Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2023

According to the International Federation of Robotics, North America is the second largest market for new robot installations with 41,000 robots installed across the U.S. It came as large and small businesses were working on contingency plans in the event of a strike, which would have spiked shipping prices and scrambled supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. A regional supply chain does not mean supply chain operations are not impacted by global events. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth. But it affected VF less than many.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 21, 2024

MODEX is one of those events and it took place last week in Atlanta. Supply chain is a big polluter (manufacturing activities with lots of finite natural resources, global shipping traffic across all transport modes, packaging boxes, and not to mention utilities). Read more in this article.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

During a normal Olympics, millions of spectators flock to venues to watch over 300 events unfold over the course of two-plus weeks. Earlier this week, a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event. Container shipping prices skyrocket.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Readers' choice! Significance.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Category Key.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2021

However, freight shipping is the one activity that presents significant barriers to overseas-market entry, as you may have discovered if your business is starting to look across international borders for its next step in expansion. Container Shipping Can be Tough for SMEs. Challenge #1: High Costs and Confusing Pricing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. In light of all of this, I’d posit we can no longer look at the events of the last year as an aberration. The impact?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season. However, four shipping seasons occur throughout the year and are often regular and expected. That was the case until the ongoing disruptions of the past few years changed the shipping game. Weather events might also be factors.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 17, 2020

The majority of toilet paper sold in North America is manufactured in North America. Given that there has not been a massive shutdown in America factories the lack of supply cannot be attributed to temporary factory closures. Events are being cancelled. Demand is generally neither seasonal nor sporadic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index).

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index).

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2023

They can be physical and natural, like wildfires and tornadoes, or events such as pandemics and economic downturns that are less tangible yet equally, if not more, destructive to our communities and livelihoods. They would print product labels for Eastgate, do shipping paperwork and send ASNs. Disasters come in all shapes and sizes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. In contrast, the larger Amazon warehouses typically rely on delivery stations closer to customers for the final stage of shipping. The company’s Supply Chain 3.0

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Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

What’s in this article : A crisis that is affecting the world economy – record-high shipping rates. A problem also linked to shipping companies. Record-high shipping rates are affecting the world economy. The extraordinary cascade of events triggered by the pandemic led to a severe container shortage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

Planners in China rely on different data sources and operate with different business practices than those in North America. For example, for a yogurt company, decision of where to ship a short lifecycle product coming out of a factory is done daily because “demand can shift in very short time frames.”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 24, 2022

CaliBaja is a North American manufacturing powerhouse. Located in Mexico but close to the California border, it serves as a vast hub of industrial jobs, making significant contributions to the production of products that ship all over the world. Rebecca Sanchez at the CETYS University Graduate School of Business in Mexico.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Background Perspectives In a prior Supply Chain Matters transportation and logistics industry perspectives, we have updated readers on changing developments concerning global and North America transportation and logistics industries. A similar acknowledgement came from the CEO of global shipping and logistics services firm A.P.

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AIMMS

JUNE 1, 2017

The adoption of advanced analytics has moved at a much slower pace in Asia Pacific compared to Europe or North America. In recent months, I ‘ve been active in several events in the region and I’ve noticed a changing trend. Woodside E nergy in Australia is using AIMMS technology for marine scheduling.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Journalist Eamon Barrett ( @Eamonbarrett88 ) reports, “According to shipping analytics firm Windward, 20% of the world’s roughly 9,000 active container ships are currently sitting in traffic jams outside congested ports. Such events are likely to increase in frequency in the years to come due to climate change.”

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 18, 2021

Unlike the Suez Canal incident or other recent port issues, which have impacted a more limited number of regions and trade lanes, the Port of Yantian is a major export hub for multiple large markets like Europe, North America, Latin America and Oceania. However, these issues tend to be cyclical as we look at the data.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

A strong El Niño can cause drought in Australia, Southeast Asia, and South America—while inundating North America with rain. That storm was considered one of the more extreme events in North America, and it’s estimated that more than US $2.8B Global ports increased shipping costs due to high risks.

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Stord

MARCH 17, 2019

Supply chain problems have hurt Adidas’ sales growth in the first half of 2019, especially in North America. The German retailer has doubled its business over the last three years in the North American market, successfully expanding from high-end products into mid-priced clothing options. Shipping volume fell by 2.7%

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

Global Shipping. The World Container Index , assessed by Drewy Consultants, is a compilation of eight major shipping routes to and from the United States , Europe and Asia. Shipping Transit Timeliness. The Flexport Ocean Timeliness Indicator tracks average ocean container shipping transit times. per 40-foot container.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

I usually sit in the back of the room, and watch the event with a wry smile on my face. As the bricks and mortar retailer is attacked by eCommerce pure plays—Amazon in North America, Alibaba in China, and Flipcart in India—assortment and excitement in the store become paramount to lure customers. I am a disbeliever.

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Gravity Supply Chain

JULY 9, 2020

Imagine a time when shipping routes get fully optimized, the evaluation of carrier performance levels is simple, levels of cargo security get significantly improved, and potential risks to your supply chain reduce substantially. Boasting features such as: Rail Tracking (North America). key milestone event insights.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 14, 2020

and globally, staying close to our contract carriers and discussing continuity plans in the event shipping trajectories need to be adjusted due to disruptions or closures at any ports. Robinson continues to monitor the situation in the U.S. Assessment of inventory levels.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. Background. The CNBC report notes that it still takes an additional six weeks to move goods to the U.S.

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3PL Insights

JUNE 15, 2020

Looking forward, here are a few supply chain trends that will likely emerge from recent events. According to a Thomas survey of 878 North American manufacturers, 64% reported they were likely to bring production and sourcing back to North America. Nearshoring. For decades, U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year. West Coast port congestion leads to new ideas in cross-country rail shipping. Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” at six sites in North America with solar installations, representing about 12.7 percent of all applicable facilities.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

At the beginning of this year, all expectations were for rates to remain flat, perhaps even making air freight a viable alternative to ocean shipping for companies that wouldn’t ordinarily consider the option. Capacity from Asia Pacific to North America – down by 17%. The High Cost of Sustainable Shipping.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

They are pushing costs back on Mondelez while Dell controls a major part of their channel through their direct ship model. It requires the use of network design optimization and discrete-event simulation to show the relationships of the metrics in this complex non-linear system that we call supply chain. Driving True Improvement.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 31, 2023

market, we're taking the next big step in that direction," Abigail Kammerzell, Head of Sustainability, H&M North America, said in a statement. Upcoming events: Service Council - April 4 - Service Parts Management Summary Findings The Armchair Attorney - April 7 - Super excited to be talking with Matthew Leffler!

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TMC

AUGUST 31, 2017

As suspected, the storm is also having a significant impact on supply chains across North America. We recognize that shippers likely have many questions about how this weather event is impacting their supply chain today and in the coming months. Operations for freight cargo will remain closed until further notice.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. The logistics sector is rapidly growing and there is no shortage of groundbreaking technology and premiere partners in North America, Europe, and beyond.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

He explains, “As Americans sit down to their Thanksgiving Day feasts, some may recall the story of the ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ who founded one of the first English settlements in North America in 1620, at what is today the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Watching sports events, parades, and movies from home.

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