Enterra Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

The staff at the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) note, however, that the logistics industry plays an “out-sized — and often underappreciated — role … within the greater transportation ecosystem.”[1] By 1956, the first container ship sailed from the port of New Jersey to Texas.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 9, 2015

While there is the possibility of sourcing from a secondary supplier, there’s no guarantee they’ll have enough stock available. Over forecasting the number of turkeys needed can result in waste, and thus unnecessary costs, when it comes to birds shipped fresh and not frozen. It isn’t just a low forecast that can cause issues.

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AFFLINK

MARCH 20, 2017

Big data is arriving from multiple sources at an alarming velocity, volume and variety.” Writing for Forbes, big data expert Louis Columbus notes that more than 60% of supply chain executives view big data as “a disruptive and important technology, setting the foundation for long-term change management in their organizations.”

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2016

Additionally, overall maintenance costs have dropped by 30 percent, and predictive maintenance has reduced machine-specific failures by 70 percent, reports Louis Columbus of Forbes magazine. Source Forbes Magazine). Previous applications of the IIoT in manufacturing have led to a savings of 12 percent across the industry.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 27, 2015

It will take in other metropolitan areas like Detroit and Columbus, and encompass a newly contested region that accounts for more than 15% of the U.S. Of course, cost isn’t the only factor—overall shipping time, flexibility, and reliability matter, too. Robinson, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 21, 2016

It will take in other metropolitan areas like Detroit and Columbus, and encompass a newly contested region that accounts for more than 15% of the U.S. Of course, cost isn’t the only factor—overall shipping time, flexibility, and reliability matter, too. Robinson, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

These enterprises are no longer reliant on the Suez Canal route for shipping freight on Post-Panamax container vessels to the United States. As described in my previous blog post , the enlarged Panama Canal can handle container ships up to 13,000 TEUs in size. The savings achieved by routing shipments through the U.S. West Coast ports.

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