Unleashed

APRIL 11, 2024

US manufacturing activity expands for first time since 2022. The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report registered an unexpectedly high 50.3% Baltimore bridge disaster adds new stress to global supply chains. Consider offering volume discounts and free shipping incentives to lift AOV. in March – up 2.5% from February.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. for example, compared to shipping state-to-state.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 29, 2021

If you’ve been following the news, you know the world has had a bit of constipation problem in the Suez Canal. Nearly a week ago, a cargo ship — which if it stood on its end would be taller than either the Empire State Building or Eiffel Tower — ran aground in the canal completely blocking the waterway. Journalists Peter S.

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Unleashed

APRIL 2, 2024

In this issue: The latest in global supply chain news Insights from an ecommerce niche-market pioneer Tips for reducing transportation costs Job opportunities from Sony, Patagonia, and more In supply chain headlines Food & Beverage sector sees continued growth and innovation. The F&B industry added 1.4

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

Product Sustainability Begins in the Field and Factory Sustainability has become a priority for businesses of all shapes and sizes and across every industry. Without it, businesses may be subject to shipping delays, customs issues, longer lead times and negative interactions with consumers that drive down sales.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2021

1882 — Full-scale central power station with a system of conductors to distribute electricity to end-users in the high-profile business district in New York City completed. Businesses, especially, came to rely on electricity — making it an essential resource for manufacturing. Troubles in China. ”[7]. ”[7].

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

Manufacturing in Singapore. Industry makes up 24.8% 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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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 12, 2024

Reportedly, these adjustments further represent a greater than 10 percent raise for most hourly workers within the Nevada battery manufacturing complex. Further indicated is that the labor union has active organizing efforts targeting Tesla and a dozen other auto manufacturers with a U.S. up to $34.50 per hour on the high end.

California 52

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RFgen

MARCH 28, 2016

Many of these items advertise their all-natural ingredients and simple manufacturing processes to attract the eye of people wanting to live a healthy lifestyle. This is a recent example of why this industry must prioritize inventory management to provide the safety and health benefits its consumers demand. Supplement Recalls.

Industrial 52

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RFgen

MARCH 28, 2016

Many of these items advertise their all-natural ingredients and simple manufacturing processes to attract the eye of people wanting to live a healthy lifestyle. This is a recent example of why this industry must prioritize inventory management to provide the safety and health benefits its consumers demand. Supplement Recalls.

Industrial 52

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Freightos

JANUARY 12, 2016

In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Unlike some industries that are virtually attacked by external actors, like Uber disrupting the taxi industry, the catalysts of this transformation are coming from within. Two Trends Are Threats To The Industry. How Freight Disrupted Itself.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Reportedly, these adjustments further represent a greater than 10 percent raise for most hourly workers within the Nevada battery manufacturing complex. This influence includes the country’s very influential auto industry, including Volkswagen , Germany’s largest auto maker, who’s production workers are represented by IG Metall.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Now all major ports in the United States are currently experiencing unprecedented congestion and labor shortages, leading to product stockouts and inflation — as well as significant supply chain challenges for retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers. While some critical U.S. To learn more watch LCT in action.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Despite its prevalence, if you choose to sell CBD products online you’ll face a complicated industry with complex legal and marketing challenges. ShipBob can only fulfill orders for CBD products from our US fulfillment centers that meet the following criteria: Products are manufactured by a US-based company. Products exclude vapes.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

Frequent readers of the Supply Chain Matters blog may recall one metaphor that this Editor has invoked over the past three years – the Eagle ’s tune, In a New York Minute ( Everything Can Change ). The industry supply chain implications are extremely impactful. . A Sudden Tide Change.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Even items that were traditionally reserved for air – like cellphones and other high-value items – are now occasionally shipped by ocean. The highest price for shipping any one unit (on a 50″ TV manufactured in Taiwan) was estimated at $20. Shipping it back is even cheaper. But ocean freight works.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 17, 2020

Manufacturers make toilet paper based on those demand signals in a very predictive manner. The majority of toilet paper sold in North America is manufactured in North America. As it is the manufacture of toilet paper is a highly automated process with relatively few employees required to oversee such an operation anyways.

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Requis

JULY 14, 2020

Brian describes himself as “obsessively enthusiastic” about supply chain, and has helped many supply chain professionals connect and find synergies as the co-founder and organizer of the New York Supply Chain Meet Up and the Worldwide Supply Chain Federation. I did an update on that piece in 2017, and then did a deep dive on shipping.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. This week, many of my friends will gather in New York for NRF. Retailers can no longer have their heads in the sand, but neither can consumer products manufacturers. As shown in Table 1, the growth of traditional retail industries is declining. Disintermediation.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2018

HERE and FreightVerify partner to optimize the automotive industry supply chain. a Nafta Tale of Two Truckers (New York Times). Under that strategy, employees take items from a physical store and ship it to customers, which allows Target to ship orders faster and avoid some costs related to distribution and fulfillment centers.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The protests—especially the blockade of the Detroit-Windsor border crossing—have caused delays and bottlenecks in production across the automotive industry in the U.S. Other tactics to consider: Work with logistics providers to consider alternative driving routes to impacted border crossing, or even consider sea or air shipping.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Americans’ concern over rising prices is at a record high, according to a recent survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. According to the National Association of Manufacturers , “CEOs pointed to increased supply chain costs as the greatest current inflation-related stressor for their businesses.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

TBSx3 Launches Consortium With Freight Industry Giants to Fight Trade in Fake Goods with Blockchain (BlockchainNews). Shipping with Amazon. Amazon expects to roll out the new delivery service in Los Angeles in coming weeks with third-party merchants that sell goods via its website, according to the people. and FedEx Corp.”

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Freightos

MAY 10, 2015

I threw in a healthy dose of interesting (globalization, shipping trends and the business of logistics), a dash of history (the evolution of longitude), a sprinkle of next generation manufacturing (lean manufacturing) and some great company success stories (FedEx, Walmart. I think you’ll like the list too. Got some suggestions?

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Global Supply Chain Pressure Index. Additional Supply Chain Matters Perspectives.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

Even New York has taken steps to reopen portions of the state that have been less affected by the virus than N YC. . cross-industry?reopening, Warehouses in New Jersey and New York are reopening in the next 10-20 days and we expect to see an increase in outbound volume as a result. . Arizona ? .

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USC Consulting Group

JULY 7, 2020

The steady, daily drumbeat of negative news in March and April was hard to ignore. From rising unemployment rates to businesses large and small struggling to stay afloat and entire industries in virtual standstill due to social distancing measures and shutdown restrictions, most reported news was pretty bleak.

Manufacturing Procurement 88

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 26, 2016

The Panama Canal opened a new lane for larger ships this week, and East Coast ports have been expanding efforts to attract Asian imports that would otherwise arrive on the West Coast. The canal expansion has run into plenty of obstacles along the way, and many East Coast ports still aren’t ready to accommodate the larger ships.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Wall Street Journal and New York Times are reporting that Ukrainian banks and infrastructure agencies have been suffering through waves of cyber attacks in recent days. 10] Patricia Cohen and Jack Ewing, “ What’s at Stake for the Global Economy as Conflict Looms in Ukraine ,” The New York Times, 21 February 2022. [11]

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

But the supply chain industry resolved some major issues and formed a more certain path ahead. We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment. Likewise, ships could not sail into or out of Russia and Ukraine.

Russia 52

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

”[5] They add, “Whereas retailers once purchased merchandise largely based on the gut instinct of trend-savvy buyers and the push of whatever manufacturers tried to sell them, nowadays, they need to take a much more customer-focused and data-centered approach. ” The New York Times, 31 January 2023. [2]

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Resilinc’s Rick Freeman weighs in on the future opportunities for high-tech and semiconductor companies Despite the stabilization of the high-tech and semiconductor supply chain, the industry still faces pressure due to ongoing import/export restrictions and changing regulations governing semiconductor production and sourcing.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2014

across from the Empire State Building in Midtown [and on the same busy street as Macy’s flagship store], would function as a mini warehouse, with limited inventory for same-day delivery within New York, product returns and exchanges, and pickups of online orders. Here are some details from the article: Amazon’s space at 7 West 34th St.,

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Shippers are required to communicate verified weights in a shipping document. They tie together raw materials providers, suppliers, manufacturers, ocean carriers, retailers, and 3PLs. Many have deployed cloud technology platforms to serve as an easy-to-use, transparent tool to facilitate bookings and shipping documentation.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

Currently, this has not made a substantial impact on the freight market, but we are seeing signs that the industry is beginning to recover. Produce shipping is showing signs of strengthening and should begin building activity for the remainder of the month before leveling off in June. Regional Logistics Market Updates. Status: Open.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

At that time, pollution wasn’t mentioned by economics scholars, that’s why pollution caused by industries was not part of economic discussions. After recognizing the importance of pollution within the economic systems, a tax was suggested for environmental pollution caused by industries (EM Ojo). Cardwell, D. 2014, July 30).

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 21, 2022

”[3] He adds, “Retailers complained of worker shortages well before the industry headed into a holiday season.” Logjams characterized supply chain woes leading up to the holidays, which resulted in many products ending up stuck on ships or in ports waiting to be offloaded. growth, according to Challenger.”[3]

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