Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Shipping Lines Warn Red Sea Security Continues to Deteriorate Bloomberg reported last week that the CEO’s of two major shipping lines, which being Maersk and Norden, have both of the view that the security threat level of shipping traversing the Red Sea to and from the Suez Canal has continued to escalate. That compares to $9.8

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Rivian Automotive is now free to sell its EV parcel vans to other parcel carriers, and added reinforcement from multiple ocean container shipping carriers that the existing industry volume declines could extend for two to three years.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

West Coast Container Ship Backup Has Ended. In our Supply Chain Matters news capsule of September 27, we pointed out that business, supply chain and transportation media had reported this that the cost of shipping a container of goods from China to the U.S. Whereas the spot rate to ship a container from China to the U.S.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Four fundamental practices: Based on (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016) research, Chinese and Iranian governments have focused their fight for SSCM based on four fundamental practices: sustainable procurement, sustainable production along with sustainable distribution , and reverse logistics. International journal of production economics (Vol.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

We therefore wanted to highlight another published survey that provides data reflecting on the beginning of the traditional peak shipping season, whether shippers are anticipating a classic peak season, along with their expectations of container shipping rates as industries prepare for second-half activity levels.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 6, 2024

According to a published report by The Wall Street Journal ( Paid subscription ), this asset light company has recently elected to transition its business model to an auto dealership based vehicle distribution model. Shipping new vehicles from Austria to the U.S. based dealer network.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

We indicated that the implications of unprecedented, elevated levels of inflation levels will vary by specific industry, but taken as a whole, they present a number of complex product management, procurement and supply chain planning challenges that will need to be tackled. The report observes that in December 2021, U.S.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The current set of supply chain disruptions is being set off by a combination of COVID cases and energy disruptions in manufacturing hubs around the world, labor shortages, lack of capital infrastructure investment, misaligned transportation resources ( a lack of containers, ships, and trucks), and surges in consumer demand.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Carriers and logistics services providers experienced windfall profit levels in their ability to leverage the constant disruptions and ship deployment imbalances into skyrocketing spot rates, added services fees, surcharges or demurrage penalties. Barclays in-turn cut 2023 earnings estimates for Maersk and Zim Integrated Shipping Services.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 17, 2017

Freight & Transportation – Cerasis Blog (small package and LTL), Freightos Blog (Freight and Logistics), , Flexport (Global Shipping), GCaptain (Facebook for Logistics), GLogistics (shippers and carriers), Shipping and Freight Resources, Transport Topics, Transport Monthly. Lots to keep you busy!

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2019

He was hired as a purchasing agent and was directed to obtain some procurement training at a local certificate mill.[1] Two-day or same-day shipping is becoming the norm. What About Your Logistics? ,” The Wall Street Journal , 27 May 2015. [4] Consumers are no longer willing to wait weeks. ” Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of the benchmarks we referenced as part of our prediction was The World Container Index , a measure of container shipping rates among eight major global transshipment lanes, which is published by Drewry Shipping Consultants. Mid-Year Global Transportation Assessment.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Last week we cited a report by The Wall Street Journal indicating that the CEO of the globe’s largest freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel , indicated that “ There’s no peak season to be expected in 2023.” A similar acknowledgement came from the CEO of global shipping and logistics services firm A.P. Moeller Maersk last week.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. EU Energy Chief Sees Hurdles to Carbon Overhaul ( Wall Street Journal ). Mexico trade.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 14, 2018

Full truckload shipping is generally less expensive than other over the road transportation modes. Instead of throwing in the towel, shippers can leverage full truckload shipping to ship LTL shipments in the back of a full-size van or trailer. Access our complete Full Truckload Shipping White Paper Series. Download Here.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 1, 2020

An article written by my former PhD student, Rejaul Hasan, and I just came out this week in Contracting Excellence , the journal published by IACCM, which documents the catastrophe that is unfolding in Bangladesh, one of the world’s major exporters of garments for the apparel sector. No payment was issued on February 17.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

As reported by Khadeeja Safdar and Laura Stevens in the Wall Street Journal last week, Amazon has started to “ban shoppers from the site for infractions such as returning too many items.” Just like there is no such thing as free shipping, there is no such thing as free returns. Even Amazon is feeling the pain.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting. One of the key elements of the EDLC policy is the direct procurement of items from suppliers, eliminating intermediaries in the process.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Container Shipping Industry The quarterly performance of ocean container shipping lines continue to reflect decreased volumes and significantly reduced profitability levels amid this industry’s reported 30 percent reduction in scheduled route capacity. The firm’s Maersk Line container shipping business unit reported net profit of $2.3

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

American Shipper reported last week that the number of container ships calling on major U.S. West Coast ports during 2021 in trying to process historic ship backlog levels. A separate report from The Wall Street Journal indicates that U.S. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. .

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

This self-service 4-session course provides an overview of how to build a strong transportation management foundation, with a focus on strategy development, procurement, the role of technology, and the importance of enabling a continuous improvement culture and processes. Now, we’re shipping from stores.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

Both Business Network CNBC and The Wall Street Journal , cited data from Cox Automotive indicating that sales of new vehicles in the U.S. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , the apparel maker is having to pay five times more in ocean container movements rates from pre-pandemic levels. billion to $1.9

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Unleashed

JUNE 1, 2023

By incorporating barcode scanners, you can record inventory transactions as they occur, and the system will update journal entries automatically. The real-time updates facilitate greater inventory control enabling you to manage and minimise procurement and inventory holding costs. Detailed inventory records. Lower inventory costs.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2019

Bindiya Vakil ( @BindiyaVakil ), Resilinc CEO, notes, “Supply chain, sourcing and procurement professionals are on the front lines of managing global trade risks for their companies. 2018 challenged them in new ways, and 2019 is shaping up to present continued uncertainty as long-standing trade relationships are reconfigured.”

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. The machine learning algorithms in IBM’s Watson platform were able to determine if a shipping container and.or Preston, D.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Journal of Commerce (U.S) Shipping Gazette Daily News. Since 1974 with industry-leading expertise in, well, American shipping. This was the result.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 24, 2022

In separate reporting, The Wall Street Journal indicated that one ongoing challenge has been recruiting the needed skilled and unskilled production workers required to match skill standards that are present in China. Apple declined to comment on either the Bloomberg or Wall Street Journal published reports.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal highlighted ( Paid subscription or metered view) that China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that the official manufacturing purchasing managers index, which tends to be weighted more toward large state-owned manufacturers, fell to a value of 47.4 China’s Specific Impact. The reality that U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2023

In its reporting of the warning, The Wall Street Journal added that the high tech provider is the globe’s largest producer of both multitask automation DRAM , along with expanded storage capacity NAND chips. On the product demand side, falling global sales of branded home appliances and smartphones were another headwind.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2022

Leading up to and during the prior labor talks, port operations were impacted by various slowdowns in the processing of inbound and outbound ships. As The Wall Street Journal noted in its reporting: “ The risks have seldom been as high as they are this year.”. Fortunately.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P. Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ).

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2015

That quote came from a Wall Street Journal article published last week about supply issues Pratt & Whitney (a unit of United Technologies) experienced this summer that almost brought its engine production operations to a halt. But you’re only as good as your worst supplier.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

Bart DeMuynck, Chief Industry Analyst at supply chain visibility provider project44 indicates that he expects retailers trying to keep shelves stocked to be hit the hardest if a strike does occur, followed by automotive makers that ship millions of aftermarket parts to dealers and parts retailers. The company filed a request in U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal , a Texas site could begin pilot refining operations as early as the fourth quarter of this year., The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act in the U.S. with commercial volume operations by the end of 2024.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

In order to increase efficiency, the goods would be manufactured in batches based on factors such as the customer shipping address, the patent says. As reported in the Wall Street Journal : Factories are increasingly computerized, automated and digitally integrated with other parts of a company and keeping those networks secure is critical.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Over the past few decades, companies have realized that the way they bring products to market – from sourcing parts and services, to manufacturing, to shipping, to distribution – isn’t just a practical necessity, but an avenue for competitive advantage.

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