Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Air freight Is Rising. Air freight rates have been a major story throughout 2021. kg, according to the Freightos Air Freight Index. Most importantly, the air freight index runs approximately one week behind, so the real impact of the Christmas Week Showdown—the immediate days leading up to the holiday, is still unavailable.

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Stord

APRIL 7, 2019

Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. In California, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released a clean trucks assessment, the next step in their public plan to establish zero-emissions trucking at their facilities by 2035.

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 10, 2022

The 2021 holiday shopping season was characterized by high freight rates, elevated lead times , and over-crowded warehouses. Many merchants were concerned about having enough inventory to meet demand, and consumers wondered if they would be able to secure holiday gifts for loved ones.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Reportedly, the queue of container vessels waiting to unload at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was just four vessels last week, compared to over 100 ships in January. Import volume for Los Angeles and Long Beach ports reportedly declined 18 percent in September, the lowest level since September 2020.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

Major ports such as the ones in Los Angeles and Long Beach consistently saw massive congestion since they experienced staffing issues. How to better manage your upstream supply chain As you can imagine, disruptions and delays in the upstream supply chain are often unexpected and unpredictable. What’s not to love about that?”

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2015

August 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). Furthermore, DSV will now be truly global within contract logistics and expand into road freight activities outside Europe. Inventory Management. Order Management.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Risk pooling is considered the most important concept in supply chain management as it governs the tradeoffs in inventory management and leads to effective strategies such as push/pull and postponement. That might mean diverting from Los Angeles/Long Beach to Canada or Mexico. These are three examples: Rule 3.1:

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