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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

More on Maerskā€™s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. 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.

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ZFā€™s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

This technology company is headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany. ZF transforms those purchased products into over 2,000 products. MSCN solutions provide supply chain visibility, network-based applications, and network analytics. Will the needed parts arrive at their plant on time? at the ZF Group. We relied on that.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 ā€“ 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Jim Hackett, the CEO of Ford at the time, was quoted as saying: ā€œWe didnā€™t realize there was an off switch. The potential supply chain impacts of this conflict dwarf any other supply chain news that might be reported. Germany Freezes the Nord Stream 2 Project. This weekā€™s news will all center on this war. Russia Attacks Ukraine.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Freight Game of Thrones. And that line is already being crossed.

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The Data Behind Amazonā€™s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). You cannot rest on your laurels in this world. Customers wonā€™t have it.ā€.

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Morgan Global Manufacturing PMIĀ® , a composite index by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM, global manufacturing output fell for the first time in 22 months during April and were attributed to the ongoing sharp economic and transportation downturn in China. reported for March. reported for March. value, up from 53.1

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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Optimising the Manufacturing Supply Chain

Unleashed

Supply chain optimisation helps manufacturing businesses drastically reduce operational costs to improve revenue and customer satisfaction. For global businesses, long lead times on international shipments exacerbate these challenges. Often, we end up asking the partner in Germany or Spain or somewhere, ā€˜Can you air freight this?