Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In August, China published disappointing trade figures showing that both imports and exports had fallen more sharply than economists had expected in the month of July. Many companies worldwide are now reducing their inventories because they ordered too much last year. However, these figures came as absolutely no surprise to me.

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PINC

JANUARY 9, 2019

With the national warehouse vacancy rate hovering at record lows and warehouses bloated with inventory pulled in from China during 2018 to get ahead of impending tariffs , companies can combine flexible storage options with advanced technology to create an end-to-end supply chain solution that works.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The increasing issues with tax and tariff shifts and the policies of China make the response more complicated. Full Warehouses. Inventories are out of balance with demand and the rising need for write-offs. Rolling Electrical Outages in China. Chemical Sector Inventory Availability. With only 5.8% I welcome yours.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

They write, “The logistics industry first started to take form when Marco Polo traveled to China on the Silk Road. His detailed written record paved the way for future traders and merchants traveling between Europe and China. That includes packaging, warehousing, shipping, and more. Logistics can help reduce costs.

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PINC

OCTOBER 29, 2019

More recent challenges, such as the national warehouse vacancy rate hovering at record lows and warehouses bloated with inventory pulled in from China during 2018 to get ahead of impending tariffs, have emerged creating an even more demanding environment. Present and discuss existing and potential cases.

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Stord

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Tesla is scrambling to move Model 3 sedans to China , anticipating imminent tariffs on American cars that would make its product more expensive. Import fees on American cars are a problem for many companies, but Tesla’s lack of manufacturing capacity in China makes it unable to shift production to within the country to mitigate penalties.

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Stord

APRIL 28, 2019

Demand for warehouse space is spurring new construction projects near the Dayton, Ohio airport. Additionally, inventory that was shipped late last year is now starting to leave warehouses, another factor that could raise freight demand in the second and third quarters. Many shippers moved product from China to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The increasing issues with tax and tariff shifts and the policies of China make the response more complicated. Full Warehouses. Inventories are out of balance with demand and the rising need for write-offs. Rolling Electrical Outages in China. Chemical Sector Inventory Availability. With only 5.8%

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Stord

MARCH 24, 2019

For months, shippers had been moving inventory from China to the United States earlier than usual, trying to get ahead of a new round of tariffs scheduled to hit in March. Last year, the company’s total inventory grew by 10.9%, increasing by 1.3% Inbound volume at the Port of Los Angeles, for example, was down 18.2%

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Veridian Solutions

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The 2018 peak warehousing season flourished on the optimism in the market. The biggest problem in the 2018 peak warehousing season surfaced before the season even started. China tariff trade war created an opportunity for customers to make a final push for a strong season. The State of Automation in Warehouse Management.

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

When it comes to warehousing, many companies eventually outgrow the “do it yourself” model and choose to hand the reins over to a third-party logistics (3PL) professional. What’s important to understand, however, is that many 3PLs are capable of a wide array of warehouse services in addition to the basics. Some might surprise you.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide ; Clint Reiser. ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. I picked a good time to cover what is now well-known to be a hot market consisting of many successful warehouse automation suppliers. billion in 2019.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

They collectively provide evidence that the prior disruptions still occurring among industry supply chains, compounded by the latest manufacturing, logistics and transportation disruptions occurring in China, will have a longer economic and service level effect in the coming months. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Currently, companies struggle with rolling electric outages in China. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Headline news included Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s struggling with inventory bloat and offering deep discounts. Why We Cannot Get Inventory Right.

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EMERGE App

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

After all, this is a business expense that you need to pay upfront in order to bring goods to your warehouse and stock them up. But while the newly arrived goods sit in your warehouse, did you know that there are also costs associated with keeping inventory? What is Inventory Carrying Cost?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

”[3] The China Problem. China’s zero tolerance policy for dealing with the pandemic repeatedly created unanticipated and undesirable disruptions. Even though China has now relaxed those policies, the country is dealing with a severe Covid outbreak that continues to cause disruptions. It became too long.”[4]

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

For those impacted by the Amazon Effect but not directly competing with Amazon, there are critical lessons to be learned from their continuous drive to innovate inventory management, warehouse automation, and the supply chain of tomorrow. ” Amazon warehouses feature extensive use of mobile barcode scanners and wearables.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

For those impacted by the Amazon Effect but not directly competing with Amazon, there are critical lessons to be learned from their continuous drive to innovate inventory management, warehouse automation, and the supply chain of tomorrow. These three overarching warehouse inventory technologies can be adopted by any operation: 1.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. Inventories increased by 44% due to supply chain volatility. See the pattern?

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 13, 2015

‘Supply Chain Opportunities in China’. Introduction – Guillaume Burette, General Manager Logistics – DSV China. China: from sourcing location to an end market. 12:00 China as a Global Distribution Centre – Manufacturing and bonded warehousing. 13:00 Domestic warehousing and distribution centres in China.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The report specifically indicates : “ November’s dip was largely triggered by a decline in Inventory Levels (-9.1) which is attributable to Q4 holiday sales and the subsequent dips in Warehousing Capacity (+3.6) and slowdown in Warehousing Utilization (-14.0) and Transportation Capacity (+5.2)

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

This small island is currently in the middle of political tensions between the US and China and represents 90% of the most sophisticated chips, such as those based on gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, which are used in the defense and aerospace sector. The China COVID disruption impact is ongoing creating container and chassis imbalances.

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Kanban Logistics

JUNE 30, 2022

In recent months, the US Commerce Department has been investigating whether “imports of solar panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are circumventing tariffs on goods made in China.” Thankfully, there are many 3PL providers that specialize in warehousing and distribution of solar panels. Warehousing services.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 2, 2022

Mike has a degree in Marketing from Iowa State University and over 30 years of experience leading teams in Demand Planning, Inventory Control, Automated Storage Retrieval Warehouses & Transportation. A second plant was opened in Hangzhou, China, to manufacture and package products for that market. About Mary Kay.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

The authors specifically make mention of geopolitics along with the ongoing effects of the pandemic impacting many manufacturing regions in China. The authors point to the delivery time disruptions occurring in China , an increase in air freight costs from the U.S. Warehouse inventory levels are noted as remaining quite high.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

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. And what is sitting in the warehouse. The impact? And at the cross-dock. And in the rail car.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

This small island is currently in the middle of political tensions between the US and China and represents 90% of the most sophisticated chips, such as those based on gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, which are used in the defense and aerospace sector. The China COVID disruption impact is ongoing creating container and chassis imbalances.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

China, for example, only produces 14% of their total units, only 3% of those units end up being exported to the United States and 2% to EMEA. There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”. To improve efficiency, they have begun to install warehouse robots from Locus robotics in North America and Europe.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

My first focus was on China sourcing. The healthcare value chain was slow to respond—the majority of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was in Chinese warehouses. China was the source of over 90% of PPE.) Instead, use demand sensing technologies to detect patterns with minimal latency into inventory requirements.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Powerful scenario analysis identifies optimal locations for future plants, warehouses or 3PL locations and quickly presents impacts to cost and service in an interactive environment. Determine the optimal scenario that minimizes total production, freight, inventory costs and meets service requirements.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 17, 2022

China has Its Factory Eyes on Mexico. Target Profits Crumble on Inventory Sell Off. US Warehouse Vacancies at Record Lows US Manufacturing Rises in July.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2022

slowdowns in China, and?unloading Although organizations have solutions to manage their inventory, labor, and warehouse operations, they?continue Despite the Labor Shortage, Consumers Still Consume. We saw disruptions in delivering goods and merchandise worldwide, from delays like the Suez Canal obstruction,?slowdowns

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ShipBob

MARCH 28, 2024

Ecommerce businesses that import products internationally are typically concerned with two things: The speed at which the products will arrive at their warehouse The impact on their cash flow The journey of a large shipment from China to the US doesn’t simply leave a warehouse and arrive at your business’s doorstep.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters industry specific commentary, we make the observation that retail industry sales and operations planning and demand support teams, given the current state of recent business financial performance, need to up their game in supply network inventory management agility and added responsiveness. .

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Elementum

APRIL 12, 2018

However, this dynamic industry is now facing the same challenges as some traditional retailers —unsold inventory and profit losses. Inventory Woes. billion worth of unsold inventory. JD.com, one of China's biggest e-commerce platforms, recently launched luxury shopping platform Toplife. Stocks reportedly fell 3.1%

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Vinculum

APRIL 19, 2020

While the SCM processes have entirely stopped in these respective industries, they have percolated issues, such as underutilized warehouses, in other sectors. What about China? Amid the chaos of local and global SCM operations, all eyes of the world are on China as it strives to emerge out of this crisis.

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Stord

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Last year, the ripple effects from new tariffs on imports from China rocked warehouses and ports in America. At the Port of Los Angeles, for example, a sudden rush of shipments overloaded the local warehouse market. In the Los Angeles warehouse market, that meant limited warehouse availability and greater transportation costs.

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