The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2022

Peter Tirschwell and Joe Lynch discuss the post-pandemic supply chain. Peter is Vice President in the Maritime, Trade & Supply Chain division of S&P Global , a global data, analytics and business intelligence organization serving sectors including maritime, energy, automotive, petrochemical and financial.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Matt is the Senior Vice President of Werner Enterprises , a key component of the company’s portfolio of transportation services solutions. Kevin is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Greenscreens.ai , a pricing platform specifically tailored for the truckload spot freight market. logistics market. Greenscreens.ai Greenscreens.ai

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 10, 2024

Nourhan is Global Chief Revenue Officer at AJEX Logistics Services , Saudi Arabia’s fastest growing transportation company. About AJEX Logistics Services AJEX Logistics Services , founded in 2021, is a Saudi Arabian logistics leader with a presence in the UAE, Bahrain, and China.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2020

In early 2020, the market forecast for freight looked bright. China trade war appeared at an end, and few disruptions were believed to cause issues in 2020. Then, coronavirus happened to spread, and now, it will impact global supply chains. The post What Are the Most Important 2020 Freight Metrics to Know?

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 18, 2024

In one of those early articles, I wrote, “Globalization integrates trade by disintegrating production chains and dispersing them across economies. But as the costs of transportation increase, the length of supply lines is beginning to decrease. Parallel changes have occurred in Xi Jinping’s China.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. The company bought a risk solution that provides real-time alerts to potential supply disruptions. But there was a cost to this.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The global supply chain industry has by default, a large environmental impact, through its carbon footprint. We are committed to preparing the supply chains of the future. Early in the pandemic, the company organized an airlift of two flights per week to deliver several hundred million masks from China to France.

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

See the latest insights on ocean freight rates and other trends that fast-growing businesses should know about to plan for 2023 peak season. In this article: Ocean Freight: Key Stats & Industry News Ocean Freight Shipping: What to Watch For In 2023 Freight Shipping From China & Alternatives What Are The Current Ocean Freight Rates?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 14, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Truck Drivers are a Vital Part of the Supply Chain! Indeed, economic growth and competitiveness cannot be achieved without efficient transportation, since it enables logistics to bring its advantages into full play. Various Modes Of Transport Working Together.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 24, 2022

The freight train that arrived in the Parisian rail hub of Valenton in early January wasn’t an especially large one—at 34 containers, it carried just 20% of the load of a typical intermodal freight train. And France isn’t the only European country with growing rail links to China. It’s growing dramatically however.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport. Transportation accounts for 17 percent of global greenhouse gases (GHG) and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Unlike in Glasgow, there was no dedicated transport day, nor a transport pavilion in Sharm El-Sheikh.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Without a doubt 2020 will be etched in our memories as the year of multiple disasters, with the Covid-19 pandemic, trade issues between the US and China, wildfires in Australia, social unrest in Hong Kong, drastic declines in oil prices, turbulent financial markets and other politically dominated issues in emerging markets.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

In addition to the terrible human cost, the virus is also sending ripples throughout the global supply chain. China’s efforts to control the spread of the virus at the end of January started with shutting down the Yangtze River port city of Wuhan, an industrial city of 11 million people that ships 1.5 Coronavirus Impact.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Make over your supply chain to get visibility into potential future disruptions. There’s always a lot at stake in supply chain management. Technology leapt to the forefront as visibility into the entire supply chain became essential. What’s a supply chain manager to do?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest quantitative data related to global manufacturing PMI activity levels for April. The report authors noted that this index, when calculated without the impact of China would have posted a 53.2 This index fell to a value of 52.2, down from a reading of 52.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

For more than a year, global supply chains have been buffeted by one major disruption after another. The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. The impact?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. More than $728 million is on the way to communities around the nation to bolster intermodal freight infrastructure. technology from helping China’s military.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2024

But what steps can you take to a more resilient supply chain during disruptions? If you’re ready to learn more about creating stronger supply chains, read below. The price of container freight rates surged while the entire world was having to deal with delays. How Can We Create More Resilient Supply Chains?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

— Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught. Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (February 9, 2024) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. It just is, and the more you try to find a different answer, the more lost you become. Don’t ask me Why?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 10, 2024

Supply Chain Matters calls reader attention to a report by Bloomberg indicating that upwards of 14 percent of Apple iPhone production, equating to $14 billion, is now being produced within India. Background Throughout 2022 and 2023, we have highlighted for readers the various indications of Apple’s unfolding China Plus sourcing moves.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

When I first began planning this article, the most significant impacts of COVID-19 were primarily limited to Mainland China. Now the entire freight transportation industry, across air, ocean, road, and rail sectors, is awash with disrupted expectations and has retreated into survival mode. Air Freight Transportation Trends 2020.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues to highlight for readers specific global and regional supply chain indices that depict both trending production activity levels, as well as supply chain volatility. Newly published indices reflecting global supply chain volatility and U.S.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 24, 2019

After decades of longer and more global supply chains, some are becoming shorter and more localized. This trend has important implications to supply chain planning. Contracting Supply Chains. . A decade ago it was unrealistic to compete with “the China price”.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

What does the transportation industry have to do with a global pandemic? I’m not talking about how shipping and logistics are key in keeping the supply chain connected during global health crises so we can keep essential supplies like medicine, food, and toilet paper moving. by Tim Foote, Founder of Susymbio.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 12, 2019

Editor’s Note: Today’s post is part of a new series we’re launching called “Practitioner Perspectives” — commentaries written by supply chain and logistics practitioners from manufacturing and retail companies who want to share their insights and advice on industry trends and topics. The $4,000 Transportation Question.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

When companies want to digitally transform their supply chain capabilities, moving to an integrated business planning process (IBP) is often at the heart of the transformation. GEON Embarks on a Digital Transformation GEON Performance Solutions is embarking on a supply chain transformation.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 26, 2017

When it comes to supply chain excellence, particularly in the retail sector, there is one behemoth dominating the landscape: Amazon. Amazon supply chain management is driving innovation and change at a pace that’s putting the pressure on other businesses to find a way to keep up, or fold.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 The vehicle will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, where it will be featured at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. CMA CGM is offering 5 billion euros ($5.48

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 13, 2015

‘Supply Chain Opportunities in China’. Organisatie: DSV en Supply Chain Media. Introduction – Guillaume Burette, General Manager Logistics – DSV China. China: from sourcing location to an end market. China: from sourcing location to an end market. China as a Regional Distribution Hub.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The transport and logistics industry has started to engage differently in the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference. Additional three zero (3Zs) emission initiatives were launched at COP26 that will help the transport and logistics industry to contribute its fair share to the decarbonization of economy and society.

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Elementum

MAY 22, 2015

Today, China’s rail infrastructure bears a striking resemblance to a pre-Staggers United States, and the nation is looking to turn it around in the same fashion. Between 1998 and 2013, total freight transported grew 1% faster than the general economy, but transportation methods did not parallel that growth.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Oren is the Founder and CEO of Flock Freight , a Certified B Corporation that’s been reinventing freight shipping since 2015. Raised by parents who worked for a van line and later started their own freight forwarders, Oren has deep-seated roots in logistics and entrepreneurship. About Flock Freight. and Canada.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column has had a brisk start in our 2024 postings, and we have added this supplemental posting. In our initial 2024 posting last week, we highlighted two acquisitions related to supply chain technology providers.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

Simon Geale recently spoke to CNBC about how China’s strict Covid restrictions are having a ripple effect on global supply chains. However, this couldn’t be more different for China, as the country continues to pursue a strict zero-Covid policy through lockdowns, spanning across some of the country’s key port cities.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

In our prior published Supply Chain Matters commentary, we reviewed and provided some added insights on July’s global manufacturing PMI indices which are pointing to declining global supply chain production momentum. A July edition provided two reports that responded to the question- Are Global Supply Chains Recovering ?

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

Unpredictability is undoubtedly the major issue manufacturers face when dealing with fragmented supply chains. As the supply chain breaks, manufacturers must find new suppliers and new transport routes and find them rapidly, so that production doesn’t come to a halt. It’s exhausting for supply chain leaders.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

DB Schenker Singapore has also cemented the position as a key pillar in Singapore’s logistics ecosystem, being the number one air exporter (for freight forwarding) and attaining market leadership in ocean freight as well. Keeping Supply Chains Moving. Keeping Supply Chains Moving.

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