Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. In parallel is the assessing of the related restricted ship transit volumes surrounding the Panama Canal because of low water levels.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a recent technology provider survey indicating that there appears to be little signs of traditional second-half peak period demand for container shipments. Background In a prior Supply Chain Matters commentary published in May , we highlighted that the U.S. All rights reserved.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2015

All this talk about Cuba, however, sparked a question for me this week: Where does Cuba rank in logistics? The answer, according to the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) , is near the bottom of the list. Source: Adelante SCM based on World Bank LPI data. Source: Adelante SCM based on World Bank LPI data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

I seethed as the news stations celebrated supply chain success for the December holidays. The health of the supply chain underpins our economy. When the supply chain is sick, all industries suffer. The current state of logistics is our malady. As I rolled holiday cookies in my hands, I watched TV.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Book Review: Logistics Clusters-Delivering Value and Driving Growth. Recently, Ive found the new book called " Logistics Clusters: Delivering Value and Driving Growth ". Professor Yossi Sheffi is the director and founder of Master of Engineering in Logistics Program at MIT. The Story of Logistics Clusters. "

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2015

Now, this week’s supply chain and logistics news, which was dominated by transportation-related items: Are Imports Moving to the East Coast? And here’s a chart they included in the post: Source: [link]. The post This Week in Logistics News (July 13-17, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 8, 2016

In June 2016, the Panama Canal will double its capacity, and this capacity expansion will undoubtedly reshape the freight flows around the globe, including those transiting through the Port of Los Angeles (click here for a past blog related to this subject). However, the capacity expansion of the Panama Canal may change this shipment pattern.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The high stock levels are the result of retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers stockpiling everything from beer to DIY tools, chemicals and clothes as COVID-19 lockdowns snarled supply chains and shut factories. The current wait time to cross the canal is now around 21 days.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

When shipping product into a country as large and complex as Brazil, the choice of transportation routes has a critical impact on supply chain costs. Since taxes are paid on the value of the product plus freight and other costs, high-value goods such as luxury items are particularly sensitive to these logistics factors.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Wouldn’t it be amazing if someone could cut through the hype and summarize the key freight and logistics trends every month? If you prefer to find the news yourself, head over to our free roundup of nearly 100 digital logistics and supply chain news sources. Thought you’d never ask. Prefer the summary?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Suez’s problems are geopolitical and those in Panama are climate-based, but both are roiling global trade. Cargo volumes through the Suez and Panama canals have plunged by more than a third. One source said that the strategy could be announced Tuesday.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

I seethed as the news stations celebrated supply chain success for the December holidays. The health of the supply chain underpins our economy. When the supply chain is sick, all industries suffer. The current state of logistics is our malady. As I rolled holiday cookies in my hands, I watched TV.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 21, 2014

  The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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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. This has been a priority of shippers for a long time in order to optimize their supply chains.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The expansion of Panama has shifted shipments from West Coast to East Coast, but only Norfolk and Baltimore can handle these larger ships – and this will result in longer berths where will the funding be coming from for these port expansions – and it is something that is happening, but we aren’t sure how to handle it.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This blog was co-written by Chirag Modi , Corporate Vice President, Industry Strategy – Supply Chain Execution and 3PL Global Lead, and Jen McQuiston , Product Marketing Director. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day. How desperate are shippers becoming?

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 30, 2016

Take the example of the crossing of Panama Canal. The other source of congestion is due to pilots and tugboats. There is too much reliance on empirical experience embedded into simplistic heuristic technique of finding fast solutions at the cost of precision. Complexities in achieving planning precision. People and asset allocation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Elenjickal noted that over the last 36 months, supply chains have become more complex than ever before. This leads supply chains to continue to operate in silos, rather than in a connected manner. As a result, supply chains continue to be wasteful when looking at time, inefficiencies, and emissions.

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Elementum

AUGUST 2, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. This monthly newsletter observes one or two important macro trends through the lens of Supply Chain Management. We review how those trends are likely to impact Supply Chain and what leaders can do to adjust. Cash reserves. Demand variability.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Research and Consulting Group thru its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog, provides a reassessment of our prior prediction related to supply chain ESG strategy and action plans over the next 2-3 years. However, economic and manufacturing recession conditions are now being observed.

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

A smooth-functioning supply chain is vital to meeting buyer expectations. Despite your best supply chain planning, supply chains get disrupted – sometimes moderately and at other times massively. The supply base, no matter how meticulously put together, depends on numerous external factors.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

That’s the main reason why supply chain experts insist supply chains must become more agile and resilient. Few, if any, analysts are predicting fair winds and following seas for supply chains this year. Supply Chain Risks Geopolitical Risks. How will this impact supply chains?

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Supply chain stresses seem to have faded somewhat, at least on aggregate.” Contrasting Reporting for U.S. Manufacturing Among the two reported PMI reports relative to U.S.

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Resilinc

JULY 19, 2022

At the same time, street blockades and trucker strikes are exacerbating those desabastecimientos in population centers such as Panama City. They are also disrupting global supply chains. For supply chain managers, the labor actions of greatest concern are in transport and logistics. In the spotlight for U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our latest news capsule follow-up relative to updating readers to prior supply chain management developments that we have shared on this blog. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

I assume many Logistics Viewpoints readers are busy with their day-to-day responsibilities and have been unable to dig deeper into the status of the port congestion, but would like to know more as it is directly related to one’s day to day responsibilities at work. Source: Ports of LA, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the occurrence of multi-day disruptions occurring among key U.S. The most significant news in global transportation and logistics circles late last week and this week are U.S. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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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. In the current global economy, the closure of a maritime chokepoint would have significant economic ramifications due to the disruption of trade flows and even some supply chains (e.g.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Recent events remind us how big the world is and how vital ocean supply lines are for the global economy. That means maritime shipping lies at the very heart of the global logistical system. Climate change is affecting another crucial waterway, the Panama Canal. Even so, global supply chains have been impacted.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Supply Chain Matters alerts clients and readers to a potential replay of the 2021 disruption in global shipping and cascading supply chain disruption as a result of recent events. The cascading effects of the disruption reverberated among multiple industry supply chains and ocean container shipping schedules.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our readers with a further update on the ongoing Red Sea shipping disruption including added context and implications. Background Just before the Christmas 2023 holiday, Supply Chain Matters alerted our readers to rather troubling signs for another global-wide shipping disruption.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 15, 2024

As a result, many industries, companies, and products have been impacted—threatening global supply chains. Companies like Crocs, IKEA, Walmart, Home Depot, and Amazon are already experiencing delays in product deliveries, impacting their operations and supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 5, 2024

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

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

These developments impact Original Equipment Manufacturers, both at strategic level and at operational level within their supply chains. Together with service provider Arvato, Supply Chain Movement has created a mindmap outlining the route for high-tech supply chains, including road signs indicating potential hazards along the way. >>Please

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Such huge pressure on sales is also dragging the supply chain department(s) towards an ever-higher service level. Mindmap Supply Chain Execution 24/7. To ensure successful supply chain execution, the company must take these external developments into account: Plan. Choose country. Afghanistan. Åland Islands.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 3, 2016

More shippers today appear to be outsourcing some or all of their logistics. How does a company decide that outsourcing logistics is the right choice? Robinson help companies simplify their global supply chains. Robinson supplies a competitive advantage to companies of all sizes. >>Please New Caledonia.

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