Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The year featured continual component shortfalls, explosive inbound materials cost increases and continuous global transportation disruptions. The overall theme depicted in the November reporting was an intensification of a global manufacturing downturn. Current Year 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Of particular concern was the Inventory level index, which rose 9.1 percentage points to 80.2 to an all-time high.

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TMC

JUNE 17, 2020

Then a global transportation management system (TMS) should be a key part of your supply chain technology strategy. TMS technology—arguably one of the most important logistics management tools available to companies—can make a major contribution toward creating and enabling a responsive, adaptable, and intelligent global supply chain.

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TMC

JUNE 17, 2020

Then a global transportation management system (TMS) should be a key part of your supply chain technology strategy. TMS technology—arguably one of the most important logistics management tools available to companies—can make a major contribution toward creating and enabling a responsive, adaptable, and intelligent global supply chain.

Supply Chain Software 62

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3rdwave

JULY 20, 2020

When we talk about global supply chain visibility we are referring to: . Global transportation is a high stakes game and the odds have been, and continue to be, stacked in favor of the freight forwarder/3PL because BCOs haven’t been able to capture and control most of their global supply chain data.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Previous global materials sourcing and just-in-time driven inventory management policies were laid bear with the realization that supply risk was a more problematic and business critical dimension. The augmented inventory approaches, although troublesome and concerning, are a likely tactical manifestation of risk mitigation.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 17, 2020

Then a global transportation management system (TMS) should be a key part of your supply chain technology strategy. TMS technology—arguably one of the most important logistics management tools available to companies—can make a major contribution toward creating and enabling a responsive, adaptable, and intelligent global supply chain.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Daniel Helmig, head of ABB’s Supply Chain management, is currently busy implementing supply chain transformation throughout the company’s 450 plants and many project sites as the company consolidates back end processes and establishes ten global transportation management centres. “It Warehouse inventory using drones.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The years of 2020 and 2021 presented unprecedented pandemic and other related challenges to industry and global supply chains. This posting provided additional commentary related to the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor components utilized in automotive manufacturing. as well as select opportunities. Number Nine.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Gaining a comprehensive view of your global transportation spend shows where new connections could improve the current transportation and logistics networks. It’s possible to include store capacity and inventory restrictions to best leverage stores as ship-from points. Gain Insights from Data.

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TMC

MARCH 9, 2017

Even though the cost of shipping a container by rail can be more than double the cost of using sea routes, for certain products the higher cost can be offset by reductions in inventory costs. Identify global trade opportunities. Identifying such tradeoffs requires careful analysis.

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TMC

MARCH 9, 2017

Even though the cost of shipping a container by rail can be more than double the cost of using sea routes, for certain products the higher cost can be offset by reductions in inventory costs. Identify global trade opportunities. Identifying such tradeoffs requires careful analysis.

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Unleashed

JULY 25, 2022

A digital strategy will target specific customer types, and surface advertising and content in the online space where they are present. More innovative visual displays Digital sales enable products to be considered ‘in situ’ – for example presented so a customer can consider what it might look or be like for them.

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3rdwave

AUGUST 8, 2019

Major Benefits of a Global TMS. Execution control provides the infrastructure that enables the transportation operator to manage, influence, and control all aspects of the global transportation activity from Purchase-to-Receipt or Sale-to-Delivery. The Business Case for a Global TMS. Execution Control.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

At present, both the PMA and ILWU have been working without a contract since July 2014. In 2002, the premise of Taft-Hartley was that the American economy was in the midst of recovery and retailers were bringing in critical inventories for the year-end holiday season; this qualified as a threat to the nation’s health.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Modern TMS solutions are designed to help shippers make such trade-offs, with analytics platforms that take data from multiple sources and present the shipper with a single access point for calculating total landed cost. The preferred amount of inventory held on ships and trucks depends on constraints such as the value of the cargo.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 28, 2018

And, certainly, some shippers have already started repositioning their inventory in case the tariffs actually happen. gh-90% range at present, an indicator that space is already tight. But a combination of forces was already at work in the market, even before the threat of tariffs arose. pments to air.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

It adds efficiency and flexibility to your supply chain and better equips you to quickly replenish inventory throughout the holiday shopping season as consumers sweep through aisles or fill their online shopping carts. With significantly shorter lead times than other modes, air cargo can get your product to market in as little as a day.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 18, 2021

Records of the previous 7 days must be retained by the driver and presented to law enforcement officials on demand. Intermodal: A single trailer or container that encounters multiple forms of transportation along its routes, such as truck/ship or truck/rail. It must be kept current to the last change of duty status.

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