Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.; Happy learning and networking in 2017!

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2015

Last January, I shared 5 New Year’s Resolutions for supply chain and logistics executives to improve as leaders. As I wrote last year: According to leadership expert Ken Blanchard, “when you stop learning, you stop leading,” and this is especially true in supply chain management.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Supply Chain Disruptions: A Survival Guide. Do you feel supply chain risk management is too complicated to implement? This article will show you how one of the worlds leading companies put a theory into practice and survive many supply chain disruptions. 2009: H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

For too long, supply chain risk management has been mostly confined within supply chain circles. CEOs and government agencies were more than happy to let a few experts deal with supply chain challenges. Supply chain cyber attacks are costly both in terms of time and money.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 21, 2014

But a key feature of effective response efforts that emerged during a recent gathering of supply chain risk experts organized by MIT CTL is aligning the company’s reaction to the scale of the disruption. A logistics services provider has three levels of response.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 19, 2015

In the 2015 19th Annual Third Party Logistics Study, survey results showed the continuing, positive overall nature of shipper-3PL relationships. While there are more positive business environments in certain geographies, industry verticals and niche types of services, the global logistics industry is one that does have its challenges.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

In this context, the natural question out there is; with this somewhat optimistic landscape or outlook, what are the risks a shipper should be cognisant off given that the ocean is seemingly getting calmer. This is the first article of four-part series that will attempt to look at specific areas of risk or management of risk itself.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 11, 2022

According to Resilinc, the most important thing supply chain risk managers can do is gain “deep visibility into lower levels of the supply chain and how they could be affected by severe weather.”[9] 9] Armed with that information, mitigation strategies can be developed. Concluding Thoughts. 8] William B.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Water shortages burdened Panama Canal shippers with extraordinary delays and cost increases, serving as a reminder to greater consider changing climate and weather patterns in supplier contracting and logistics planning. These conditions could potentially impact supply chain logistics and transportation by sea, air, and land.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 19, 2016

as the advance of e-commerce continues, companies with an omnichannel approach are increasingly implementing specific order management systems. furthermore, because the continuing growth in outsourcing is making global businesses ever-more susceptible to disruptions, supply chain risk management software is also on the rise.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Our 2023 predictions among areas of anticipated strategic shifting of industry product supply networks have indeed occurred as business and their supply chain management teams actively initiated added resiliency and agility efforts with the major country recipients being India and Mexico.

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TMC

MAY 26, 2016

Five Ways to Drive a High-Performance, Cross-Border Automotive Supply Chain.Connect. and Mexico? Pinpointing and fixing the real causes of delays by analyzing cross-border supply chains is more important than ever. Department of Commerce , in 2015 Mexico produced 3.4 According to the U.S. Since 2009, U.S.

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Resilinc

APRIL 27, 2021

and Mexico moves on land,” he said. There’s an opportunity for us to [improve the transportation] infrastructure that supports that trade and to leverage Canada and Mexico to make sure that infrastructure doesn’t stop at the borders.”. There were no supply chain managers on the panel or among the guests invited to comment.

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Resilinc

JULY 25, 2023

We operated in the Americas, so we spent significant time in places like Canada, the US, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Honduras, but we also operated all around the globe. Having lived, worked, managed, and led global teams for 13 years, I saw what building a strategy from the ground up looked like.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

computer maker’s first substantial move to diversify its personal computer supply chain beyond China. ” HP Specific Moves This latest report goes on to indicate that a portion of production sourcing, estimated to be upwards of 5 million units, will shift toward Mexico to support U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

Mixed Picture for Manufacturing Activity in Mexico The S&P Global Mexico Manufacturing PMI© report for June was headlined with a mix of what was termed positive developments of rising production levels contrasted with demand decreases. product demand volumes.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

That will have a direct impact on the dynamics of global container shipping, airfreight and logistics networks. Our overall theme for industry and global supply chains for 2023 is a Year of Adaptation, Realignment and Response to Economic and Geopolitical Forces. Global Wide Transportation and Logistics.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S. Targeted supply chain transformational efforts will further need to be extended to address added business process needs. border area remain disrupted because of a migrant border crossing crisis with political ramifications.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

Upon reviewing a grouping of developed regions, namely the United States, Eurozone, Japan and Taiwan, production and supply chain activity levels declined 2.9 Whereas, among a grouping of developing regions consisting of China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Vietnam and Thailand , production and supply chain activity levels declined 2.4

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Among the six countries that our research arm monitors in the Developing Economies category ( China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Vietnam, Thailand ) the average PMI value for Q3 was 52.1, However, report authors indicated that demand increases were generally driven from domestic needs as opposed to export needs.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 28, 2014

Logistics and Distribution. Services. | Main | Gamification - An EAM perspective » Lubrication Management - An Integral part of Asset Management - Part I. There was an incident where Alaska Airlines (flight 261) flying from Mexico to Seattle airport plunged into the Pacific Ocean. Communication Services.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Using “FLOW” to Map and Monitor the Supply Chain Launched in March 2022, The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Freight Logistics Optimization Works ( FLOW ) program was created to develop a shared picture of supply chain networks. Geological Survey (USGS) will map critical global supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2024

The beneficiaries have been India and Vietnam from an Asia perspective and Mexico from a near-shoring perspective. The latter, Mexico , has taken prominence as the primary exporter of goods to the U.S. Exports from China to the European Union reportedly declined 10 percent during this same period. in 2023, replacing China.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

Business and supply chain focused media reports already point to increased supplier and manufacturing investment in regions such as Mexico, Eastern Europe, India, Vietnam and other regions as responses to added supply network resiliency or agility. Canada or Mexico. customers increased to a level of $41.8

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

This included: Developing playbooks and contingency plans to address your most pressing risks. Evaluate structural changes in your supply base that could reduce risk exposure. Go digital: Explore the potential of dedicated supply chain risk management solutions.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This storm had previously brought destruction and severe flooding among Caribbean regions to include Puerto Rico, Cuba , and other island nations, and rapidly grew to be a Category Four hurricane as it crossed the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The industry supply chain implications reflect on a number of dimensions.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2024

Salvage firm Resolve Marine , which helped contain the Deepwater Horizon massive oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico has been contracted for these efforts. The Port of Baltimore itself reportedly generates in excess of $3 billion to the local economy including port and other logistics, warehousing and transportation workers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Example: A pickup truck assembled in Mexico using parts from the U.S. Mexico, and Canada) to receive tariff-free treatment under USMCA. Three Key Strategies to Implement Tariff Optimization and Create Adaptive Supply Chains appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. The post Terrified of Tariffs?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This past weekend, the Trump administration announced 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, and 10% on goods from China, which will begin on February 4th. Read more The post You Just Never Know in Supply Chain Management appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

With corrected vision, here is the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Longshoreman Union Leader Stalls Planned Work Shutdown (WSJ – sub. Mexico Warns U.S. Trans-Soft Announces Strategic Investment in Supply Vision. How did I get here? 2016 North American Freight Numbers.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Overarching Indicators for the Coming Year Our prediction themes for 2025 reflect that manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers face yet another extended period of high uncertainty related to global and domestic business and associated supply chain strategies. That is quickly fleeting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2025

In 2025, it will be impossible to avoid conflict and its impact on sourcing, manufacturing, and logistics. An increase in the flows between China and Mexico of assembled products, and materials and components produced in China has occurred. Everstreams report did not mention Mexican or Canadian tariffs. companies operating in China.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2025

import tariffs focused on Canada and Mexico would go into effect tomorrow, the latest Trump Administrations announcement indicates they will plow ahead. For this particular small business CEO, the reality was described: A prolonged trade war with both Mexico and China is a severe blow to our business model. Over the weekend, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2025

The announcement follows an early March announcement of 25 percent import tariffs being imposed on imported goods from Canada and Mexico , which was subsequently delayed by 30 days in a later announcement in lieu of global financial market reactions. either in Mexico or Canada. during 2024 were assembled outside the U.S.

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