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Editor’s Choice: Ocean Trends for 2021

Logistics Viewpoints

The import dwell times at the Port of Long Beach fluctuated throughout the first half of 2021, with a high of 9 days. Export dwell time in Asia, where many goods being transported to the US begin their journey, saw huge fluctuations in the first half of 2021. As a result, shipments were delayed across all sectors.

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The Importance of International Transportation Visibility in a Global Pandemic

3rdwave

Without inbound international transportation, product level visibility organizations are flying blind – or, they are at a minimum, severely visually impaired. 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.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. Source E2open Shipping Index). We started the conversation with sourcing. Lucas had a team that dictated sourcing based on excel spreadsheet analysis to reduce cost and improve tax efficiency. So, we began the discussion.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. Source E2open Shipping Index). We started the conversation with sourcing. Lucas had a team that dictated sourcing based on excel spreadsheet analysis to reduce cost and improve tax efficiency. So, we began the discussion.

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What Should Supply Chain Management Teams Anticipate in 2023 and Beyond- Part One

Supply Chain Matters

The year featured continual component shortfalls, explosive inbound materials cost increases and continuous global transportation disruptions. West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with the average wait time for ships to be unloaded reaching 20.8 Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P.

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Another China Based Lockdown and Supply Network Disruption- Implications and Call to Action

Supply Chain Matters

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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Achieving Maturity in Risk Management Takes Years

Logistics Viewpoints

For AGCO, a public company with over $11 billion in revenues, a supply chain risk management application helped the agricultural equipment manufacturer stay agile during COVID. One of the players in this market, Resilinc, is monitoring 105 million data sources. AGCO Stayed Nimble during the Pandemic. This data needs to be curated.