Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The supply chain problems are expected to be exacerbated next month as China begins shipping again in earnest after its annual pause for the two weeks of lunar new year celebrations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Retailers are reviving an old playbook to manage their inventory levels after four years of struggling to find the sweet spot of holding enough merchandise but not too much. Global shipping prices are continuing to rise as Houthi rebels keep up attacks on cargo vessels in and around the Red Sea. East Coast. 18 to $3,860.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The wonderful world of retail. The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. From a digitally-transformed shopping experience to global supply chain disruptions and a pandemic that refuses to quit, there’s one thing retailers can count on: People are always going to shop.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

The world’s fleet consists of approximately 6,000 ships. These ships carried nearly 150 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers last year. Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. The massive global shipping squeeze. In their story about the shipping shortage, the CBC quoted shipping analyst Alan Murphy, who detailed how this changing demand has massively disrupted the global shipping market.

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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. The online retailer’s most recent patent focuses on drone technology, and would involve drones delivering packages with parachutes. by Alexa Cheater How to overcome the Amazon effect.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

billion for Bollore logistics unit Retailers Tackle Cardboard Overload With Made-to-Fit Boxes Robust.AI Although CMA CGM is best known for being a large container shipping company, it is also the parent of CEVA Logistics. that take dimensions needed to ship an item, then cut, crease and glue corrugated cardboard to make custom boxes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2023

million shoppers hit the stores and the internet to capitalize on Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. In other Walmart news, the company is importing more goods to the United States from India and reducing its reliance upon China as it looks to cut costs and diversify its supply chain.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. kg China – N. Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis The latest data from September showed continued strength among US consumers as retail spending increased.07%

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

An ‘aggressive’ fight over containers is causing shipping costs to rocket by 300%. Shipping costs have skyrocketed as desperate companies wait weeks for containers and pay premium rates to get them, according to industry watchers. Compared with last March’s low prices, freight rates from China to the U.S. KEY POINTS.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

In contrast, the larger Amazon warehouses typically rely on delivery stations closer to customers for the final stage of shipping. Amazon’s fast-shipping service can add fees for small orders. This July, the company is moving forward with a supply chain services platform for retail partners across North America.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. Based on earnings transcripts, here’s how retailers are ensuring they get their inventories in time for the holiday season.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Global trends in shipping continue to evolve in the wake of uncertainty and risk. The recent outbreak of the Coronavirus threatens to undermine use of shipping options that would involve air freight between the U.S. and China, explains Wired. Retailers are trying to stay evergreen and compete.read More.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. Executives are plotting alternate supply chains or devising products that can be made elsewhere should China’s hundreds of thousands of factories become inaccessible. Walmart SWW currently offers FedEx and USPS shipping.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

You’ve seen the Suez Canal memes, you know furniture is taking way longer than usual to get to your door, and you may have even heard about Pelotons shipped by air to reduce delivery times. While the cure for COVID is well on its way, there is no vaccine for what’s afflicting container shipping. But that’s changed. Logistics is global.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 3, 2017

Robinson , shares four factors logistics executives should keep top of mind as they develop an overall strategy for negotiating with ocean shipping providers this year. The 2017-18 ocean shipping contract season is underway. The bankruptcy of the Hanjin shipping line has thrown ports and retailers around the world into confusion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Target Chief Operating Officer John Mulligan said on an earnings conference call Wednesday that the overstocking that weighed on the company last year was “in the rearview mirror” and that the retailer was turning toward getting fresh merchandise into stores for the fall. across the EU, and in China. Inventories at U.S.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MARCH 7, 2013

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal shows pictures of logistics couriers in China riding scooters, with stacks of deliveries teetering six feet up in the air, parked outside of office buildings in downtown Shanghai. Tales of forbidden items like artillery shells and wind-resistance matches being shipped by plane are emerging.

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

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? In May 2023, shipping rates from Asia suddenly plummeted. These costs include: labor, energy, and materials.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights an added admission, this time from a shipping industry senior executive, indicating that the period of windfall profits among global shipping players is coming to an end. . We neglected to mention another observation that came from the CFO of influential global container shipping conglomerate Maersk.

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Resilinc

JUNE 15, 2021

Container ships are the backbone of world trade. According to Statista, the world’s merchant container ship fleet grew from 11 million metric tons (mt) of deadweight tonnage (a measure of a vessel’s weight-carrying capacity) to 275 million mt in 2020—a 2500% increase.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Shipping containers are like scotch. . 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. Enter COVID-19.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Retailers in the U.S. hope to slash shipping costs and save millions of dollars when they sit down later this month to negotiate long-term contracts with ocean carriers following last year’s surge in rates. The average contract cost of shipping a container from China to the U.S. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 15, 2022

Well, the Environmental Protection Agency states that this species “ was introduced into the United States in the mid-1990s, possibly stowing away in a shipping container.” Prior to this insight I thought there was no downside to the benefits brought to shipping from the standardized shipping container.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Retail supply chain management has always been a complicated and complex process. As highlighted by RetailDive, “ COVID-19 also disrupted manufacturing areas in Bangladesh, India and other major producing countries, not least of all China. This has significantly impacted retail value chains across the globe.

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Locus

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Many retailers are reserving trucking spaces or ships and doing their best to counter the toy shortage. 6 Reasons holiday retailers are facing a toy shortage in the US. Missing shipping containers, port congestion, backlogs in ports and warehouses, and shortage of trucks are causing a supply chain nightmare to the toy industry.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 6, 2020

As we settle into the new decade, we look back on all the transformative activity within the retail industry over the course of 2019 and look forward to how it will shape the rest of 2020. That’s why JDA recently surveyed more than 1,000 consumers to understand their perceptions and preferences around the biggest trends in retail.

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Shipsy

MARCH 17, 2020

With container exports from China reduced drastically, Shipping lines were losing millions of dollars sailing as per committed schedule but with ships partially filled. The only way to sail with good volume so that the journey is profitable for the shipping line is to reduce the total sailings between a pair of ports.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2021

The skillet was shipped via rail to a distributor who eventually sold it to a retailer. The skillet was shipped by truck (rather than rail) directly to the retailer. In 2020, the skillet was manufactured in China using Australian or Brazilian iron ore. The iron ore will come from a North America.

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3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Global Shipping Effects of the Hanjin Bankruptcy. Hanjin Shipping, a South Korean company and the seventh largest container shipper in the world, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, which has prompted significant questions and confusion around the world as to how this will affect global shipping.

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Shipchain

JULY 11, 2019

“Retail is dying,” or so they say. But that certainly isn’t the case; rather, retail is changing. With online shopping, you have access to a company’s entire retail collection, including all of the colors and sizes that you might not find in the store. Seemingly every industry is affected, and retail is no exception.

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Locus

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Add to this the unpredictability of the Covid-19 pandemic and we have a pretty temperamental supply chain environment for fashion retail. 2020 and 2021 have been exceptionally difficult for global fashion retailers. Check Out: Retail/FMCG Sales Beat Planning. An inconsistent period of recovery. Online shopping thrives.

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! This underscores the importance of China being the world’s manufacturing hub in the past decade, and most likely for the next few decades. Introduction. Do Your Homework. Does it look professional?

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 6, 2020

As we settle into the new decade, we look back on all the transformative activity within the retail industry over the course of 2019 and look forward to how it will shape the rest of 2020. That’s why JDA recently surveyed more than 1,000 consumers to understand their perceptions and preferences around the biggest trends in retail.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 6, 2020

As we settle into the new decade, we look back on all the transformative activity within the retail industry over the course of 2019 and look forward to how it will shape the rest of 2020. That’s why JDA recently surveyed more than 1,000 consumers to understand their perceptions and preferences around the biggest trends in retail.

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