Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 19, 2015
The ports of Long Beach and LA, representing 40% of port capacity in the United States, are gridlocked. Jon Slangerup, CEO of the Port of Long Beach , made a public statement that this is a new normal. Action: Expect the issues in the west coast Port of Long Beach to linger. The port is landlocked.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 31, 2022
A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Instead, most companies manage based on functional metrics—lowest manufacturing, procurement, or transportation costs.
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Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Instead, most companies manage based on functional metrics—lowest manufacturing, procurement, or transportation costs.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Unloading at the western ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been an issue for many months. The ships stretch across the horizon two and three-layers deep in Long Beach. Getting a port, like Long Beach, with issues since February, to recover following the work slowdown is going to take a LONG TIME.
Stord
APRIL 7, 2019
In California, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released a clean trucks assessment, the next step in their public plan to establish zero-emissions trucking at their facilities by 2035. These two ports will continue to research the feasibility of lower emissions from freight and equipment going forward. This number fell by 5.4%
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
But the Nexus model can also provide the kind of data that digital twins that are based on a static planning model struggle to provide – true lead times (and other supply chain throughput/cycle time metrics). For example, how long does this Ocean carrier take to move goods from the port of Tianjin to Long Beach?
ShipBob
APRIL 26, 2023
Major ports such as the ones in Los Angeles and Long Beach consistently saw massive congestion since they experienced staffing issues. ShipBob offers a free analytics reporting tool that will let you track all the crucial supply chain metrics in one place.
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