The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

But decisions about how many barrels to produce or how many ships to sail have to be made in advance. As ocean carriers were just signing checks to build massive ships, the global financial crises hit and shipment volumes sunk like a Led Zeppelin. Just take a look at pricing fluctuations for Suntory’s Yamazaki 12 Year Old.

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Resilinc

APRIL 17, 2024

Single sourcing presents a huge risk for companies in all industries. Nearshoring, reshoring, ally-shoring, and China+1 Many companies have started to shift away from single sourcing, using strategies like nearshoring, reshoring, ally-shoring, and China+1 to build more resilient supply chains.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Comparing the pre-pandemic 2018 Production Statistics to the 2021 Production Statistics published by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), although car production has reduced over recent years, China remained the highest car producing country, followed by the United States, Japan and India. million cars.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

China has been called the world’s factory floor and for good reason. When China’s factories shut down, the effects are felt globally. ”[1] Chinese lockdowns are particularly being felt in one of China’s largest cities and busiest ports — Shanghai. Close to 30% of that backlog alone is in China.”[3]

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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. To complicate matters, factories in China are moving further and further west, expanding the distance between factories and ports and making transport by truck less reliable.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Especially, I would say when we were talking about the Amazon effect I would say now it’s present more than ever maybe even changing the word into the COVID effect. And digitalization is more than present. And I think companies will be happy to be present on that market with production. There was a big peak.

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ShipBob

JULY 14, 2022

While your customers can track their parcels from their smartphones down to the block the delivery truck is on, the best you can hope for is a phone call when the ship leaves port and one when it arrives on the other side of the world. Our ability to ship, store, and trade goods remains fragmented — and key logistics data remains siloed.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Our oceans are at present simply overfished – but our growing population is only demanding more and more fish protein. Scaling up is the main obstacle at present, but with governments as large as China getting involved, that obstacle may soon be overcome. This problem is especially acute in Southeast Asia.

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DocShipper Sourcing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

How does the transport from China to your company work? When you decide to import products from China, you think that there are not many expenses on transport costs to be made and instead you have to evaluate many other costs that we will present in this article. Sourcing services.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I had the opportunity to sit in on a very thorough presentation by a member of the Economist Intelligence Unit at the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies meeting today. Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities.

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Turvo

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Other intermittent bottlenecks such as port shutdowns and freight policy changes will add to the shipping industry’s woes. The Rippling Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Shipping Challenges. Shipping struggles translate into ground zero woes for retailers that will eventually impact holiday shopping.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Enterprise Risk Management is important because risks are ever-present and require the strong governance of an executive leadership team to make significant, strategic changes that build a culture of resilience. For example, a company could have trouble importing raw materials from China due to export controls.

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AB&R

APRIL 29, 2022

cannot ignore the elephant in the room: our dependence on China. relies heavily on China for manufacturing of components and finished goods. Total imports from China jumped 16% between 2020-2021. China has had its fair share of problems over the past two years: Labor shortage: Like the U.S., Shipping Delays & Costs.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 26, 2017

It has leased 20 Boeing 767 aircraft to shuttle goods around the US, and helped ship at least 150 cargo containers from China since October 2016. It’s all part of the global expansion of ‘Fulfillment by Amazon’, which provides storage, packing and shipping to small independent merchants selling products on Amazon’s website.

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Freightos

MARCH 10, 2016

I caught up with one of Freightos’ delegates after the conference and scoured through the presentation material for insights. Transpacific Shipping in 2016. China’s booming e-commerce is a great opportunity for logistics providers given the potential for scaling. So if you too missed out … Photo via JOC. It should.”.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The overarching rule that all actions taken are meant to meet the needs of the present society without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own needs, is a key driver. 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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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. port destination.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2018

The customs authority was studying the flow of goods out of the country and noticed the sharp rise in returned goods to China. After further investigation, they realized that an increasingly larger percentage of goods inbound from China were direct-to-customer shipments of electronics and other goods.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. China, which had a worker surplus of 55.2 Roughly 25% of workers plan to change jobs in 2022. In February alone, 22,000 people in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Currently, companies struggle with rolling electric outages in China. To put this in perspective, if they had no planning system and no planners and just assumed that they would ship based on prior shipments, the forecast would be better, and the inventory levels more accurate. Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Manufacturing job losses were reportedly registered for the fourth consecutive month in December, with cuts noted in China , the Euro area , the U.S. Our projection places this anticipated shift in the first half of 2024, although the present indicators do not support this expectation. and the United Kingdom. reported in October.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, ocean transit times on the China to US West Coast lane has declined from 45 days in January, to 26 days in May, and noted as close to pre-pandemic levels. The question is posed as to whether actual shipping demand will align with this capacity, given the current state of excess inventories and fully utilized warehouse space in the S.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

So I think we’re well qualified to present a general outlook for the wholesale and distribution industry. Unfortunately, much of the changes are factors caused by the escalating trade wars between the two largest nations in the world: the United States and China. Shipping costs are also expected to spike upwards.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

China ranks number one as the country from which companies are reshoring, followed by Mexico, Canada, India, and Japan. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea. Chaturvedi: A major question is: What will happen when China is firing on all cylinders, shipping cost come down and COVID is receding in our rear-view mirror.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Last week, I gave the keynote presentation at the Dangerous Goods Symposium, sponsored by LabelMaster and the DG Exchange. In my presentation, I highlighted five key transportation trends that are changing supply chains from a technology standpoint. Supply chain disruptions have brought about an age of innovation.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

Leaders will again be presented with an environment of uncertainty and differing economic, financial and risk based outlooks, depending on geographic region, or specific industry product demand or supply network sector. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S. and the United Kingdom.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 21, 2019

Raffaello D’Andrea , a Canadian entrepreneur, engineer and professor at ETH Zurich delivered a very cool presentation at TED Talks back in 2016 to talk about different ideas and future applications of drones. Benefits of drone delivery.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

China Silk Road Rail Link Disrupted. American Shipper reported last week that the number of container ships calling on major U.S. West Coast ports during 2021 in trying to process historic ship backlog levels. China Silk Road Rail Link Disrupted. In 2021, rail links between China and Europe reportedly moved upwards of 1.4

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 29, 2023

“Perhaps a better way to respond to the supply chain challenges presented by climate change,” Kenney writes, “would be for organizations to gain full visibility into their connection points, so that they can quickly identify risks and opportunities as they arise. Calmer heads have since prevailed and the U.S.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As public health epidemiologists warn that the coronavirus epidemic is far worse than earlier envisaged and that other countries should consider tough containment measures similar to those imposed in China, the likely human cost of the outbreak is enormous. In the auto industry, China is the world’s major supplier of parts.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

The metaphor was reflective of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in making its first appearance in China , and then globally, with sudden and immediate implications. has taken an added five weeks and indicators are that rates will be even higher, judging by the latest contract negotiations with ocean container shipping lines.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Disruptions were brought about not only by the persistent and recurring spread of Covid -19 infections globally, but also significant storms and natural disasters, a one-week blockage of one of world’s most transited shipping canals, followed by complete disarray among global shipping schedules.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Earlier this year, before Russia invaded Ukraine and COVID-19 reemerged in China, it seemed we would finally enjoy relief from supply chain interruptions and price increases. Add a resurgence of Covid-19 in China near major ports for a further strain on shipping , and supply chains as we once knew them are a thing of the past.

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Logility

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This guide examines the type of information presented by supply chain traceability solutions and explains how businesses can use this data to improve operations and strengthen their brand’s integrity. Chain of Custody Overview. Import Status. Transaction Documentation. This includes purchase orders, packing lists, and invoices.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Today, importing from China has become very common, as Chinese products have become fast sellers in global markets, making it even more essential to learn China importing basics. This post will explore how to import from China safely. China Importing Basics: Steps on How to Import From China That Safeguard Your Interests.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

and China relative to global trade and critical materials dependencies would be a likely scenario. Multi-industry supply management teams were already evaluating, and some were exercising a termed China Plus strategy, deploying an alternative area of supply or manufacturing from that of China. Kevin Nolan, the president of U.S.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 23, 2021

Owen notes, “The first Christmas in July included carolers, a Christmas Tree, Santa Claus, presents, and fake snow made of cotton. Bloomberg reports, “If it seems like shipping delays and soaring delivery costs aren’t getting any better, it’s because they’re both getting worse.”[5] Footnotes. [1] Footnotes. [1]

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