizing effect on world peace and prosperity. For related commentary, see: On-Time In-Full (OTIF) and the Growing Demand for Real-Time Freight Visibility.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2019

In the meantime, here’s the rest of this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: U.S. Debates Lifting China Tariffs to Hasten Trade Deal, Calm Markets (WSJ – sub. general manager, said in an interview. Will blockchain’s hype far exceed what it will ever accomplish in the industry?

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