Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Furthermore, this is the case not just with retailers but also wholesalers and manufacturers. Orders for automobiles are backlogged due to upstream manufacturing supply disruptions, most notably, computer chips for vehicles. Source: Descartes Datamyne. So it stretches back up the supply chain.

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Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 13, 2025

Californias role as a vital nexus for transportation, technology, and industrial machinery places manufacturing supply chains at significant risk from the ongoing wildfires. Source: Cal Fire) A Red Flag Warning zone, represented in pink, highlights areas where critical fire weather conditions are expected.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2021

The import dwell times at the Port of Long Beach fluctuated throughout the first half of 2021, with a high of 9 days. Another large source of disruption was the March blockage of the Ever Given vessel in the Suez Canal, which prevented goods from both entering and exiting the canal.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

There’s no doubt that the pandemic, with its harsh lockdowns and impact on economies worldwide, has played a dramatic role in the supply chain disruptions being experienced by manufacturers. Many businesses in the US, and elsewhere, were sourcing their componentry from China. How can businesses create the supply chain of the future?

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 6, 2022

It’s time to re-think how our products are manufactured and distributed. “We were able to do this because we are a manufacturer of most of our products and this allowed us to bring in products at competitive pricing and quantities. We have essentially built out a supplier development team whose only goal is to source suppliers.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

If tariffs are not lowered within that window, US consumers could start seeing inventory shortages for some types of goods especially items like toys, baby products and sporting goods, the majority of which are manufactured in China and significant price increases as importers are forced to face very steep duties.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Much of this added container volume is attributed to either retailers front-loading their Q4 inventory purchases, or diversions related either to the likely threat of a U.S. The volume reportedly averaged 939,000 TEU’s for each of these three months. East Coast labor disruption, which as noted actually occurred. Not all U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. In contrast, other sectors reached unprecedented shortages, including Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Contract Manufacturing, and Retail Home Improvement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. In contrast, other sectors reached unprecedented shortages, including Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Contract Manufacturing, and Retail Home Improvement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Every day has felt like a major squall, from natural disasters closing down manufacturing facilities and ports, to container shortages and labor issues, to rising costs and the ongoing pandemic. How do I get shipment X out of Long Beach? Can I stack two more levels of containers on every chassis?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Especially grievous are the gaps between finance and operations, manufacturing and procurement, and the operations and commercial teams. Build Strong Supply Chain Sourcing Development Practices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Especially grievous are the gaps between finance and operations, manufacturing and procurement, and the operations and commercial teams. Build Strong Supply Chain Sourcing Development Practices.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Long Beach ports emits only water from tailpipe (OCR). Cyber Insurance Becomes a Must for More Manufacturers (WSJ – sub. Source: Amazon patent.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

Unresolved labor issues in the Leathermen Terminal in Charleston South Carolina and contract negotiations for 22,000 dock workers in the ports of LA and Long Beach hang heavy. …or long laborious discussions of the differences between Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).

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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. Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free).

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Manufacturers know all the issues: U.S. The Port of Los Angeles is joining the Port of Long Beach in doubling operational hours to 24/7. Recommendations for Manufacturers. QAD Sourcing manages the electronic RFQ process with suppliers. As one headache is eased, another pops up. In October, the U.S.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Now all major ports in the United States are currently experiencing unprecedented congestion and labor shortages, leading to product stockouts and inflation — as well as significant supply chain challenges for retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers. While some critical U.S. To learn more watch LCT in action.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Labor and management work out deal at Port of LA/Long Beach ( Logistics Management ). FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A SCCN allows a company to get data useful for planning, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, returns, supply chain risks, and supply chain finance. Basically, a SCCN that can get data feeds from across the plan, source, make, deliver, risk, and finance categories allows companies to have an end-to-end view of their supply chain.

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Gravity Supply Chain

JANUARY 28, 2022

Gravity’s platform delivers capabilities across its three key verticals: Source, Order and Deliver. This product suite encompasses the end-to-end process from sourcing products and manufacturers; to placing orders through to delivery into your destination. TPM22: Let’s catch up at Long Beach!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

We’ve interviewed executives in Retail , Public Sector , Procurement and other industries and disciplines to get a sense of how the industry is reacting, not only to navigate the immediate challenges, but to future proof themselves from future disruption. Ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as in Europe and other global locations.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This is due, in large part, to the Amazon effect which has increased delivery expectations for not only domestic online shopping purchases, but for industries as a whole. Currently, Long Beach California is dealing with a record number of ships loitering outside the port, and that’s not the only place that’s getting increased traffic.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

If tariffs are not lowered within that window, US consumers could start seeing inventory shortages for some types of goods especially items like toys, baby products and sporting goods, the majority of which are manufactured in China and significant price increases as importers are forced to face very steep duties.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Reportedly, the queue of container vessels waiting to unload at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was just four vessels last week, compared to over 100 ships in January. It is becoming clearer that supply chain procurement and logistics teams elected to route import shipments thru either U.S. West Coast port operators.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

By now our Supply Chain Matters readers have already viewed headlines of yet another COVID-19 variant induced lockdown of certain manufacturing and port facilities in China. Impacted are manufacturing clusters located in Shenzhen and Changchun city areas which have been placed on minimum one-week lockdowns as of this past weekend.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with the average wait time for ships to be unloaded reaching 20.8 By Q4, major European manufacturers were exploring alternative sources to produce energy-intensive products such as chemicals and fertilizers, with the U.S. Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P.

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3rdwave

MARCH 20, 2020

I just got off a call from the Director of Supply Chain with a retailer who is experiencing major angst because many of their products are directly or indirectly sourced overseas. The vast majority of these supply-side shipments come in through the port of Long Beach/LA. To say that he is scrambling would be an understatement.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 5, 2020

This implies that if Chinese plants stopped manufacturing prior to the beginning of the Chinese holiday on January 25, the last of their shipments will be arriving in the last week of February. All this suggests that there will be a spike in the temporary closures of assembly and manufacturing facilities in mid-March. Looking Forward.

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o9 Solutions

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Many industrial manufacturers are in the process of making demand and supply plans that will determine how they will thrive (or falter) in the next few years. . But as demand and consumer purchasing behaviors continue to evolve, are planners making the right decisions to move businesses forward and maintain a competitive edge?

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Kanban Logistics

MARCH 11, 2021

and Long Beach, are experiencing severe congestion due to record volumes as US businesses replenish inventories that were depleted after COVID-related manufacturing shutdowns. The purchase of additional large ship-to-shore cranes at NIT terminals. Major seaports, most notably the Ports of L.A.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 13, 2020

The report goes on to state that, “ We predict that the peak of the impact of Covid-19 on global supply chains will occur in mid-March, forcing thousands of companies to throttle down or temporarily shut assembly and manufacturing plants in th e U S and Europe. ” . year-over-year drop in imports at the Port of Long Beach in February. ” .

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

tractor fleet and sourcing 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, according to the press release. Unseasonably cold weather in Spain slowed down the growing of peppers, leading to Morrisons limiting purchases to two per customer. British supermarkets source peppers exclusively from Spain during the winter months.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach throughout 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2024

The head of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference in a statement accused the rail companies of manufacturing the crisis and manipulating the government to disregard worker rights along with criticizing the government for stepping in hours after the rail suspension occurred. But I want to be deferential to the process that will unfold here. ”

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2014

is starting a multiyear overhaul of its North American operations, consolidating several units at new headquarters in Plano, Texas, that will house 4,000 employees now spread across separate marketing, manufacturing and finance locations. where Toyota’s North American manufacturing operations are now based, was too small, he said.

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