ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

In an ecommerce business, supply chain performance is one of the key factors affecting the performance of the business as a whole. If the supply chain isn’t moving as seamlessly as it should, it could cause disruptions further down the line, and even result in delivery delays and customer disappointment.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

By mid-April, the shipping traffic jam, part of a broader gridlock in supply chains around the world amid disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic, started thinning while record cargo volumes were reported in the U.S. ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach which saw their busiest March on record, handling a combined 898,287 TEU’s.

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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. West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Industry supply networks can thus expect the consequences of another round of cascading disruptions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Global Supply Chain Pressures Index. Federal Bank of New York. The Prices index declined 0.5

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters March 23 rd edition of our COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict News Capsule, we provide updates to ongoing industry supply chain developments and disruptions of concern to our reading audience. West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach throughout 2021. Canadian and U.S.

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ivalua

MARCH 1, 2021

Supply Services Manager, LADWP. Thuy Mauge is a Supply Services Manager for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the largest municipal utility in the United States, overseeing various procurement programs for Supply Chain Services (SCS) division. Thuy Mauge.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. That index now stands at $1898 as of this week, with the Drewy WCI Shanghai to Los Angeles sub-index reported at $1959. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights additional developments, evidence and added signs that reinforce that there will be no peak holiday focused surge in transportation and logistics in the latter half of 2023. Rates for Shanghai – Los Angeles routing expanded by 11 percent to $2,322 per 40 foot container. declined 0.2

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. Supply chain pressures reportedly eased to the greatest extent in 14 years. Spot rates for the Shanghai to Los Angeles shipping lane segment reportedly averaged $1823. That stated, there are some new signs of optimism. percent this year.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights an added dimension to our monthly summary of global supply chain activity trending and implications. For the specific routing of Shanghai to Los Angeles , the index was reported as $9112 at the end of March, compared to $10,986 at the end of February.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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FLEXE

MARCH 5, 2017

The growing company began selling clothes under its own name, it procured a distribution center in Kentucky, and venture capitalists started to take notice—leading to at least $40 million in funding. The purchase includes full rights to the brand and includes eliminating its brick-and-mortar locations in Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Human Resources.

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The global supply chain is facing a perfect storm of challenges, and dealing with it, according to GE CEO Larry Culp , “really is akin to playing Whac-A-Mole.” And the current global supply chain disruptions may be sticking around longer than we might think. As one headache is eased, another pops up. In October, the U.S.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

Massive supply chain disruptions are being experienced around the globe, and the causes are many and complex. Factors affecting the supply chain. 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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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In my opinion, these are factors that led to the pollsters being so far off on the 2016 US election, and how supply chain practitioners can help these pollsters to improve. Balance is also critical for supply chains. We must have an ability to monitor the supply chain, and detect when it goes out of balance.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with our news capsule update, specifically the latest updates in ongoing supply chain developments that we have highlighted in prior blogs. TEU volumes at the Port of Los Angeles reportedly fell 7 percent in 2022 from the prior year, the largest drop since the Great Recession.

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Resilinc

JULY 19, 2022

They are also disrupting global supply chains. For supply chain managers, the labor actions of greatest concern are in transport and logistics. Of course, those companies that have already taken a deep dive into supply chains risks such as sole-source dependencies will be in a better position to adapt.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. For discount retailers like Burlington, the supply chain is often a competitive advantage — and thus a secret recipe for success.

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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. But shipping industry sources now indicate that negotiations deteriorated last week over the scope of expected dockworker wage increases. Bloomberg reported similar disruptions observed in ports in Tacoma and Seattle. The post U.S.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In 1962, who would’ve thought the animators from Hanna-Barbera Cartoons in Los Angeles were already experimenting with urban air mobility (UAM)? and France investing heavily in developing and procuring advanced UAM systems for commercial operations. The cartoon sitcom featured a futuristic space-age family living in Orbit City.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 31, 2021

I disagree 100% with the Fed Chairman’s assessment last week in Jackson Hole that supply chain problems are a short-term temporary issue. For the first time in the rail container volume index history , non-holiday empty containers outnumber the loaded container volumes heading into Los Angeles.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 19, 2022

In 2022, a supply chain will suffer a cyber attack so significant that a business will go bankrupt. It won’t come from a direct attack on supply chain systems and tools, but rather it will start from being linked to an unsecured data source. Cyber Attacks. Patrick van Hull. Stanton Thomas.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

If you’re spending too much to meet consumer demands, experiencing delays in getting products to end customers or production disruptions, it’s time to focus on optimizing your supply chain. But overall, what tactics do supply chain leaders find most effective when it comes to supply chain optimization?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 13, 2022

President Joe Biden made another visit to the Port of Los Angeles and as Bloomberg reported : “ made no bones about taking on the nine ocean carriers in the three main global shipping alliances or their roles in stoking U.S. International Ocean Supply Chain. Last week , U.S. Biden further called on the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

Nintendo is struggling to break out of a frustrating sales slowdown, selling 33 percent fewer units of Switch game systems in the April-June quarter than a year ago in Japan due to a crippled supply chain. Nintendo is having negotiations on procurement, but the outlook is uncertain.

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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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