MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Distributing product in Brazil involves endless transportation choices. When shipping product into a country as large and complex as Brazil, the choice of transportation routes has a critical impact on supply chain costs. Spoilt for choice. A new model helps shippers to choose the best routes. Pictured is the Port of Santos, Brazil.

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Brazil Modeling Modeling Software Optimization Modeling 84

Resilinc

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Currently, the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important waterways, faces one of the driest years in over 140 years. Learn more in our Special Report: How Industries are Adapting to the Panama Canal Drought. Learn how to prepare your business and your suppliers: 10 Ways to Prevent Cyber Attacks Across Your Supply Chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software 61

Supply Chain Planning Software Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Strategy 61

Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Understand how the recent Red Sea ship attacks are impacting global supply chains and how to mitigate potential risks. Hapag-Lloyd: Shipping and container transportation company. Shipping and container transportation company. Will stop transporting cargo to and from Israel (Dec 17). Will reroute shipments.

Supply Chain Planning Software 61

Supply Chain Planning Software Shipping Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 61

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

That’s why it is extremely critical to understand how all of this might impact your business, and—perhaps more importantly—understand how to leverage it. Panama Canal Expansion. The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion this spring, will impact logistics in a big way. Bunker Cost. Free Time and Chassis.

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Panama Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Price Reduction 100

Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The 30 th SCRC meeting kicked off today with a theme on “Transportation Strategy in an Infrastructure Constrained Environment”. This is a theme that was discussed a year ago at a conference in DC on Transportation Infrastructure, over coffee with William Lucas from Caterpillar. It is also happening at border crossings such as Mexico.

Cost Reduction Strategies 74

Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Strategy Price Mitigation Strategies 74

GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

Unfortunately, the capacity crunch is real, and shippers need to know how to face the prospects of a slower 2016 to stay competitive and meet the demands of their customers and partner businesses. Expansion of the Panama Canal Will Increase Incoming Ocean Freight. Capacity Is Tight, Not Impossible. Capacity of today’s fleets is tight.

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Capacity Price Reduction Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 120

Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 16, 2016

Goods have to be transported across the globe and across the neighbourhood. Goods have to be transported across the globe and delivered to different destinations – from congested cities to remote, rural areas. The main challenge in logistics is an increasing complexity of trade-offs in transport planning. New Caledonia.

Guinea-Bissau 60

Guinea-Bissau Virgin Islands Logistics Network Optimization Software Papua New Guinea 60

Freightos

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

And the cost of international transportation (without local trucking) averages as little as 3% of the imported product’s price. Although 3% doesn’t sound like much, it’s 3% of everything, creating one of the world’s largest industries — international transportation is worth the best part of a trillion dollars per year ….but

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Freight Industrial Industry How To 120

NC State SCRC

JULY 8, 2016

Supply chains naturally take advantage of efficiency and cost advantages and over the centuries, as transportation methods, technology and global knowledge improved, there has been a drive to take advantage of each and every step. Globalization and supply chains have been tied at the hip over the course of history.

Global 72

Global Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement 72

CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2016

That’s why it is extremely critical to understand how all of this might impact your business, and—perhaps more importantly—understand how to leverage it. Panama Canal Expansion. The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion this spring, will impact logistics in a big way. Bunker Cost. Free Time and Chassis.

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Supply Chain Planning Panama Scenario Planning Price Reduction 34

DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 29, 2015

The limitations are determined by the size and depth of the major global harbors, by how tidal waves will be impacted by the arrival of such huge vessels, and by the architecture of the world’s trade arteries – the Suez and Panama canals. Large freighter going into the first of Gatun Locks in the Panama Canal. Discover now.

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Shipping United Kingdom Panama Capacity 120

CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 14, 2016

Your SOLAS Questions Answered – How to Move Forward Now.Transportfolio. Global Forwarding: Biggest, Fastest Savings , and Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion is Redrawing the Logistics Map. The post Your SOLAS Questions Answered – How to Move Forward Now appeared first on Transportfolio.

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