Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The United States and Iran have been engaged in indirect nuclear talks in Vienna that could lead to the removal of sanctions on Iranian oil sales. Carriers, freight forwarders, and shippers that were dealing with the China to North America trade lanes were already operating in crisis mode. shale or Iran, for example.

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QAD

MAY 22, 2025

Depending on the nature of your business, your trading partners or your location, this could include procurement strategies, demand planning, logistics, and global trade management among others. Mastering Direct Spend Management Procurement teams generally do not report to the chief supply chain officer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by supply chain disruptions around the world has sparked a resurgence of companies bringing sourcing and manufacturing back to the United States or closer to U.S. Companies are coping with rising costs to source and produce goods in China and other Asian locales.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 17, 2019

Nevertheless, over the past few years there have been some significant changes in the manufacturing sector, including the maturation of additive manufacturing and the emergence of the Internet of Things (often referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)). Manufacturing trends. ”[1] Those arguments still hold.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2024

The law will apply to tickets purchased in Minnesota or other states for concerts or other live events held in Minnesota. Robotic arms Robin and Sparrow were designed and manufactured at its Robotics Innovation Hub near Boston and help sort customer orders. billion, according to the latest data from the Census Bureau.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 11, 2025

Reported April 24 Over 60% of our business is from products that are manufactured, bagged, assembled or grown in the United States and only 12% of our business is direct imports. Recall, we purchased targeted additional inventory in late fiscal '25 and early fiscal '26, ahead of tariffs. billion to $1.6 Christopher J.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

billion yen, supported by robust shipments to the United States as well as a weaker yen, according to the data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Both marine products were supported by growing demand from Japanese restaurants in the United States. percent to 38.7 percent to 20.9 billion yen.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In recent years, global manufacturing and supply chain operations have undergone a significant shift. To achieve greater product differentiation and reduce expenses, companies are outsourcing design and development work to contract manufacturers (CMs) and other domain experts. Moreover, U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Most of the current repetitive processes like (forecasting, reports, purchase orders & Invoicing) will be automated using various technologies. As the fabric suppliers require the longest lead times, ZARA approves designs & initiates manufacturing after it gets feedback from its stores. Case Study Resilience: CISCO. CONCLUSION.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Outsourcing–procurement, manufacturing and transportation– decreased visibility and increased data latency. The problem is that the acceptance of lanes by the carriers does not force the carrier to accept the freight when tendered. These are my thoughts on the day before Thanksgiving in the United States.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, drove the increase in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 30, 2022

Many businesses use some form of Total Cost of Ownership model to support their Procurement and sourcing decisions. In fact these models are not just used casually, but they often are designed to inform and make optimal sourcing choices. Typically and historically sourcing decisions were predominantly based on unit price.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Amazon has 27 airplanes and 258 supply chain facilities in the United States. Digital channels may spell trouble for traditional retailers but it also represents evolution, giving Asian and Indian manufacturers a global reach. The Logistics of Fidget Spinners. How Jack and Jeff Are Reshaping Global Retail. Take Fidget Spinners.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Manufacturing systems and regulatory compliance are considered to be very complex, coupled with the limited number suppliers due to the high barriers to entry. Moreover, the aircraft manufacturers have to do whatever it takes to win the order long before the commencement of production.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Even today when one reads the numerous articles about the benefits of manufacturing or assembling in Mexico, most of them highlight Mexico's low-cost labor and, of course, its proximity to the US market. But what does it all mean for those shippers and manufacturers that rely on cross-border trade between the two countries?

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ivalua

APRIL 22, 2021

While companies have capitalized on globalization over the last few decades, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed a number of weaknesses within supply chain and procurement industries. Overall, while relocating may be an investment at first, many procurement leaders agree that the benefits of having a supply chain closer to home are worth it.

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Unleashed

JUNE 3, 2020

To put that another way: by the time a business in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan or the United States gets to Thursday they have produced, on average, what the UK needs a full Monday-Friday to do. The issue is also particularly bad for manufacturers. For many manufacturers, automation is synonymous with new equipment.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2018

Trade flowing across the United States-Mexico border has grown exponentially since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was enacted in 1994. Assuming current trends hold, and NAFTA remains largely intact, here are five things to consider when managing cross-border logistics between the United States and Mexico: 1.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

The report will be available free for paid Substack subscribers but I’ll provide a summary and a link to the report in case you’re interested in either purchasing it separately or paying for an anuual subscribtion to my Substack articles. Reported May 20 Let me take a moment to comment on our global sourcing strategy.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Take Conner, the manufacturer of FORT, a magnetic pillow fort. But then global freight kicked in. . It really got tricky when we hadover thousands of unitsin production and were starting to book freight and suddenly realized that the cost of freight was almost 4 or 5X what we had budgeted. It’s suddenly about the economy.

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IQMS

JANUARY 27, 2023

The past couple of years’ supply chain delays and uncertainty have led many manufacturers to rethink their long-term supply chain strategies. Strengthen collaboration with suppliers and contract manufacturers. For some manufacturers, nearshoring takes the form of setting up their own facilities across the border.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Subnational governments like Québec in Canada and Telengana in India as well as manufacturers and fleets like DHL, Heineken and Scania are endorsing the MOU and declared that they will align with the decarbonization effort. Also, tools have been developed to enable horizontal partnerships to reduce empty truck miles. Amazon, A.P.

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Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2016

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Declining Freight Rates. Suddenly the freight industry is not so opaque.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 31, 2012

While a big chunk of cost lies within procurement, manufacturing and distribution activities, cost reduction from procurement function seems to deliver substantial savings quicker. However, some companies have thousands of payment transactions a month such as freight bill payment. Introductory Guide to Spend Analysis.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2018

Freight spend must include parcel in reverse logistics spend, and major carriers are turning their attention to the value stream of proactive parcel management in reverse logistics. billion with FedEx’s purchase of GENCO Distribution System Inc., reports the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey (WSJ – sub. LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. The real-time freight visibility space has been heating up in recent years, with MacroPoint leading the way, along with FourKites and 10-4 Systems.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It is Labor Day weekend in the United States, and the plane is full. Cycle stock is the management of stock required to cycle through production runs and procurement buys effectively. There are two buffers in the supply chain: inventory and manufacturing capacity.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 22, 2015

Which countries are ranked as the best logistics performers (we have a long way to go United States). Efficient logistics is an important determinant of a country’s competitiveness and source of employment. It is also defined as the procurement, maintenance, distribution, and replacement of personnel and material.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 1, 2025

The report will be available free for paid Substack subscribers but I’ll provide a summary and a link to the report in case you’re interested in either purchasing it separately or paying for an anuual subscribtion to my Substack articles. The topic/report will finally be on the logistics M&A through the end of May.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Does your supply chain depend on container freight shipping? At Logistics Bureau, we have supply chain consultants available to help you improve volume forecasting and attain the most favourable container freight rates possible, even during this period of pandemic-induced turmoil. Adjust to a Carrier-centric Freight Market.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2024

Global Manufacturing Output Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted by the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® reportedly slightly declined in June with output and new orders indices on the rise. In the latter category, subdued market conditions were cited as an underlying factor in manufacturers’ business optimism.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

In order to avoid incidents of mismatch between supply and demand, establish more efficient manufacturing and lower costs, it is necessary to establish an environment of consistent supply chain visibility. Failure to monitor raw material prices can also result in above average costs across multiple sources.

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Freightos

MAY 31, 2022

This is an exciting milestone that accelerates our vision of a digital platform that modernizes international freight and improves global trade. I can walk into a local shop and purchase products from all around the globe. We passed this cost on to the lighting fixture manufacturers, who no doubt passed on these costs to the consumers.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 8, 2025

Bert Nappier - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer About 70% of Genuine Parts Company’s purchases globally are either in the U.S. Brent Kirby – President Given the uncertainties surrounding current trade deliberations, we would not anticipate significant country of origin changes in our sourcing in the near term.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

March 2015 North American Freight Numbers. Last November, JDA Software and IBM announced a “new integrated offering [that] will provide retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers with intelligent sourcing, fulfillment and order management capabilities.” NAFTA freight totaled $96.1 Mexico freight totaled $45.2

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Freight Waves

JUNE 16, 2025

Formalized in the 1960s, this partnership has made the United States Israel’s primary arms supplier, driven by shared strategic interests. The 2016 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) solidified this commitment, pledging $38 billion in military aid from 2018 to 2028—$33 billion for weapons procurement and $5 billion for missile defense.

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

Manufacturers and shipping companies assumed that because of layoffs, demand would drop. As the pandemic eased, ports suffered bottlenecks, natural disasters disrupted freight movement, railways suffered congestion, and new legislation further complicated the movement of goods. Can the United States be far behind?

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