Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. according to the Walmart Marketplace website. according to the Walmart Marketplace website. from May’s 2.24

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Mark spent over 7 years in leadership with the second largest freight brokerage in North America, Total Quality Logistics. One hundred percent of our customers are in trucking and logistics including ~10,000 motor carriers and ~800 freight brokers. During his tenure, they went from $500M to $3B in sales. Mark earned a B.S.,

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Freight Waves

JUNE 15, 2025

Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. The company processes location-based data — telemetry data from passenger and freight vehicles — into mission-critical transportation applications and intelligence. “[The

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2023

Joining ITS Logistics in 2015, Brashier created and elevated the drayage and intermodal division to #11 in the United States to over $300 million in revenue. They specialize in serving industries such as ecommerce, retail, food and beverage, and manufacturing. Episode Sponsor: Greenscreens.ai The Greenscreens.ai

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. of small businesses in the United States. Consultancy UK).

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Brian is passionate about Freight Network Engineering, building relationships, continuous improvement, analytics, and taking a hands-on approach in working with clients and teammates to achieve win-win solutions. Louis, MO offering reliable, consistent, quality capacity. LTI utilize their logistics division for increasing that coverage.

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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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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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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The United States Parcel Service was among the last carriers to make the switch. As a result, shippers need to understand a few things about the problems leading to this switch, how it can fix a broken rating system and how to leverage DIM pricing knowledge to maintain control over freight spend. Handling characteristics.

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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. These factors have encouraged manufacturers to move closer to the source of consumption — the U.S. trade with Asia.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 22, 2025

Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Supply chain invest in new cross-border facilities; Japanese industrial supplier investing $5M in Mexico expansion; and Benchmark Electronics opens manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2024

Robotic arms Robin and Sparrow were designed and manufactured at its Robotics Innovation Hub near Boston and help sort customer orders. Mexico was the United States’ top trading partner in March, with two-way trade totaling $68.5 The company has a variety of robots that serve different functions within the warehouse.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 17, 2020

What’s the Difference Between Freight Management and Logistics Management? Freight Management services article and permission to publish here provided by Saheer Gurjot. According to Steele’s Transportation Group , freight management services help companies more efficiently move freight from one point to an end destination.

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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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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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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

From January 28 to February 4, a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon was seen in North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods.

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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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Freight Waves

JUNE 16, 2025

Following the positive trajectory set by previous acquisitions across the United States including major hub locations in Chicago and Charlotte, OGRE continues to seek additional partnerships with like-minded third-party logistics companies eager to join this dynamic and industry-leading team. It is what we do.”

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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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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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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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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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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Which brings us to international freight. The cost of importing a 40’ container from China to the United States West Coast grew 1,000% from $1,800 in 2019 to over $20,000 in September 2021 according to our Freightos Baltic Index (FBX). It’s challenging to get fixed prices for global freight. Until today.

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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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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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ivalua

APRIL 22, 2021

Factors such as longer supply chains and reliance on long-distance shipping and freight operations can create big problems when disruptions, such as the Coronavirus pandemic, come about. . In many cases, international markets have different environmental and ethical regulations when it comes to how suppliers operate and treat their employees.

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ShipBob

JULY 14, 2022

In today’s hyper-connected world, freight forwarding can seem like a lone holdout. Combining this pre-existing state of freight with the events of the past two-plus years of pandemic-related disruptions and grasping the micro- and macro-dynamics becomes even harder. What’s causing the delays in freight shipments?

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Shipping air inside expensive freight containers has never been a cost-effective approach to transportation. Today though, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s even more critical to try and improve capacity utilisation , given the skyrocketing costs of container freight shipping.

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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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

As the fabric suppliers require the longest lead times, ZARA approves designs & initiates manufacturing after it gets feedback from its stores. When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005, Cisco executives created a business continuity-planning dashboard to mitigate risks. CONCLUSION.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 15, 2025

Freight shipping isn't just about moving goods — it's also about managing the right paperwork. Each mode of freight transportation comes with its own set of required documents, many of which are legally binding. Required Freight Documents by Mode Each freight mode has a primary document that serves as a contract and shipping record.

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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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QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

in the United States. Manufacturing in Singapore. Typical manufactured products include electronics, chemicals, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, biomedical products, scientific instruments, telecommunications equipment, processed food and beverages, ship repair and offshore platform construction. Only about.7%

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ToolsGroup

JULY 25, 2023

Leveraging cutting-edge technological tools, such as machine learning-based supply chain planning, is paramount in effectively managing uncertainties and optimizing costs across various aspects, including inventory, freight, obsolescence, and potential sales losses,” said Juan Jiménez, Industry Director at Lãberit. “At

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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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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. reports the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General. reports the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General.

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