Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging. Be demand driven.

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TMC

AUGUST 23, 2017

As companies expand globally through mergers or organic growth, many are faced with the decision of whether or not to combine logistics teams and apply a universal truckload procurement strategy across multiple regions. To obtain the most effective results, best practice requires adaptations to truckload procurement strategies.

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Freightos

MARCH 12, 2024

More Resources Home March 12, 2024 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 prices(FBX11 Weekly) fell 4% to $4,313/FEU.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Define your procurement response strategy. Yet with the autobahns, motorways and highways largely free of traffic apart from freight, goods are generally getting through and we are yet to see long-term shortages of food and other essential items. And of course, the problem is acute right across Europe.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. The areas that will be deliberated in future articles are ocean shipping market landscape, freight procurement, reliability & visibility and the competitive landscape.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This shortage is the culmination of various ongoing issues – geopolitical tensions related to the Russia-Ukraine war, the rapid shift in consumer buying behavior and container freight availability. The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe. What’s Next?

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Proxima

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The starting point for all conversations about defence procurement must be that Western Europe faces its greatest security threat since the Cold War. Ensuring that the UK is ready for whatever may come is at the heart of what the UK’s defence procurement industry does. Yet its task has got even harder over recent years.

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Freightos

JANUARY 30, 2024

More Resources Home January 30, 2024 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 prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 1% to $5,456/FEU.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. While Facebook is looking at virtual reality, Alibaba and Amazon are looking more at freight. More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report.

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TMC

AUGUST 23, 2017

As companies expand globally through mergers or organic growth, many are faced with the decision whether to combine logistics teams and apply a universal truckload procurement strategy across multiple regions. To obtain the most effective results, best practice requires adaptations to truckload procurement strategies. In the U.S.,

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It’s Not the Market, It’s Your Procurement with Andrew Haverkampf. Andrew Haverkampf and Joe Lynch discuss it’s not the market, it’s your procurement. and is transforming the $800 billion transportation and logistics industry with its digital freight marketplace platform. Robinson, Coyote, AFN, and Uber Freight.

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Freightos

JANUARY 16, 2024

More Resources Home January 16, 2024 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 prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 8% to $4,757/FEU.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

More Resources Home November 7, 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 prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 18% to $1,249/FEU.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

More Resources Home November 15, 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 prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 11% to $1,381/FEU.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

More Resources Home February 7, 2024 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 prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 7% to $5,097/FEU.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

More Resources Home February 22, 2024 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 prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 2% to $4,587/FEU.

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CHAINalytics

APRIL 29, 2016

By Linsa Godwin Sathiamoses | Consultant, Transportation, Chainalytics | Procuring transportation services is an important activity on the supply chain calendar. It is also one area where every procurement manager thinks he or she is doing a good job, until proven otherwise.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

More Resources Home February 28, 2024 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 prices(FBX11 Weekly) fell 1% to $4,553/FEU.

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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 prices (FBX11 Weekly) were also level at $1,467/FEU.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions in Iceland, for example, caused enormous disruption to air shipments across Western Europe. There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. That increases the value of the analytics used by the procurement team. The Advantages of Agility.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

More Resources Home February 13, 2024 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 prices (FBX11 Weekly) fell 8% to $4,697/FEU.

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Freightos

JANUARY 10, 2024

More Resources Home January 10, 2024 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 prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 176% to $4,391/FEU.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. With the right data you can reduce your overall transportation costs, both accessorial costs and overall freight spend. Closer to home for supply chain professionals, driver shortages continue to plague the industry.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 28, 2023

More Resources Home December 28, 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 prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 11% to $1,621/FEU.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2022

As Stephan Sieber pointed out in his interview, in Europe, 50 percent of carriers spend 3 or more hours of waiting per week and 20 percent spend 5 or more hours waiting. Sustainability is a byproduct of the network effect, as load consolidation and route optimization mean less trucks on the road to deliver the same freight.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But the risk of war is already impacting supply chains, and an invasion of Ukraine by Russia would trigger extensive and enduring disruptions which supply chain and procurement managers should assess and prepare for. Other potential indirect risks include Russian cybersecurity attacks on the U.S.

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

More Resources Home January 3, 2024 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 prices (FBX11) increased 151% to $4,042/FEU.

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Freightos

JANUARY 3, 2024

More Resources Home Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Even with an international naval force in place, Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea continue. Europe prices decreased.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Real-time transportation visibility platforms tell shippers and their broker/carrier partners where their freight is at any point on its journey. And for our global supply chains, that transformation cannot happen fast enough. Real-time visibility into “static goods” — wherever they may be — is the foundation for managing through volatility.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

Macro events like the Coronavirus crisis trigger demand volatility that affects every link in your global supply chain—from the raw materials you procure to setting safety stock levels to planning logistics and promotions. You can model alternative flows and networks while guaranteeing service policies to customers.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The advisory defined further opportunities as extended joint procurement agreements, joint operations and equipment pooling in the short-term, and joint back-offices, shared service centers and IT development over the long-term. This BCG advisory further argued that carriers had yet to tap the potential of multi-carrier capacity agreements.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A new study by the Center for Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chains (CSLS) at Kühne Logistics University, in cooperation with the European Freight & Logistics Leaders’ Forum, clearly shows that environmental and economic objectives are not in conflict and often well aligned. Most cost-effective ways of decarbonizing logistics.

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

Continued fallout, including transport congestion, limited air freight and rail freight transportation in the Asia-Europe lanes, because of the Russia/Ukraine conflict. QAD SRM delivers the tools to improve real-time communication and procurement processes and to counteract supply risks. Potential U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

More specifically, it took 83 days for container transport from Europe to Asia, and 88 days from North America to Asia. The Freightos Baltic Index Global Container Freight Index shows the cost of shipping freight remains hugely elevated – more than double the price a year earlier.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

The threat of sudden lockdowns continues to loom over procurement teams. Prices for ocean freight, whilst dropping slightly more recently, have skyrocketed over the last 24 months, at times reaching ten or twenty times the pre-pandemic price in the spot market.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

The Netherlands: The Logistics Hub of Northern Europe The Netherlands stands as a logistics hub for the whole of Europe due to several factors. They optimize routes, consolidate shipments, manage freight rates, track shipments, and ensure timely and secure delivery.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Chuck has significant operational experience having served as the Chief Procurement officer for The Schwinn Bicycle Company, Ping Golf, Troy Built as well as a procurement officer for Maricopa County Arizona. It should be noted that, with the exception of Schwinn, Chuck began work with these organizations as a Supply Chain Consultant.

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