Talking Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

Every Friday on Talking Logistics, I share a list of supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention that week, along with some brief commentary and analysis. Just like there is no such thing as free shipping, there is no such thing as free returns. Amazon Feeling the Headache of E-Commerce Returns.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In 2018, global container shipping carrier Maersk and enterprise technology provider IBM announced a joint venture termed TradeLens which was billed as providing more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade by leveraging blockchain technology. Background. The Announcement.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

It was led by London based sustainability investment firm Generation Investment Management, along with the investment arms of two ocean container shipping lines. Moeller Holding , the privately held investment company affiliated with Maersk Line, and France based CMA CGM , now a global carrier in sea, land, air and logistics services.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure Team (LL4T1DCure) raised just under $43,000 for the cause! Moving on, here’s this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: IBM, Walmart, university to put Chinese food products on blockchain (Reuters). billion in France to double capacity at Roissy airport.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Ability to analyze/act on data – 34%. Visibility – A cloud-based solution that is integrated with multiple partners can store all transportation-related data in one central location, creating better visibility and impeccable customer service. In 2015, the United States shipped 11.8 Cost reduction/maximize IT investment – 43%.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 4, 2024

Report authors additionally noted that India manufacturing employment growth rose “ to one of the greatest extents since data collection started in March 2005.” Further indicated was that improved PMI data was seen across the majority of countries covered by this survey. import tariffs on certain goods produced in China.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

France and Germany also extended their support with the supply of emergency medical equipment. France offered 8 oxygen generating plants that could be installed quickly along with 5 liquid oxygen containers, 200 electric syringe pushers, 28 respirators and their consumables. High capacity oxygen tankers were airlifted from UAE.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

It should come as no surprise that we are running out the clock until Amazon competes with more aspects of the logistics industry. It won’t be good for many industry players if we don’t work together to build a modern shipping experience with the end user at heart first on our own. Four Core Themes Shaping Logistics.

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Resilinc

JUNE 28, 2022

In Europe, extreme heat has hammered much of the continent since mid-June, breaking records in France. Heat-related data goes back millions of years [derived from] ice cores, tree rings and corals that can give scientists proxy readings on temperatures and atmospheric conditions.”.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

Buy online, ship direct to consumer, return to brick and mortar store. Buy via mobile, ship to a third party location (like work or a hotel). The current categorization of G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA) won’t be applicable. Or changing your logistics channels? Can you see where I’m going with this?

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

More Resources Home December 19, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Europe – N. Asia – N.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 30, 2022

A new white paper published by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and software provider Coupa, titled The New Competitive Advantage: Analytics-Driven Supply Chain Design, An Executive Guide , shows how companies can leverage a new generation of supply chain design methods to increase competitiveness.

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ModusLink Corporation

MAY 23, 2023

Still, the future of omnichannel supply chain optimization is changing to reflect a growing consensus around the importance of tracking data and keeping everything fair. Omnichannel supply chain, e-commerce , and other supply chain logistical challenges will be brought front and center with implementing these new laws and regulations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The number of vessels waiting to cross the Panama Canal has reached 154, and slots for carriers to book passage are being reduced in an effort to manage congestion caused by ongoing drought conditions that have roiled the major shipping gateway since the spring. 11 release.

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o9 Solutions

AUGUST 20, 2021

As the pandemic set in, many retailers realized that historical data is not a predictor of future demand and that other external factors, such as local events, play a significant role as well. Aggregating past history and leveraging diverse external data is a key component to improving the accuracy of demand sensing capabilities.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

However, the data indicates that spending is clearly being influenced by product promotions and discounting. However, France , the second largest economy in the region, reportedly reported the strongest weakening of business conditions in over three-and-a-half years. The 2023 holiday fulfillment period in the U.S.

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Vinculum

JANUARY 15, 2021

The logistics of expanding your shipping are of course very important and shipping will be an important part of your strategy. Google also helps its advertisers expand internationally with offerings like currency conversions and shipping cost transparency to inform customers exactly how much they’ll be paying.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 8, 2021

According to new data, while UPS, FedEx, USPS, and other carriers handled a record crush of holiday packages, some 2 million packages arrived late. And now on to this week’s logistics news: New COVID vaccines need absurd amounts of labor and materials. UK freight shipping costs quadruple after Brexit, COVID.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Imports are tumbling at the nation’s busiest container port complex even as the backup of ships waiting to unload breaks records. Shipping industry officials say the factors that caused bottlenecks earlier in 2021 have continued into 2022. In true David Ortiz fashion, he went out on top.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Some ports are quarantining arriving ships for 14 days. Ocean Freight.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Over the past several years, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies have looked more and more to third party logistics providers (3PLs) to manage their order fulfillment processes. This is largely true, but not every product category is available in each market, nor is every service offer, like same day shipping.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2020

Unlike its competitors in the online market, Allopneus.com manages its logistics in-house. Products are stored at an 84,000 sqm space in France which manages the distribution of tires across the whole of France and some neighboring countries. Considering all channels, Allopneus is currently the market leader, with sales of 3.7

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Zara also works with Air France, KLM Cargo and Emirates Air in order that they can coordinate directly with the airlines to make the outbound shipments to its stores and bring back some raw materials and semi-finished materials with return legs. Moreover, products can be shipped to stores in-time then lost sales is minimal.

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SupplyOn

JULY 10, 2018

Seamless tracking on land and sea The data required for this is generally available but saved separately in dedicated systems. But generally speaking, not even the shipping agent transporting the production material to the nearest port has this information. And it has to apply concretely at the material level.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2017

Over three years of data, terrorist attacks against the agriculture and food and beverage sectors more than tripled, attacks on the industrial and manufacturing materials and pharmaceuticals sectors more than doubled, and attacks against the metals industry nearly doubled.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Logistics can be traced all the way back to the Greek and Roman empires , but it’s undergone several major transformations as new technologies provide opportunities to more efficiently manage the movement and storage of goods. In the digital transformation age, logistics is once again undergoing a major shift. Marc Tuinier.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Logistics services provider TNT runs a large distribution hub in Belgium. In addition, Liège is equidistant from the major cities of Amsterdam (Netherlands), Frankfurt (Germany), and Paris (France). Now There are Data Warehouses Too. Warehousing locations therefore also need to be chosen with evolving and future needs in mind.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

The reality is that the Smiley Company, which is celebrating its 50 th birthday this year, created smiley as a symbol for good news in the newspaper France Soir in 1972. And now on to this week’s logistics news. It was a classic piece of movie fiction. Amazon workers in Staten Island vote to unionize.

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Unleashed

MAY 22, 2022

Minor Figures has operations based on both the east and west coasts, and Ben Vear also notes how pricey shipping within the US can become: “Particularly interstate, logistics is incredibly expensive.” And making sure that we’ve got the ability to scale – both in terms of the materials, and in systems.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The gauge brings together 27 variables that take the temperature of everything from cross-border transportation costs to country-level manufacturing data in the euro area, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.K. Maximum disruptions pushed the gauge to a peak of 4.31 in December 2021.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS (Bloomberg Technology).

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E2open

OCTOBER 22, 2018

E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network. Combination of E2open and INTTRA forms the Global Logistics and Supply Chain Network with Access to World-Wide Ocean Container Capacity and information.

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Freightos

JUNE 6, 2016

This new Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) rule amendment aims to reduce incidents involving containers on board ships, because incorrect declarations of the weight of packed containers is often a contributing factor. By and large, logistics providers and shippers currently avoid getting accurate weights for FCL freight shipments.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 8, 2021

According to new data, while UPS, FedEx, USPS, and other carriers handled a record crush of holiday packages, some 2 million packages arrived late. And now on to this week’s logistics news: New COVID vaccines need absurd amounts of labor and materials. UK freight shipping costs quadruple after Brexit, COVID.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 12, 2022

Buying products in-store, then having them shipped to their homes. By connecting their systems and utilizing a single source of truth for operational inventory, they can get real-time data on how transactions are affecting inventory levels across locations. Researching products in-store then buying online.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 22, 2018

Opportunity Level 1 – Tactical and Logistical. The ideas above already offer logistical cost reductions and faster time to availability. Product data can be collected from different supply chain and production systems. One forward looking building company in France built a small house using only 3D printed components.

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