Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”. To achieve this, VF has invested in their logistics infrastructure. Conclusion.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2015

Taking a Holistic View on Inventory May Lead to Change in Strategy. Netflix Developing Original Series About Logistics Called “D is for Drones”. The Panama Canal Expansion: The Impact on Logistics Strategies and Operations (1,410 views). The High Cost of Poor Supplier Relationships. Finding Happiness. Top Episodes.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 22, 2016

The Panama Canal expands in 2016. Shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers will need to make decisions, given the likely scenarios, about how to best serve their customers in a changing business environment. First, more inventory would be in transit at any given time. What will it mean for U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions and that was reinforced by the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index (LMI) reaching its lowest level lowest level in six and one-half years. The May report narrative reinforced that that “the negatives seem to outweigh the positives in the logistics industry.”

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Panama Canal Expansion. The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion this spring, will impact logistics in a big way. You can read more on the topic in our recent white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion Is Redrawing the Logistics Map [DK1] , which was written collaboratively with Boston Consulting Group.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. and European companies may last longer than expected as they try to sell off their bulging inventories in an economic climate where demand is stalling. The massive pileup is a result of water conservation measures the Panama Canal Authority deployed in late July due to drought.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The increased cost of working capital and supplemental inventory levels to mitigate fulfillment risk is likely to revert back to just-in-time inventory management. Other businesses across industry sectors will seek to achieve 2024 growth by seizing added market share. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S.

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Freightos

AUGUST 29, 2023

And while a recent analysis shows US retail inventory levels are decreasing , they remain elevated, and, together with slowing sales, will likely push off a significant restocking cycle and freight rebound until mid-2024.Taken

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Freightos

JUNE 21, 2023

In the near-term, the West Coast might enjoy an increase in volumes at the expense of alternative destinations as drought-driven low water levels in the Panama Canal are getting worse , with added restrictions announced for July that could significantly reduce the number of daily transits possible via the canal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The current state of logistics is our malady. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. Net/Net: The Panama Canal cannot handle the largest ships, and moving a vessel through the Panama canal increases the cost of a container by approximately $8,000. Background on Ocean Transport.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The current state of logistics is our malady. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. Net/Net: The Panama Canal cannot handle the largest ships, and moving a vessel through the Panama canal increases the cost of a container by approximately $8,000. Background on Ocean Transport.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2016

Panama Canal Expansion. The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion this spring, will impact logistics in a big way. You can read more on the topic in our recent white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion Is Redrawing the Logistics Map , which was written collaboratively with Boston Consulting Group.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

for example, many of the east coast ports have expanded exponentially over the past decade in preparation for the Panama Canal expansion; however, it is unclear whether increased activity in the canal will lead to more business for these ports. In the U.S., In the rail sector, the big issue is capacity. EDI just isn't enough.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

New Panama Canal Options: Running the Numbers with a TMS.Connect by TMC. When the expanded Panama Canal opened this June, a new set of routes became available for shippers and beneficial cargo owners (BCOs). As described in my previous blog post , the enlarged Panama Canal can handle container ships up to 13,000 TEUs in size.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2018

Even a wider Panama Canal can’t accommodate the largest ships on the water, some with capacity exceeding 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Shippers are carrying excess inventory because they can’t trust service providers to deliver the goods in a timely fashion that meets the demands of the modern-day consumer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Panama Canal is adding transit slots as restrictions in the corridor begin to ease. According to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), a pair of slots are up for auction for transit dates starting on March 18, with an additional slot for dates beginning on March 25. Intel wins $19.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These disruptions occur for myriad reasons, such as factory disruptions in China or ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal. FourKites then expanded to warehouse visibility, inventory visibility, and dynamic yard management with WMS integration, before adding order visibility and network visibility with ERP integration.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Morgan indicated in part: “ An improving orders-to-inventory ratio and upward momentum in both new export business and employment all suggest the underlying dynamics of the manufacturing sector are also moving in the right direction. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Elementum

AUGUST 2, 2022

Countries like Panama, trade US dollars domestically.) Inventory-value decay. Companies that hold inventory overseas in local currency will see the value of that inventory decrease. Supply chain veterans know: intralogistics, the movement of inventory inside a company’s warehouse, has always been labor-intensive.

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

Increase inventory Outsourcing is usually coupled with spare inventory reductions and a shift to a just-in-time manufacturing strategy. A larger inventory provides a buffer that gives you time to absorb a severe disruption and make appropriate supply chain changes without heavily impacting production and deliveries.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Judah Levine December 13, 2023 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 1% to $1,603/FEU.

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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. retailers are already experiencing notifications of extended arrival times of ordered inventory. Logistics teams assessing options and related costs in shipping from Asia to Europe or from Europe to U.S.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 16, 2016

To manage this logistics complexity while adhering to customer service standards and incurring reasonable costs, companies need Global Logistics Integration. Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration. The main challenge in logistics is an increasing complexity of trade-offs in transport planning. Choose country.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. Europe has seen plenty of activity in terms of mergers and acquisitions, including the take-over of the major French family-owned company Norbert Dentressangle by America’s XPO Logistics. SCM 3PL Subway 2015. New Caledonia.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 11, 2016

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. By consolidating at the source, several shipments can be combined into one, thereby reducing the number of shipments even before the shipments arrive at the Logistics Service Provider (LSP).

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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

MAY 19, 2016

Because companies are increasingly outsourcing their manufacturing and logistics activities around the world, they are also more exposed to disruptions in the supply chain. Such a system enables those companies to fulfil orders flexibly by dispatching the goods from various inventory points (e.g. Netherlands Antilles. New Caledonia.

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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). Inventory stock turns in Days. Inventory management. Inventory levels. Total logistics cost. Which ones to use?… Warehousing.

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