Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

As part of our ongoing commitment to keep our blog readers updated on what’s happening in the supply chain and logistics world, we’re launching a regular industry news roundup, which we’ll release periodically. When the price of oil skyrockets, so does the cost of producing everything, leaving no industry unaffected.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

These examples are from retail, but I sense that the same customer empowerment phenomenon is happening broadly across everything we do at Amazon and most other industries as well. Amazon is at the nexus of ecommerce, data, and logistics, with a drive to constantly improve their logistics network. Amazon’s logistics hiring plans.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

The latest report indicated that rates of expansion slowed in consumer, investment and intermediate goods industries, the latter for the third time in three months. Of added concern, manufacturing powerhouses of France, Germany, Spain and Italy each had contraction level PMI values. from the 51.7 value reported for June.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2018

And with that, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Powerloop, new venture from Uber, offers trailer pooling platform (CCJ). project44 and GateHouse Logistics Announce Exclusive Partnership. Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation Announces Intent to Acquire AFF Global Logistics.

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E2open

OCTOBER 22, 2018

E2open to Acquire INTTRA, Adding the World’s Leading Ocean Shipping Network and Software Provider, Creating an Integrated Global Supply Chain and Logistics Operating Network. Combination of E2open and INTTRA forms the Global Logistics and Supply Chain Network with Access to World-Wide Ocean Container Capacity and information.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 27, 2014

Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV) recognized that traditional scheduling methods no longer met the demands of a rapidly changing industry. Find out how Italy’s first private high-speed rail operator reduced costs and minimized the effect of disruptions, decreased staff turnover and achieved an impressive on-time rate.

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Leading passenger rail companies recognize that yesterday’s scheduling methods no longer meet the demands of a rapidly changing industry. Transport & Logistics' Read more about how Quintiq helped NTV achieve an on-time rate of 94.4% or learn how we help other passenger rail planners manage their operations.

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Resilinc

MARCH 28, 2023

This blog looks at the latest impacts of the energy crisis hitting the EU and Asia, including the industries affected, the outlook for global markets, and the overall supply chain impact. While in 2022 Pakistan received oil supplies from Qatar, Nigeria, Egypt, and Italy, this year supplies from Nigeria and Qatar are set to fall.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. they want logistics service providers to offer full service on a global scale and are demanding more technological innovation. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of.

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QAD

MAY 23, 2019

The Netherlands is a modern and highly industrialized country located in Western Europe. The country is the second largest agricultural exporter in the world, thanks to its highly-efficient mechanized agricultural industry. Industry makes up just under 18% of the GDP. Industry grew at an estimated 3.3% France and Italy.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Many people get really confused about KPIs or Key Performance Indicators in Logistics and Supply Chain operations. Cost as a percentage of sales (Logistics or Supply Chain). Transportation. Total logistics cost. Supply Chain KPIs are Essential – The Right Ones! Which ones to use?… … How many to use?

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2016

In the shipping and manufacturing industries, that same “worldwide web” is now being deployed to encourage more energy-efficient operational and communication strategies for a low-carbon economy, thanks to IoT Tech. The transportation of goods is one of the greatest contributors to worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

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Supply Chains Rock

JANUARY 26, 2010

Vintage IBM Logistics. A few years ago I came across some vintage photos of IBM shipping hardware in Italy , including on a gondola in Venice. The funny thing is, 60 years later we are still using air to transport these massive computers, which while being thousands of times more powerful are just as large. Glasgow Logistics.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

It could be as relatively small as a last minute order or engineering change, or as big as an industry-wide shift that sends your end-to-end supply chain spinning in an entirely new direction. The current categorization of G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA) won’t be applicable. Or changing your logistics channels?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

Business sentiment has reportedly remained close to a nine-month high with noted added optimism in the intermediate and investment goods industry sectors. The March report was headlined with Mexico’s manufacturing industry broadly stable in March with stronger expansions in new orders and production levels. order demand. order demand.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

We additionally noted that many businesses were factoring uncertain product demand and supply network risks, and that was going to make industry supply chain strategies far more challenging in the weeks ahead. Of continued concern, manufacturing powerhouses of Germany, Spain and Italy each remain at contraction level PMI values.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

China says almost all of its major industrial companies have resumed production and that its ports are again running at near-full capacity after a two-month Coronavirus-linked shutdown. Ships from countries hard hit by COVID-14, especially Italy and Spain, are being denied entry at some European ports. Ocean Freight. Ocean Freight.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 29, 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 I’ll be fully committed to this for the next two years.”.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 19, 2020

Less than container load (LCL) shipping is rapidly becoming a go-to service option for businesses seeking help in a complex global logistics industry. If you’re like many other organizations around the world, you’re trying to adjust how your business operates and adjust for logistics at the same time.

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Supply Chains Rock

AUGUST 10, 2009

As per my last post I took holiday in Tuscany, Italy. While I certainly took the chance to visit the vineyards I also squeezed in a side trip to Carrara, Italy , which as anyone in the area will tell you is world famous for its marble. They are then transported onto flatbed trucks and driven across this bridge (see photo below).

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. they want logistics service providers to offer full service on a global scale and are demanding more technological innovation. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 3, 2020

A few weeks after my contact with a Samoan leader who explained how medication throughput was a problem with the measles outbreak, I posted on LinkedIn about how turning a blind eye to epidemics and following an isolationist policy against our fellow human beings would only hurt when it impacted corporate industrial supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We additionally noted trending indicating that many businesses were factoring uncertain product demand and supply network risks, and that was going to make industry supply chain strategies far more challenging in the weeks ahead. Industrial profits reportedly fell 2.1 The average value of this index for all three months of Q3 was 50.4,

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

Counties reaching PMI new highs were noted as Greece and Spain with Italy having expansion level activity levels in March. On the online retail, logistics and customer fulfillment demand side, declining volumes are taking a toll resulting in precipitous drops in global freight rates and noted as the worst in a decade.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Counties reaching new highs were noted as Italy, noted as reaching a ten month high, Greece, Ireland and Spain. percentage points from the previous month, and noted as an indication that the market demand of the manufacturing industry continued to increase. percentage points below January’s value of 48.8. increasing 3.2

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

When the price of oil dropped from $120 per barrel in 2012 to the staggering $29 per barrel in 2015, everyone in the oil and gas industry felt the impact. Orbit Chart of Shell versus Industry Averages of the Oil & Gas Sector for the Period of 20016-2016 for Inventory Turns and Operating Margin. Planting the Seeds.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Michela Vesta has consistently and effectively demonstrated her leadership and commitment to supply chain agility and resilience at RAJA, which distributes more than 5,000 packaging and office supply products to 100,000 customers throughout Italy. Because women in the supply chain matter.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

From a positive note, report authors noted softer manufacturing deterioration in Germany and Italy in December. Supply Chain Volatility Levels Remaining on a positive note is continued evidence that global wide industry chain volatility levels have subsided to pre-pandemic levels, including predictable supplier lead times.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

And here’s to hoping that 2018 results in even more significant advancements in the state of warehousing and transportation technology. GEODIS, a third-party logistics provider (3PL), is using exoskeletons to support and protect employees’ backs at its warehouse in Venlo, the Netherlands. Ocean Transportation. Media Image.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2022

There are additional signs of a global glut in overall inventory levels, yet selective component shortages remain for certain industries. At the country level, Italy , Greece and France bounced back to 4-month, 2 month, and 3-month highs but remained in production contraction levels. Global Wide Production Activity.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Of further concern to economists and global supply chain management teams was indicators that the October downturn was concentrated in the intermediate goods sector, which is essentially multi- industry supply network activity, the pipeline feeding production of goods. Bottom line, the flashing warning signals continue to permeate.

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20Cube Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

A trade lane represents a means of transportation between a combination of locations. In the freight forwarding industry, this classification explains how a shipment will travel from its source to the destination. If one means of transportation is popular, and many freight forwarding companies are using it, the prices are lower.

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Elementum

JUNE 28, 2017

A number of cyber attacks have been reported lately using ransomware to disrupt business operations of multiple industries. With most, if not all major industries relying on computers and technology to maintain their operations globally, a single system outage can result in multiple business disruptions.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 23, 2020

I have spent over a decade – defining and driving supply chain operations in enterprise retail and industrial setups, including Walmart , Tesla , and ThroughPut.This experience has enabled me to witness, direct, and deeply understand the supply chain nuances when customer demands are chaotic with finite resources and capacity.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 23, 2020

I have spent over a decade – defining and driving supply chain operations in enterprise retail and industrial setups, including Walmart , Tesla , and ThroughPut.This experience has enabled me to witness, direct, and deeply understand the supply chain nuances when customer demands are chaotic with finite resources and capacity.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Perhaps even more surprisingly, efforts to reduce healthcare supply chain costs were slow to gain momentum, at least compared with the inroads made in other industries. On the one side there is the medical aspect, which calls for various specialised logistics approaches , and on the other, the hotel/catering aspect. Self-distribution.

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