Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times. That might mean diverting from Los Angeles/Long Beach to Canada or Mexico.

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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. In parallel, inflation, currently at 6%, is climbing. We are to blame.”

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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. In parallel, inflation, currently at 6%, is climbing. We are to blame.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2022

The goods are then shipped to the Port of Long Beach, unloaded, and then trucked to a factory in Fresno. Those components get trucked by the Vietnamese Railways, loaded, and then transported to the Haiphong port, where a freight forwarder ensures the container is loaded on an Ocean carrier.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

In 2014, a port strike at Los Angeles-Long Beach caused severe congestion and freight delays. Robinson offices, procurement teams, and customers. Union labor contracts. On September 30th, 2018, it’s the East Coast’s turn for a potential labor strike. Keep your eye on events well before they occur.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Long Beach ports emits only water from tailpipe (OCR). Here are some details from the press release: With Haven TMS, Haven evolves from a logistics quote marketplace into a full-featured transportation management system (TMS) with collaboration, procurement, and analysis modules. This hydrogen-fueled 18-wheeler at L.A.,

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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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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

While prices to Long Beach from both Shanghai and Vietnams Saigon Port increased more than 40% between the time of the reciprocal tariff announcement on April 2nd and their start date on April 9th, since then Shanghai – Long Beach rates have fallen more than 30% while prices out of Saigon have remained at their elevated level.

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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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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

On the West Coast of the US, there are five ports, of which there are two main ports capable of handling these ships – Long Beach and Los Angeles, which is where most deliveries are now headed. As economies start up there is also an inevitable increase in demand, which has resulted in around 25% more ships entering the fray.

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Port of Los Angeles is joining the Port of Long Beach in doubling operational hours to 24/7. In October, the U.S. federal government, in concert with major industry representatives, took steps to help alleviate the port problems. The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma are likewise expanding gate hours.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Retailers like Amazon are chartering private cargo ships, making their own containers, and leasing planes to bypass supply chain disruptions like long wait times for dock space and workers. 75% of procurement managers and Managing Directors from the EU and UK believe passing on increased raw material costs to customers is appropriate.

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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

JULY 29, 2024

Other specific data cited was a reported 15 percent increase in June, over May, of 20 foot equivalent container imports processed by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. While that value is noted as three times higher than this index stood at the end of 2023, it has reportedly snapped a 12-week long advance.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach which saw their busiest March on record, handling a combined 898,287 TEU’s. With AI in forecasting, not only is the number of full containers clearer, but an estimation of available empty containers is also procured.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2024

ports such as Seattle-Tacoma, Oakland, and Los Angeles-Long Beach will start to pick-up. Should the rail lockout not be resolved quickly, many more container ships might be under review and diversions to U.S. Regarding a potential risk of solidarity by U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. A similar lockdown of this port that occurred in 2021 resulted in several weeks of supply chain disruptions along with added weeks of cascading disruptions among other regions including major U.S.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Over 100 ships waited to unload containers in December at Los Angeles and Long Beach, the U.S. The act also aims to spur investments in domestic manufacturing capacity and promote procurement of critical supplies domestically or from free-trade partners—steps that could also help shippers control costs.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 22, 2022

The shipping industry contributes to 25% of America’s total GDP with the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach being the busiest, handling more than 40% of all inbound cargo shipped to the U.S. At the end of the year, the Californian ports of Los Angeles, witnessed average vessel wait times max to approximately 17 days.

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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 As the year 2021 drew to a close, industry supply chains experienced a constant struggle in attempting to respond to overwhelming pandemic related product demands.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach throughout 2021. Stated drivers of the changed routings from Asia to U.S. East Coast port destinations are the highly publicized disruptions that occurred at the U.S. Further, U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports have proximity to a greater concentration of U.S.

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Freightos

MARCH 5, 2017

Report from TPM Long Beach. It’s the freshly appointed CEO of CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé, speaking about the new opportunities that lie online during a session at Journal of Commerce’s TPM 2017 in Long Beach. Lessons from CMA CGM, Maersk and K+N on Transparency and Digitalization. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. west coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach occurred in early December, after the bulk of holiday goods had already arrived. Procurement Blog. Sourcing,Procurement,Contract & Spend Management (38).

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In 2015, Hollar established its headquarters outside of Los Angeles, California, choosing a strategic location for its first warehouse — in close proximity to the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.

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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. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. Instead, most companies manage based on functional metrics—lowest manufacturing, procurement, or transportation costs. Focus on Cost.

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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. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. Instead, most companies manage based on functional metrics—lowest manufacturing, procurement, or transportation costs. Focus on Cost.

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 10, 2022

Should you change your supply chain procurement strategy in light of continuing supply chain disruptions? Supply chain procurement strategies had long been favoring Just in Time procurement. So, should merchants change their supply chain procurement strategies as they head into 2022? Big Picture Thinking.

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QAD

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Long Beach hit a record 56 vessels anchored or drifting and awaiting a spot to berth. The common threads are the nodes of the supply chain that are shared amongst all “manufacturers,” such as procurement or growing, processing, packaging, transportation, warehousing, distribution, retailing, and even reverse logistics.

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Resilinc

JULY 19, 2022

While the fast-moving protests and labor actions are difficult to mitigate, Resilinc recommends that procurement and supply chain professionals redouble their communications with logistics providers to confirm shipments are on schedule. and Europe.

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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. Make sure you have an accurate idea of lead times in relation to your production and procurement processes.

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Freightos

MARCH 6, 2024

Judah Levine March 6, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 1% to $4,754/FEU. Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) fell 1% to $6,652/FEU.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

Reportedly, one terminal at the Port of Los Angeles cancelled cargo movement operations on Monday of this week while two terminals at the Post of Long Beach closed. Other actions occurred last week including a reported labor shortage at the Port of Oakland’s international terminals on Friday of last week.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2022

He also noted that the port issues will continue to be a problem, and that the LA/Long Beach port in particular is beset with problems that are so complex and multi-layered that it will be impossible to fix in the short term.

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Freightos

JUNE 24, 2025

Freightos Terminal Shanghai – Long Beach prices of about $3,700/FEU are about back to their late May levels. Procure : Streamlined procurement and cost savings with digital rate management and automated workflows. Daily rates to the East Coast are down to $6,300/FEU from a high of $7,200/FEU a week ago.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2025

West Coast ports such as Los Angeles and Long Beach. The learnings of the severe port disruptions that have occurred since the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent consumer good buying spree has brought forward to vulnerabilities of reliance on major U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2025

Rogers cited the latest container import data from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for the last week in December and the first week of January being at double-digit growth levels as a further evidence point of non-typical inventory pre-buying on the part of manufacturers. Administration.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2025

Freightos Terminal data shows that container rates from China, Taiwan and Vietnam to the Long Beach all climbed sharply following the April 2nd tariff announcements possibly reflecting the rush to load goods by April 9th when the reciprocal tariffs went into effect.

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