DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 30, 2016

Planes take off on time but end up flying holding patterns above the destination airport and burning expensive fuel. ATFM is in fact optimizing time blocks called slots, short periods of time when take-offs and landings take place. Take the example of the crossing of Panama Canal. Sorry for the delay.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase year-over-year. As ports become more congested, lead time variability increases. As I rolled holiday cookies in my hands, I watched TV. As I watched, I shook my head. I am worried.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2015

I don’t have the time, tools, or knowledge to deal with this parasite, which is the latest ailment my car suffers from (the air conditioner crapped out a couple of years ago and I had to get the exhaust pipe repaired after it broke off on my way to the airport some months ago). And here’s a chart they included in the post: Source: [link].

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2024

Patrick’s Day is this Sunday, and consumers are doing more than just wearing green – they are spending lots of green as well. But just how do they plan on celebrating? The tolls that ships pay are now around eight times more expensive than normal. billion — or an average of $44.40 billion — or an average of $44.40

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

And to buy multiple tickets with the same numbers in the hopes of winning more money just seems so over the top. The current wait time to cross the canal is now around 21 days. 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 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. Adam Kahn, Sr.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Drought conditions at the Panama Canal are not a good match for its high water demands; it takes at least 50 million gallons of water , with some sources citing much more, to move a single ship through the 51-mile waterway. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day. This year, the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase in year-over-year volume. As ports become more congested, lead time variability increases. As I rolled holiday cookies in my hands, I watched TV. As I watched, I shook my head.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As a result, supply chains continue to be wasteful when looking at time, inefficiencies, and emissions. Mr. Elenjickal discussed how the FourKites platform helps leaders with real-time decision making. These disruptions occur for myriad reasons, such as factory disruptions in China or ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal.

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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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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2024

As risk managers audit their vendors and programs at the start of the year, it’s also time to clean up old strategies and supply chain practices. Are those strategies costing your company money, time, and even market share? Out with the old and in with the new! What practices does your company hang on to that are old hat?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

COVID shutdowns, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and increasing tension over Taiwan show that it is past time to evaluate reshoring and nearshoring as insurance against catastrophic disruptions.”[3] Just such a convergence is happening as I write. Everyone is happy when things go as planned. Supply Chain Risks Geopolitical Risks.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

Many businesses in the US, and elsewhere, were sourcing their componentry from China. This is to avoid more costly routes such as the Panama Canal or taking the long haul around the tip of Africa or South America. A final complication contributing to the delay in delivery times is the location of all the shipping containers.

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Elementum

MARCH 23, 2018

For now, only certain parts of the route are clear of ice during just two months per year, although changing northern conditions will extend this window of time, potentially cutting trips in half and reducing emissions (per trip) by nearly 40 percent. the Suez and Panama Canals) remains a point of contention.

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Elementum

MARCH 23, 2018

For now, only certain parts of the route are clear of ice during just two months per year, although changing northern conditions will extend this window of time, potentially cutting trips in half and reducing emissions (per trip) by nearly 40 percent. the Suez and Panama Canals) remains a point of contention.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The West Coast only has so much port capacity, and the East Coast and Gulf are separated by the Panama Canal – another potential point of congestion. Source: Ports of LA, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma. It is difficult to determine throughput capacity by just looking at the throughput timeline.

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

Despite your best supply chain planning, supply chains get disrupted – sometimes moderately and at other times massively. At the same time, establishing contingency strategies helps their partners maintain viability as business leaders. COVID-19 exposed just how interconnected the world has become.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 10, 2023

Background Within our research arm’s published 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published in January 2023, is our prediction that a near-term global energy crisis within Europe would necessitate different short and longer-term supply chain focused decarbonization and climate change mitigation actions.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In reality, appointment and price systems must be used to control capacity for interoceanic canals like the Panama and Suez. Only in times of conflict have there been closures, where one side prohibited the other from reaching and using the chokepoint (e.g. Potential for closure or interruption. Gibraltar and Suez during World War II).

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Elementum

AUGUST 2, 2022

See the chart below to see just how big a spike in supply has preceded this new shortage: M1, Billion of Dollars, Seasonally Adjusted. Countries like Panama, trade US dollars domestically.) The last time the increase was this large was — you guessed it, WWII. . The US Dollar is reaching peaks that it’s rarely seen before.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. It seemed at the time like a somewhat random, and amazingly fortuitous, coincidence. It seemed at the time like a somewhat random, and amazingly fortuitous, coincidence.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The Panama Canal Authority promised a dozen daily slots for ships of all stripes to pass through the new lane -- ultimately. It seemed at the time like a somewhat random, and amazingly fortuitous, coincidence. It seemed at the time like a somewhat random, and amazingly fortuitous, coincidence.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

Normally, we see a rush in ocean shipping just before the Chinese New Year (CNY). This shows importers are shifting their sourcing locations to countries other than China. Reoccurring events—like the holiday season—used to provide some level of predictability to ocean shipping trends in the transpacific eastbound (TPEB) trade lane.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The cost of these criminal activities were high in terms of time, money, and lives. At the time, Ron Widdows , former chairman of the World Shipping Council, reported that piracy was costing “the global shipping industry anywhere from $3.5 Climate change is affecting another crucial waterway, the Panama Canal.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Background Just before the Christmas 2023 holiday, Supply Chain Matters alerted our readers to rather troubling signs for another global-wide shipping disruption. Business media has further reinforced that at same time, the Panama Canal , which is the globe’s other key transit route. That has since led to rebels targeting U.S.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 15, 2024

Containerized rates have quadrupled, and delivery times have increased by two weeks. In the longer term, lead times for imported goods will increase, forcing businesses to adjust their decision-making timeframes to ensure they have adequate stock. On January 11, the U.S. Following the airstrikes, oil prices rose by 4%.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

Background Just before the Christmas holiday, Supply Chain Matters alerted our readers to rather troubling signs for another global-wide shipping disruption. The Supply Chain Matters blog provides readers with a further update on the ongoing Red Sea shipping disruption including added context and implications.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2024

But in a shocking twist, just two hours later, Swift surprise-released a 15-track expansion of the album, dubbed The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. Together, they shave down the time it takes to get products from trailers into the facility by 90 per cent — and their overlord, Walmart Canada, hopes this is just the start.

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