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. China – N. Europe weekly prices fell 17% to $3.97/kg

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 5, 2023

Of continued interest was that India and Thailand indexes (included in our highlights below) as leading in PMI growth during April. India Manufacturing activity levels across India remained at high expansion levels in April. The S&P Global India Manufacturing PMI® reported a value of 57.2 for April, an increase of 0.8

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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. America weekly prices stayed level at $5.85/kg Rates to N.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

2023 Prediction Three: More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Multi-tiered Direct Materials Sourcing will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. . A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The report observes that for Apple ’s supply network, Vietnam and India are the new benefactors in a China Plus sourcing shift along with other supplier hot spots in Asia that are currently playing out. In the latter, the report indicates a fourfold increase in companies assembling Apple hardware products.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

That is a positive sign Of continued interest was that India and Thailand indexes (included in our highlights below) reflected the quickest rates of expansion. Developing Regions India Manufacturing activity levels across India remained at high expansion levels both in March and for all of Q1. for March, a 1.1

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Low-cost country sourcing is a procurement strategy that falls under a broad category of procurement efforts called global sourcing. Unleashed’s purchase cost feature allows businesses to update costs like duties, freight or labour as they are received, even after goods have been receipted in and sold. Local restrictions.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 3, 2019

Indago is a Latin word that means “to investigate, search out, try to find/procure by seeking.”. Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Freight Push Rattles Logistics Sector (WSJ – sub. Amazon the Freight Broker.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. With globalization, the need to partner with local logistics service providers becomes an imperative.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Global consumer product goods provider Nestle in its latest report of quarterly financial performance indicated that despite being able to raise prices for a wide variety of marketed products, higher costs for commodities, freight and energy continue eroding profit margins. Higher costs reportedly have resulted in a 2.8

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20Cube Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sometime back, the logistics companies in India were known to have a laid back attitude, it was such that even adopting a new technology was a slow start, but with the latest advent like IoT, Data Analytics and Big Data the logistics companies have changed paths and transformed the way the sector works.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 4, 2018

Also, the expanse and coverage of these technologies have multiplied, as enterprises continue to integrate with suppliers, co-packers, manufacturers, warehousing teams, and procurement service providers. The amount of information flowing in and out of company’s systems, for a supply-chain management process, is massive.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Cotton production in India could dip 4% from 2021, down to 34 million bales in the 2021/2022 marketing year. Bloomberg).

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2023

A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China Plus sourcing actions. India has a large labor force, but infrastructure is patchy. We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 18, 2022

Countries like China, India, and most other Asia countries, along with Eastern Europe and Mexico became the preferred location for manufacturing. With responsibility for Global Commodity Management and Procurement, and the sourcing of billions of dollars of goods and services, I saw this dynamic play out first hand.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Listening to him reminded me of the fun we had starting up the first ever company to produce supply market intelligence focused on the procurement space. Today, Beroe is the most successful procurement intelligence company, and continues to lead the pack in this space. We were astounded to discover that the ratio was 1 to 105.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Sanctions make these elements harder to procure elsewhere while preventing many companies from using existing Russian sources. India and China seem to be importing more energy and crude oil in recent months, while Russia itself has been restricting some energy supplies. Many announced sanctions have not yet taken effect.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 15, 2013

Oracle, the world’s third-largest software maker by revenue, has spent over eight years refining its logistics and transportation software and now offers the most extensive supply chain suite in the market. The GT Nexus Transportation Management System includes three major programs: GT Nexus Trade, FGT Nexus Logistics and Cloud Tools.

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