Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2023

.” 2) Adjust supply chain design more frequently than ever : Tensions between the West and China have many companies and countries pursuing a “de-risk” strategy that involves supply chain diversification. This, of course, presents tremendous opportunity but also risk.”

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Supported by partners Heriot-Watt University, Pedersen & Partners and RV Consultancy, the full-day agenda featured a stellar line-up of speakers presenting and discussing key issues facing logistics and supply chain management practitioners. Global Assets in a Constantly Shifting Supply Chain. & & Changing Landscape”.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

But then along came the internet in the 1980s, and suddenly distance-related business costs collapsed for transactions, communications, transportation, and search. Transportation costs became lower in two ways. Nevertheless, the globalization of business placed greater emphasis on lead times, transportation costs, and so forth.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Indications thus far would indicate that indeed, consumers are being more watchful and concerted in their holiday spending activity, waiting to ascertain where the best bargains will present themselves. Implications of Covid Lockdown Challenges Across China. Taking Advantage of Transportation and Logistics Market Dynamics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 25, 2014

I finished my first ARC Market Study this week, looking at the Transportation Management Systems market. On top of that, my colleague, Clint Reiser, and I are wrapping up our omni-channel fulfillment survey, with an upcoming presentation at the annual CSCMP show in September. So it’s been a pretty busy week (month) here.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Top Five Transportation Trends ; Chris Cunnane. From a transportation standpoint, this has included major technological advancements. Last week, I gave the keynote presentation at the Dangerous Goods Symposium, sponsored by LabelMaster and the DG Exchange. Supply chain disruptions have brought about an age of innovation.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

Environmentalists are also quick to point out that extended value chains increase both transportation and environmental costs of doing business. That means a company wanting to do business in China would likely maintain manufacturing facilities in China, even if they reshore some manufacturing to the U.S. It’s about time.”

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o9 Solutions

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In order to prepare current and future supply chain and business leaders to tackle those challenges, the MIT Global SCALE Network and the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) hosted their annual Supply Chain Challenge in the first few weeks of 2023. Seven teams out of the 28 were selected to present during the final.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

As multi-industry supply chain management teams enter 2023, they will be presented with expected global economic themes, financial outlooks and overriding business sentiment that are likely to influence decision-making. The three largest global economies ( Europe , United States , China ) expected to stall. Prediction Background.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight a series of fast-moving events that have involved Foxconn , a prime contract manufacturing service provider producing iPhones in China. . Foxconn acknowledged that it was providing local transportation for workers to return to their various residences. Ongoing Chronology.

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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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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2023

Crowds of people, more than 1,000 rides (I mean, exhibitors) spread out across two enormous halls, some vendor booths as big as skyscrapers, and the loud, nonstop sounds of conversations, robots, presentations, Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 24, 2023) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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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. Next year will see some positive growth but only 1.7%, reflecting slowing growth in the US in China and recession in Europe. The US will likely see only 0.5%

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Kinaxis

APRIL 26, 2017

Amazon is even entering the transportation space, signing agreements with the Air Transport Services Group and the Chinese government to enter into the freight cargo business – effectively cutting out the middleman. Find a way to know sooner and act faster.

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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., Dock and Land Transport.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Prior long-standing assumptions that mature, foreign based supply networks, low-cost labor and predictable global transportation and logistics costs would remain constant were also blown-up by a series of industry dynamics. and China relative to global trade and critical materials dependencies would be a likely scenario.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

The second half of the year has traditionally been the busiest period in material, transportation and logistics flows. Supply chain logistics B2B platform provider project44 produces a series termed Supply Chain Insights by project44 which extracts select data from the provider’s tracking of global transportation and logistics flows.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 22, 2023

With untapped oil and gas reserves and melting polar ice, the Arctic presents an opportunity for Russia to access these resources. Currently, the primary route for transporting goods from Europe to Asia is the Swiss Trade route. Russia’s strategic location between Europe and Asia places it in a vital position for trade.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Other industries seeing the most reshoring include transportation equipment; computers and electronic products; electrical equipment, appliances and components; chemicals; plastic and rubber products; wood and paper products; apparel and textiles; fabricated metal products; and machinery. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea.

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TransAudit

JUNE 27, 2023

Machine learning presents a solution by optimizing the flow of products from one location to another. Trans Audit sets itself apart with true global audit capabilities, covering all modes of transportation via multiple locations in the U.S., Europe, China, and Singapore.

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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. China’s booming e-commerce is a great opportunity for logistics providers given the potential for scaling. A Barclays presentation picked up on a fascinating shipper-carrier dynamic. Sound familiar?

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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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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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SCM Research

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

As every year ( see my previous post from Denver last year ), several leading supply chain management journals have used this forum to present their best paper awards. Transportation Journal, 53 (2), 117-142 DOI: 10.5325/transportationj.53.2.0117. And these are this year’s winners: Miller, Saldanha, Hunt & Mello (Bernard J.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 5, 2023

China The two recognized indices of PMI within China each eased back to contraction conditions for April. The Caixen China General Manufacturing PMI® , a reflection of either private or SMB businesses recorded a value of 49.5 Some transportation services executives now open describe a freight rate recession.

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DocShipper Sourcing

JUNE 23, 2022

When sourcing from China, there are many things that new importers need to know and that's why in this article we present everything you need to know, acronyms used in the business, how to find a good supplier, transportation methods and many more. Things to be a good importer and improve your business.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

China The two recognized indices of PMI within China each reflected an easing of prior production growth. The Caixen China General Manufacturing PMI® , a reflection of either private and SMB businesses recorded a value of 50.0 Some transportation services executives now open describe a freight rate recession. for January.

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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

MARCH 23, 2022

China Silk Road Rail Link Disrupted. lawmakers had expressed concerns that with supply chains already highly constrained, the CP Rail stoppage would create an added transportation crisis for import as well as export flows. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . Canadian and U.S. Further, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Of added concern, the three largest global economies ( Europe, United States, China ) are expected to stall. Some regions, particularly Europe, China and Taiwan are more exposed to these product demand constrained forces. As an example, in November 2022, China ’s exports and imports declined at their steepest rates in over two years.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

That stated, February’s activity appears to have regional specific connotations with upturns in production volumes across areas of Asia , specifically the ongoing re-opening of China ’s manufacturing sector, and upturns in India , the Philippines and Thailand manufacturing and supply chain activity levels. for February, reflecting a 2.4

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TransAudit

JULY 6, 2023

Machine learning presents a solution by optimizing the flow of products from one location to another. Trans Audit sets itself apart with true global audit capabilities, covering all modes of transportation via multiple locations in the U.S., Europe, China, and Singapore.

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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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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 20, 2018

An interesting point from BP’s perspective – which was highlighted in the group CEO Bob Dudley’s presentation – was that by 2040, 25% of the supply would be energy and the rest 75% oil and gas. New fuel options such as biofuels, hydrogen, electricity and gas are becoming more important, especially for transport.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2023

That reportedly included lowering of production and supply chain costs, supporting the opening of Tesla ’s China facility, and navigating the various supply network and transportation challenges that occurred during the pandemic.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2014

About the Presenter. Joe Lynch is the General Manager of Rock Solid Business Solutions, which specializes in over the road transportation in North America. Joe has successfully launched cars in China and Thailand. In this free webinar, participants will learn 8 things that every great 3PL does.

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