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Ocean Container Tracking & Port Terminal Operations: Maritime Supply Chains and the “Visibility Paradox”

3rdwave

Dating back to EDI and XML, and now through solutions that employ the Internet of Things, GPS, API’s and Artificial Intelligence, there’s no limit to what people can build in their quest to facilitate global trade. With the above said, I’ve observed a “Visibility Paradox” regarding ocean container tracking that I believe requires a call-out.

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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

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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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The Covid-19 pandemic tested the global supply chain. The focus of the transportation suites was on cost mitigation and price negotiation. More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings.

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Transportation Management System: What is a TMS in Logistics? [+ Top Companies Compared]

ShipBob

Additionally, you’d want to keep track of whether those deliveries are taking place as planned or if there are any delays so you can quickly jump in with a solution. That’s where transportation management systems, or TMS, comes in. What is a transportation management system (TMS)? Forecast and plan transportation needs.

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COVID and the Case for Digital Standards

Supply Chain Brain

The path forward for global container shipping. Container shipping has a paper problem, and it’s never been more obvious than in 2020. The pandemic has exposed the shipping industry’s continuing dependence on printed documentation. Digital Standards: An investment in the future.

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Adoption of Digital Platforms by SMEs & MSMEs in Supply Chain Post COVID-19

Shipsy

Global Supply Chain is the backbone for every nation’s growth as it is a sum of all the processes & operations from procurement of raw materials, through the manufacturing & ends at the sale, transport & distribution of these products. Container Crises: The pandemic made a severe impact on the global supply chain.

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Supply Chain Trends for 2022: Answers to Your Top Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

event of 2022, my colleagues, Christina Carroll, vice president of LTL, Alan Rowlett, director of global operations and strategy, and I set out to offer exactly that. As many of you have experienced firsthand, there are several factors influencing shipping today—most are adding challenges to an already constrained market. How is C.H.

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