SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2024

The price of container freight rates surged while the entire world was having to deal with delays. Japan and Taiwan have earthquakes often, and they both are some of the leading suppliers of microchips. Delays Delays happen when ships are involved, or even when a vehicle transport company is involved like A1 Auto Transport.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Rising oil prices will also have a cascading impact on supply chains in areas such as higher line-haul trucking rates and other transportation costs. Russia is the world’s third-largest oil producer and the second-largest foreign oil supplier to the US. Consider holding safety stocks where applicable to prevent breaks in production.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2017

warehouses from Chinese merchants selling on its site—taking on a role it previously left to global freight-transportation companies.” According to an article in the paper this week, “[Amazon] is planning to offer its sellers in China the ability to fly their goods internationally as air cargo, according to an Amazon Logistics site.”

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 4, 2022

The need for the price increases were attributed to exploding supply chain component and transportation costs. Last week Supply Chain Matters alerted readers to a potentially major cyberattack incident involving a top tier third-party logistics services and global freight forwarding services provider.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2016

In 2012, for example, he was elected as a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), where he served as chair of the Sections and Societies Subcommittee and as president of the Transportation Science and Logistics Section. Robinson Reports Third Quarter Results. I am forever grateful.

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QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Automotive manufacturers in Japan and Korea never had the surplus land to build huge warehouses, which may have been the original reason for the JITS philosophy. The same applies to automotive manufacturing in Europe, where investing in additional warehousing space is a lot more expensive than the cost of transportation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

Japan asks its insurers to retain marine war cover for LNG shippers in Russian waters. Ground transportation’s consolidation process also generates fewer carbon emissions and leaves a smaller environmental footprint than shipping individual items back to retailers. Descartes acquires Supply Vision.

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