The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Emma is a Senior Reporter on the transportation desk at Business Insider , a global news and lifestyle publication with hundreds of journalists in London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Singapore and beyond. Emma Cosgrove is a Senior Reporter on Business Insider ‘s transportation team. About Emma Cosgrove.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 21, 2023

” It’s not just Americans who are enthralled with the poinsettia. .”[1] ” It’s not just Americans who are enthralled with the poinsettia. People seldom think about the supply chains that make those items available. Many of the Christmas trees and poinsettias displayed in U.S. homes are imported.

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Multichannel Merchant

OCTOBER 14, 2022

from Seattle to Austin to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Mountain View, CA and Washington, D.C. Based on the listing titles, Seattle, Los Angeles and Mountain View seem to be where facilities will be located here initially, as well as in London, Bangkok, Madrid and São Paulo. Europe and Asia.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining by Timothy Foote, Director Transportation & Network APAC at Asendia and Founder of Susymbio 2023 is soon enough to end, and the transformation to a clean logistics future moves forward. Air transport emissions reduction goals sadly will be hampered by insufficient supplies of SAF.

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Logility

JULY 29, 2022

Minimizing straight line distances is not the same thing as minimizing costs or even service times. Once an origin is picked, modelers needs to data mine for all the costs, times, and distances associated with each candidate to every delivery point. Answering this simple question, “Where should my next distribution center be located?”

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

From just being environmentally friendly, it has become a holistic framework that encompasses the environment, social and corporate governance. Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Is Just In Time Past Its Time? What are the options for Retailers to circumvent these logistics delays and get their inventory on hand in time for Holiday sales? That is notwithstanding the trail of additional ships and containers that are still on their way to Los Angeles. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

We’ve all been talking about the looming supply chain talent shortage for quite some time. But I just read an article about another labor shortage Walmart is facing: store managers. But I just read an article about another labor shortage Walmart is facing: store managers. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Prince Rupert, for instance, is the closest North American port to Asia due to the curvature of the Earth, and is more than 68 hours closer to Shanghai by boat than Los Angeles, according to its port authority [emphasis mine]. has increased 11 percent so far this year. ports have also spurred some shippers to look north. .

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Stord

APRIL 4, 2019

But these challenges bring opportunity: companies that seek innovative solutions that deliver greater agility, automation and intelligence will not just thrive, they’ll also gain a significant competitive advantage. These sudden imports caused a logistical bottleneck at the Port of Los Angeles and overwhelmed the local warehouse market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Domino’s was always able to thwart the Noid’s efforts and make the delivery on time. Domino’s was always able to thwart the Noid’s efforts and make the delivery on time. For those unfamiliar, let me explain. In 1986, when Domino’s Pizza was pushing its 30-minute delivery timeframes, it introduced the Noid in its advertising campaigns.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. March and now Q1-2022 data point to continued disruption, added cost inflation and elongated transit times continuing to be manifested in the months ahead. . Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. Global Shipping.

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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]. These boxes were called ‘Transporters.’ port operations. imports come through here. And out at sea? ”[1].

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Stord

JANUARY 30, 2019

Now is a great time for shippers to take stock of what happened in 2018 so they can prepare for what’s coming in 2019. Online grocery ordering is just one example; new initiatives in any category will drive continued attention to warehousing and distribution. FedEx pursued both strategies in 2018. FedEx’s news release 2.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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. Our most recent update of this series were published on September 27 and on September 9 th. Trillion by 2030. .

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 3, 2024

About Daniel Sokolovsky Daniel Sokolovsky is a Los Angeles based entrepreneur and Co-founder and CEO of WARP, a tech-powered freight network specializing in middle-mile solutions. Cost-Effective & Transparent: Their approach reduces shipping costs and provides real-time shipment tracking.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 22, 2016

Hyperloop is a theoretical transportation technology, a long-awaited “fifth avenue” of transportation that uses vacuum tubes and linear induction motors to shuttle pressurized air capsules along a track, using a lack of friction to achieve speeds as high as 700 mph (approx. 1126km / h).

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A truck navigates container stacks at the Port of Los Angeles last Friday. The supply-chain problems are helping drive stronger inflation, the WSJ’s Gwynn Guilford and Anthony DeBarros report , as rising transport and other logistics costs flow through to the cost of consumer goods. Transportation. View in web browser ›.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If you love the thrill of last-minute shopping, you might just find empty shelves or products that can’t be delivered till spring. Many retailers who rely on merchandise produced in Vietnam are re-evaluating what they can get to showrooms in time for fall and winter. Never has the old adage “the early bird gets the worm” been so true.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 11, 2021

Refrigerated transportation is particularly at a premium and can be difficult to secure. During this time, capacity is strained as refrigerated carriers devote much of their space to hauling produce. Other products that can ship via dry van or on refrigerated trucks will move to van transport. So why is that the case?

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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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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 21, 2023

The future is here The narrative is well-established, but it misses the point at a time when AI’s inexorable advance in the workplace is changing the employment agenda. The recent stoppages at Vancouver and Los Angeles ports are symptomatic of a failure to confront the need to embrace tech-driven change.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 28, 2017

Amazon just proved—again—that it can do whatever the hell it wants,” is the title of a Quartz article written yesterday by Alison Griswold. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Shipping expenses increased 36 percent in the quarter to over $4.5 Tesco launches nationwide same-day delivery (Logistics Manager). UPS Reports 2Q EPS Of $1.58

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The approach of “ Just in time ” and “ supply chain management ” focused on optimizing efficiency and reducing waste. But at that time, the reduction of waste was mainly due to economic reasons, not environmental.This was because waste means greater economic loss. Bhattacharjee, 2015). Vishal Gupta, 2013).

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

Nearly all goods, bulk, and liquid as well as more obvious commodities, are capable of being transported by this method, whilst specialized containers and new fittings are frequently introduced to an already sophisticated market. ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach which saw their busiest March on record, handling a combined 898,287 TEU’s.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2022

In this particular assessment, we reflect on our prediction that cost inflation trends that occurred among global logistics and transportation modes last year, would be unsustainable, and would drive remediation efforts. Mid-Year Global Transportation Assessment.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We have seen real lumpiness in the global supply chain that has led to some shortages and more so just unevenness.

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Elementum

JULY 28, 2015

On July 21, truckers working for the Pacific 9 Transportation company went on indefinite strike, causing further congestion problems and delays at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Strikes and Wage Hikes. The trucking industry is hugely important for the United States’ supply chain— 67% of all freight 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. TomTom launches toll reporting to help transport companies manage costs. They floated down, one after another, to the dead grass below, where other leaves had fallen, yesterday and the day before. UPS Sets 2014 Rates.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

It involves all the activities related to the sourcing and transportation of raw materials needed in the manufacturing process. It involves all the activities related to the sourcing and transportation of raw materials needed in the manufacturing process. Let’s get into it. What is the upstream supply chain?

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TMC

JULY 6, 2017

And then, just like that, you find yourself in the midst of a perfect storm. It’s like the universe went through a list of common supply chain challenges and thought, “Let’s see what happens if they all take place at the same time.” Enter transportation management system (TMS) technology solutions. Life is good! Final thoughts.

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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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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2015

My daughter’s second grade class is sharing their work this morning, so in the interest of time, let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Descartes Acquires Oz Development, Inc. Pigs flew over a frozen hell this week, which means Congress actually passed a multi-year transportation bill.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Some mornings I would ride my rocket ship, evading asteroids and alien cruisers along the way, and I would barely make it to school on time (I mean, the space station), with just enough fuel to make a safe landing. Warehouses promised lots of jobs, but robot workforce slows hiring (Los Angeles Times). Journey on.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

There’s more to it than just benefits. What are the biggest concerns in times of claims, injury, and documentation of claims? Our prior post discussed the benefits and challenges of visibility in logistics. The biggest issue today that shippers have to worry about is freight loss claims, personal injury, and of course, liability!

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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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