Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7% A Decline in Innovation.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Eh, my old one is just fine. If you’ve spent any time on TikTok, you’ve undoubtedly seen the date seed coffee that’s been trending all summer long. It’s the same concept as how music superstars can still order timely vinyl records, while indie artists are waiting 12-24 months for an album to be pressed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7% A Decline in Innovation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

The theory is that as more and more devices throughout the supply chain and manufacturing process become part of the ‘Internet of Things,’ they will produce an incredibly rich data stream that will send signals in real-time to trigger a wide variety of events. Hyped Technologies. These seem like technologies in search of a solution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Covid-19 has served to highlight just how important supply chain agility is. The Infor Nexus Solution. There is a new generation of control towers, far more robust than what we have seen in the past. With these building blocks in place, companies can navigate supply chain disruptions with an agility that they have never had in the past.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2024

Furthermore, over time, the location and size of a facility may limit the ability of that company to meet the current demands placed upon it. While trade is swinging back to the port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, which is North America’s biggest box port, that port processed 13% fewer containers in 2023 than it did in 2022.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2014

the only railway that serves Prince Rupert and one of three major railroads serving Port Metro Vancouver, has spent C$3 billion since 2010 to cut travel times along its western corridor, and has added new container terminals in Joliet, Ill., has increased 11 percent so far this year. ports have also spurred some shippers to look north. .

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 10, 2022

The 2021 holiday shopping season was characterized by high freight rates, elevated lead times , and over-crowded warehouses. Supply chain procurement strategies had long been favoring Just in Time procurement. Should they be moving away from a Just in Time procurement method to Just in Case?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

But the way this disruption — which some have termed a full blown crisis – has played out has exposed just how complicated contemporary supply chains are. Now, demand for shipping containers has grown so high that companies are shipping them back empty to Asia, just to shave a few days off the turnaround time.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Our most recent update of this series were published on September 27 and on September 9 th. Included in this update is a report indicating further adjustments in Apple iPhone 14 planned production volumes, reporting that the major U.S. Trillion by 2030. . Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters’ request for comment.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

My younger friends would say I’m a stan , but the label I’m most comfortable using for my 16-year obsession with the 11-time Grammy Award winner is that I’m a “Swiftie,” the nickname lovingly donned by millions of other superfans around the globe. Calling myself a Taylor Swift fan would be a gross understatement.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 20, 2021

And now, additional port shutdowns in China are undermining the overall flow of goods just as the back-to-school rush winds down and as shippers begin to enter the peak holiday shipping season. Time is of the essence, and shippers need a resilient supply chain to survive. There’s also the issue of Chinese Golden Week (October 1-7).

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If you thought 2020 was filled with retail chaos due to store closures, in many ways the retail sector is struggling even more due to a combination labor shortages, driver and trucking shortages, semi-conductor shortages, container shortages, and long delays at ports. Never has the old adage “the early bird gets the worm” been so true.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 18, 2021

Right now, the reliability that the vessel carrying your goods or expected to pick up your goods will show up on time is roughly 5%. At this time last year, it was around 80%+. While flexibility is important any time global logistics is involved, the phrase ‘now more than ever’ holds true here. The result?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

The theory is that as more and more devices throughout the supply chain and manufacturing process become part of the ‘Internet of Things,’ they will produce an incredibly rich data stream that will send signals in real-time to trigger a wide variety of events. Hyped Technologies. These seem like technologies in search of a solution.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

… We flew over the sprawling Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — 40% of all U.S. In total, about US$14 trillion of the world’s goods spend some time inside a big metal box.”[3]. port operations. During the episode, there was plenty of finger-pointing by various stakeholders. imports come through here. ”[1].

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3rdwave

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As such, we’re not just talking about off-loading containers from a ship, but coordination between entities that include carriers, terminal operators, U.S. As such, we’re not just talking about off-loading containers from a ship, but coordination between entities that include carriers, terminal operators, U.S.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Q3 of 2016 reinforced what we already know – it’s a tough time to be an ocean carrier. iPad Pro is estimated at just 1% of the product value). Shipping a 20′ container from Shenzhen, China, to Long Beach, California, costs about $1,700. Data based on quotes generated using Freightos AcceleRate.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And so even in wholesale, our retail partners want the same type of service and turnaround time. Things take a lot longer than usual at every step of the way, whether it’s just sampling and courier packages to fabric moving between countries and then the final product coming to New Jersey.

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3rdwave

MARCH 20, 2020

In a time of normalcy, it is important, in the time of Covid-19, it is proving to be critical. . In the time of Covid-19, supply-side visibility may very well prove to be a saving capability. The vast majority of these supply-side shipments come in through the port of Long Beach/LA. Where is my product?

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Our inventory is up substantially over the same time last year, helping us feel prepared to deliver for millions of families this season,” said Target in an Oct. Our inventory is up substantially over the same time last year, helping us feel prepared to deliver for millions of families this season,” said Target in an Oct. 12 statement.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Which means that, as it does every year at this time, space is about to get very tight. That can make it difficult to meet your delivery times unless you take proactive steps now to minimize the risk in your supply chain. Our proprietary Risk Calendar envisions times of the year when disruptions may occur, and why.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

2020 will live long in the memory as a year that was overshadowed by a remorseless pandemic causing untold disruptions for the container, logistics and ports industry across the world. ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach which saw their busiest March on record, handling a combined 898,287 TEU’s. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

After months of record-setting volume as retailers stocked up for a busy holiday season, imports at the nation’s major container ports will be essentially flat this month compared with the same time last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and consulting firm Hackett Associates.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Supply chain professionals often cite peer-to-peer learning and networking as the most valuable investment of time and money. Does the event promote peer-to-peer learning and networking or will I spend most of my time sitting through numerous PowerPoint presentations? Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

And for the C-Level Executives who are pressuring their supply chain team to “do something,” it may be time for a reality check. This plus fewer and fewer drivers entering the workforce (driving a truck just is not seen as an attractive vocation for younger workers), has severely strained the available pool of drivers. Chassis Issues.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Although it’s not what economists would call structural change just yet, Nardone is optimistic that the additional business during the pandemic won’t disappear as the virus fades. Rickenbacker International Airport was a bustling hub for air freight well before the pandemic—a day’s truck drive to half of the U.S. It’s been booming since”.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

Since the majority of raw materials were imported from China, which was the first to be impacted by the pandemic, there was a long and massive disruption in transportation links and raw materials supply. In an ecommerce business, supply chain performance is one of the key factors affecting the performance of the business as a whole.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2021

to 22.7%, breaking a four-month-long trend of steady decline (excluding holiday impact).”. As many as 30 container ships were waiting to be unloaded at the Port of Long Beach at one point. from beginning to end of the month. Capacity tightened steadily, and rejection rates climbed from 20.5% Source FreightWaves’ Market Update.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Apple Gets Permit to Test Self-Driving Cars in California (New York Times). Long Beach ports emits only water from tailpipe (OCR). Airbus and Singpost testing last-mile drone package delivery (Straits Times). In case you’re wondering, my daughter did pass her driving test a couple of weeks ago. Source: Amazon patent.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Supply chain professionals often cite peer-to-peer learning and networking as the most valuable investment of time and money. Does the event promote peer-to-peer learning and networking or will I spend most of my time sitting through numerous PowerPoint presentations? Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Each leaf acted alone, unaware of time and place, like me in the quiet house, watching leaves fall from the trees. They floated down, one after another, to the dead grass below, where other leaves had fallen, yesterday and the day before. What made them drop today? I looked for patterns in their flight, but saw none.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2016

For the past few months, there’s been a lot of angst and confusion over the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulation, which is scheduled to go into effect in just a couple of weeks on July 1, 2016. A great way to start a Friday. billion in its largest deal (Reuters). FMC Chairman: Way to help exporters meet SOLAS obvious (JOC). ProShip, Inc.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 8, 2016

Considered jointly, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach are the 9 th largest port in the world, handling most goods transiting between China and the United States. Guillaume Roels. million worldwide. However, the capacity expansion of the Panama Canal may change this shipment pattern.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 12, 2015

We’ve all heard that it takes a long time to turn a battleship. And this is not just because these retail leaders understand the benefits in terms of cost savings, efficiency improvements, customer service and competitive advantage unlocked by these technologies. There simply would be no way they could operate with them.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Supply chain professionals often cite peer-to-peer learning and networking as the most valuable investment of time and money. Does the event promote peer-to-peer learning and networking or will I spend most of my time sitting through numerous PowerPoint presentations? Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

As the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, “Resurgent demand in the long-stagnant industrial sector and a big seasonal boost in e-commerce are pushing more goods through shipping networks on the land, water and air, say operators who expect the strengthening U.S. In Rwanda, Drones Deliver Medical Supplies to Remote Areas (WSJ – sub.

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