Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our latest news capsule edition follow-up relative to updating our readers to prior industry supply chain management developments that we have shared on this blog. based automakers Ford Motor , General Motors and Stellantis , that the implications would ripple across the industry.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Wouldn’t it be amazing if someone could cut through the hype and summarize the key freight and logistics trends every month? If you prefer to find the news yourself, head over to our free roundup of nearly 100 digital logistics and supply chain news sources. Logistics managers of tomorrow will need to be more skilled.

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Freightos

JUNE 21, 2023

But improvements in East Coast and Gulf port capabilities as well as some diversification of sourcing to places like India and Vietnam whose containers typically head to the East Coast via the Suez Canal could also mean that not all shippers will be coming back.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The number of vessels waiting to cross the Panama Canal has reached 154, and slots for carriers to book passage are being reduced in an effort to manage congestion caused by ongoing drought conditions that have roiled the major shipping gateway since the spring. That’s all for this week.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Since taxes are paid on the value of the product plus freight and other costs, high-value goods such as luxury items are particularly sensitive to these logistics factors. A DSS-based model synthesizes information from a wide range of sources and help managers to make decisions. The model performed two key tasks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Suez’s problems are geopolitical and those in Panama are climate-based, but both are roiling global trade. Cargo volumes through the Suez and Panama canals have plunged by more than a third. One source said that the strategy could be announced Tuesday.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

When the supply chain is sick, all industries suffer. The current state of logistics is our malady. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. Director, SmartDrive Systems The trucking industry continues its focus on safety by investing in technologies that are protecting its drivers as well as its fleets. In the U.S.,

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 21, 2014

  The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 30, 2016

Now let’s switch to the shipping industry and the places where congestion occurs the most – in ports and canals. Take the example of the crossing of Panama Canal. The other source of congestion is due to pilots and tugboats. Can the maritime industry take a page out of the aviation industry and make it better?

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This blog was co-written by Chirag Modi , Corporate Vice President, Industry Strategy – Supply Chain Execution and 3PL Global Lead, and Jen McQuiston , Product Marketing Director. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day. What’s happening at the Panama Canal is far from an isolated event.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

When the supply chain is sick, all industries suffer. The current state of logistics is our malady. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

There are a lot of things happening in our industry right now, and there are many anticipated changes on the horizon. Over the last 15 years, TPM has become a well-known source for information and networking within the global container shipping and logistics community. Many of my C.H.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 10, 2023

Background Within our research arm’s published 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published in January 2023, is our prediction that a near-term global energy crisis within Europe would necessitate different short and longer-term supply chain focused decarbonization and climate change mitigation actions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

These latter two dimensions are a reflection of overall multi-industry supply network activity levels and momentum. We view such an indicator as clear evidence that sourcing for lowest cost manufacturing is again apparent among multi-industry supply networks. The February 2024 reading of 50.3 and has increased 1.4

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Industry journalist Camille Rustici provides an excellent overview of many of those risks.[2] Journalist Andrew Freedman explains, “Geopolitical risks in the Red Sea and extreme weather in Central America are converging, jostling global supply chains fed by the Suez and Panama Canals.”[5] I couldn’t agree more.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

The most significant news in global transportation and logistics circles late last week and this week are U.S. But shipping industry sources now indicate that negotiations deteriorated last week over the scope of expected dockworker wage increases. Labor contract renewal negotiations among the labor unions representing U.S.

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Resilinc

JULY 19, 2022

At the same time, street blockades and trucker strikes are exacerbating those desabastecimientos in population centers such as Panama City. For supply chain managers, the labor actions of greatest concern are in transport and logistics. They are also disrupting global supply chains. In the spotlight for U.S.

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

Such an interruption can affect any of the supply chain steps, often involving sourcing of raw materials, production, and distribution of goods or services. Adopt multi-sourcing Dependence on one supplier for critical inputs can form a single source of failure. Diversify your suppliers.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This new labor agreement is expected to provide a period of added stability as industry supply chains continue with efforts to augment their supply networks with added agility and supplier resiliency. One of the ongoing issues is whether this long period of U.S. Gulf Coast or major East Coast ports.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. Just as the Panama Canal was unveiling a new, fatter set of locks, U.S. For gas exporters, it’s critical to establish credibility as a reliable new source of fuel for clients in Asia. “It in Houston.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. Just as the Panama Canal was unveiling a new, fatter set of locks, U.S. For gas exporters, it’s critical to establish credibility as a reliable new source of fuel for clients in Asia. “It in Houston.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 15, 2024

The latest updates on shipping delays in the Red Sea in January 2024, including which businesses and industries have been impacted. As a result, many industries, companies, and products have been impacted—threatening global supply chains. Which industries and companies are currently impacted in January 2024?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

That means maritime shipping lies at the very heart of the global logistical system. At the time, Ron Widdows , former chairman of the World Shipping Council, reported that piracy was costing “the global shipping industry anywhere from $3.5 Climate change is affecting another crucial waterway, the Panama Canal.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Background Multi-industry supply chain teams are currently occupied with supporting activities in insuring that end of year customer and business commitments are accomplished, after yet another challenging year. The cascading effects of the disruption reverberated among multiple industry supply chains and ocean container shipping schedules.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Business media has further reinforced that at same time, the Panama Canal , which is the globe’s other key transit route. Industry Supply Network Impacts While it may still be too early to determine the specific industry impacts of this ongoing disruption, there are some early indications.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

Fifteen days since our initial alert, industry and general business media have now echoed the importance that the Red Sea serves as a major shipping lane for transiting the Suez Canal , the globe’s most critical and vulnerable waterway. Here are, from our lens are some early evidence points. percent, on a Bank of America upgrade of the stock.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In this blog, we will look at the supply chain and logistics impact of the Red Sea ship attacks and discuss what businesses can do now to preserve supply chain resilience. Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC): A global shipping and logistics company. Ocean Network Express (ONE): A shipping and vehicle logistics company.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Trends for high-tech industry. The high-tech industry are currently facing a tsunami of external trends. The sourcing department is challenged by increasing compliancy issues. The omni-channel business contributes greatly to Logistics headaches, even more because of the huge amounts of returns, frauds and claims.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. But Amazon is on track to purchase by next year as much electricity produced by solar, wind and other carbon-free sources as it uses to power its operations. Logistics companies tell CNBC that U.S. You can check out this week’s song of the week for my favorite so far.

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