Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Flexport Focus Turns to Profitability and Cost Reduction In our supply chain technology breaking news update on September 7 th , we highlighted the sudden resignation of Dave Clark from the CEO role of freight technology start-up Flexport. Clark, who assumed the sole CEO role in March after company founder Ryan Petersen handed over the reins.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. In fact, America’s true refund pioneer was born a century before Hsieh, on a farm in Oklahoma. The field is large and growing.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

Unlike most industry conferences, which are crammed like sardines into the month of May, this one is always in January and it spotlights the trends and topics that are top of mind for supply chain and logistics executives heading into the new year. Stronger Economic Growth in 2018. LTL Meets Real-time Visibility.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

The Financial Times reporters observe, “[Supply chain woes] are likely to intensify if China digs its heels in and continues to pursue a zero-Covid policy that has left millions of workers across the country confined to their homes. ” If the Chinese lockdown policy continues, the long-term repercussions will be enormous.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 29, 2020

So, it’s important you’re up to date on the latest regulations to avoid your freight being held up. China has recently implemented three key policies that relate to PPE exporting. Policy 53 increases CIQ inspection on all PPE products, labels, packaging, and documentation. Metered freight solutions.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

These are rooted in a changing business and competitor environment, altering consumer behavior, regulators’ policy decisions and a shifting geopolitical global power balance. Conversely, new players like Amazon and Alibaba have revolutionized not only the retail but also the logistics industry. Market fragmentation and consolidation.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades. Those logistics professionals who went through the ‘90s remember the period that warehouse automation was trending at the forefront of capital investment in supply chains. Globally, logistics professionals are navigating their companies through the challenges.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

New England Motor Freight, a 40-year staple of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, stunned the shipping world Monday by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation. billion deal for Ceva Logistics. The board of Ceva Logistics is fully aligned with this friendly offer.”. “By This week in, "Where's My Freight?!". largest U.S.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 24, 2023

A short while later, and shippers are beginning to worry about the effect of the Chinese government’s sudden policy shift. However, as Jonathan Gold, Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy at the National Retail Foundation, points out in a statement obtained by Logistics Management , it’s not all bad news for U.S.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 17, 2014

This month’s Market Update highlights key factors that impact the transportation industry in North America and will keep you up to speed on the latest news and topics that matter to your supply chain and business. The sustained tightness has enabled the carriers to increasingly focus on their good freight. Carrier Capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. In the report, NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold said: “We’ve never seen imports at this high a level for such an extended period of time. It will be on highway and surface streets, hauling actual freight. That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

Europe is also more complex than North America, given factors such as the sheer number of countries and the wide variability in policies, infrastructure and the like. Europe is a fragmented market, and maintaining visibility over a vast multimodal freight ecosystem throughout the continent is no mean feat.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 17, 2015

This month’s Market Update highlights key factors that impact the transportation industry in North America, including the latest Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) reading, which, while at the highest it’s been since 2010, has been predicted to be short-lived. Large Scale Market Indicators. The Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) rose to 2.6

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 12, 2015

This month’s Market Update highlights key factors that impact the transportation industry in North America and will keep you up to speed on the latest news and topics that matter to your supply chain and business. Large Scale Market Indicators . Leave your suggestions in the comment section. This post is credited to Steve Raetz.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2019

TIA is North America's leading association for freight brokers and 3PLs, with more than 1,700 members. Burroughs has 11 years of Congressional affairs experience and serves as the staff liaison on several policy committees that affect freight brokers. will affect their businesses. Benefits of TIA membership.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JULY 22, 2020

Federal Reserve officials are set to discuss next week how to provide more economic stimulus , though they have signaled comfort leaving policy on hold. Amazon now expects to need twice as many workers at a North Carolina fulfillment center than earlier anticipated. Logistics Management). Nikkei Asian Review). Patriot-News).

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Logistics can be traced all the way back to the Greek and Roman empires , but it’s undergone several major transformations as new technologies provide opportunities to more efficiently manage the movement and storage of goods. In the digital transformation age, logistics is once again undergoing a major shift. Marc Tuinier.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

This control tower includes a supply chain design solution from Coupa that helps them reduce both freight costs and C02 emissions. These efforts led to transport emissions reductions of 40-60% for several Saint-Gobain brands, and a 13% reduction in CO2 across all the transport control tower studies they conducted across Latin America.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 3, 2015

International Roadcheck is a 72-hour period when approximately 10,000 CVSA-certified local, state, provincial and federal inspectors in jurisdictions across North America perform truck and bus inspections. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) 28th annual International Roadcheck will take place June 2-4, 2015.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 21, 2019

Robinson’s coverage of these and other disruptions has focused on what it means for companies shipping into North America. Unfortunately, moving factories west also creates extra expenses for inland freight as well as added transit time from the port terminal. Industrial policies favor domestic commodities. A lot of C.H.

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Elementum

JUNE 11, 2018

Transportation can be a significant part of a business’ logistics costs— potentially upwards of 55 percent. Logistics companies are certainly no stranger to the volatile nature of their profession—let’s take a look at some strategies they’ve developed for buffering rising fuel costs. Lean Transportation Policies. Nearshoring.

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Elementum

JUNE 11, 2018

Transportation can be a significant part of a business’ logistics costs— potentially upwards of 55 percent. Logistics companies are certainly no stranger to the volatile nature of their profession—let’s take a look at some strategies they’ve developed for buffering rising fuel costs. Lean Transportation Policies. Nearshoring.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In North America, 4 million workers left their jobs in April. In North America, a record 632,000 frontline workers left their retail jobs having been exposed to increased levels of danger while facing low levels of pay, while white collar workers got a taste for remote work and found it made their lives easier to manage.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Jason: Do logistics professionals expect any significant disruptions for changes as a result of mandated ELDs? Jason: Will there be any specific impact on cross-border freight that is different from shipments moving within Canada? Additionally, a press release from Transport Canada notes that these devices are aligned with U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

After months of troop buildups, attempted blackmail by Russian President Vladimir Putin to get policy concessions, failed diplomacy, and Russian lies about their peaceful intentions, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began early Thursday morning. The post This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

This was a busy week for supply chain and logistics news, so let’s go straight to it. Kintetsu to Buy Neptune’s APL Logistics for $1.2 XPO Logistics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Results. Menlo Logistics Unveils Innovation Speaks. Billion ( BloombergBusiness ). West Coast ports dispute ( Reuters ).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 24, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The new platform, FourKites X , will aim to help large shippers and logistics providers with features like dynamic planning, real-time visibility, proactive alerts and supply chain optimization insights. truck market: freight volumes, freight rates, fleet capacity, fuel price, and financing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Red Sea news: Air freight rates could spike as Red Sea attacks disrupt shipments Global trade drops 1.3% Red Sea news: Air freight rates could spike as Red Sea attacks disrupt shipments Global trade drops 1.3% Global trade declined by 1.3 million customers.

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