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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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

As we announce our B financing today and approach a team size of 100, it feels like we’re transitioning from start-up to growth stage — a good time to reflect briefly. A long time ago in a global economy far away…. To be sure, many are great companies and offer value added services such as warehousing and contract logistics.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

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. The latest super container ships do not fit through the Panama Canal and must take the long route and travel around Cape Horn to get to the US East Coast harbors. New trade routes. Shipping challenges.

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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. It is difficult to determine throughput capacity by just looking at the throughput timeline. The next question is “why don’t they go to another port?” Of course, it’s not that easy.

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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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Talking Logistics

MAY 16, 2016

To get from the factory to a retail shelf you have ports, terminals, rail, trucks, warehouses, and much more to consider. They will often do just about anything to unload and load the vessel within the given timeframe. By the time an expansion may be completed, it may be operationally obsolete because of even larger ships.

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Vinculum

JULY 24, 2019

Just imagine. Just follow our list of global marketplaces. And it’s not just Americans. In 2021, over 2.14 billion people worldwide are expected to buy goods and services online [1]. That is roughly 30% of the current world population. And when we talk about online shopping, marketplace is the most popular channel.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 29, 2016

To get from the factory to a retail shelf you have ports, terminals, rail, trucks, warehouses, and much more to consider. They will often do just about anything to unload and load the vessel within the given timeframe. By the time an expansion may be completed, it may be operationally obsolete because of even larger ships.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 29, 2016

To get from the factory to a retail shelf you have ports, terminals, rail, trucks, warehouses, and much more to consider. They will often do just about anything to unload and load the vessel within the given timeframe. By the time an expansion may be completed, it may be operationally obsolete because of even larger ships.

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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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Freight Plus

JANUARY 31, 2019

DHL claims that the warehouse robots that they’ve already invested in have increased order picking productivity by 100%. DHL claims that the warehouse robots that they’ve already invested in have increased order picking productivity by 100%. Truckers protest Baltimore port delay times. DHL invests $300M in emerging technologies.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time phased. DOT – Delivery on Time. DIFOT – Delivery In Full on Time. Many people get really confused about KPIs or Key Performance Indicators in Logistics and Supply Chain operations. Which ones to use?… … How many to use? Of course they need to be SMART.

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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. In a Calgary warehouse almost as big as eight football fields, an army of robots whir about, carrying massive quantities of merchandise bound for Walmart Canada customers.

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