Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

MIT spin-off ISEE brings autonomous trucks to shipping yards. Late last Friday, the US Air Force launched a new rocket cargo program with the Space Force to study the use of commercial spacecraft to ship supplies around the world, and they may look to NASA’s lunar lander program for ideas. US trade deficit dips to $68.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Amazon achieved its fastest-ever global shipping times last year but isn’t resting on its laurels. Department of Transportation, which has selected 37 projects to be given funds made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s (BIL) Mega Program and the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Cargo ships lost 661 containers at sea in 2022, down from the 15-year average of 1,566 lost per year, according to the latest figures from the World Shipping Council (WSC). Some major ocean carriers have also announced new fees for goods shipped on the route as of June 1 in response to the canal restrictions.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Much of the finger-pointing involved the movement of shipping containers into and out of port facilities. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed. More than 80 ships stretched to the distance — a new record. ”[1].

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

hope to slash shipping costs and save millions of dollars when they sit down later this month to negotiate long-term contracts with ocean carriers following last year’s surge in rates. The average contract cost of shipping a container from China to the U.S. Retailers in the U.S. West Coast was $2,618 as of Feb. That’s down 28.4%

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

7) David Simchi-Levi , Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chairman at OPS Rules Management Consultants Global financial turmoil, rising labor costs in developing countries, and huge volatility in the price of oil and other commodities can disrupt a company''s entire supply chain and threaten its ability to compete.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Peak produce shipping season refers to the time period when the largest volume of fruits and vegetables are harvested and subsequently shipped to markets across the US, impacting truck capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This requires contracts, transportation, and deliveries from both large-scale turkey producers as well as local turkey farms. The only potential hurdle in the frozen turkey supply chain is cold storage capacity in both warehouses and transportation. In Massachusetts, one of the biggest Thanksgiving traditions is high school football.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

To look at what risks will affect the supply chain in 2018, Rob Savitsky of AIR Worldwide ( a member of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Supply Chain Exchange program), wrote a blog for MIT discussing three broad categories of supply chain risk. The 105-year-old, Massachusetts-based supplier Cutler-McDermott Co.,

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 23, 2021

Now, nearly a dozen states, including Massachusetts, are on track to follow Maine’s lead.”[3] Maybe it’s shipped in multiple boxes or sold in a plastic container that isn’t recyclable. So, they end up shipping these materials overseas or sending these materials to landfill.” ” Concluding Thoughts. .”

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

As supply chain and transportation visibility is a hot topic for Logistics Managers and Directors, 3rd party logistics providers , who adopt this type of technology, are surely to reap the rewards of highly satisfied customers. He later co-founded the Auto-ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 13, 2018

Second, it streamlines distribution, often eliminating the cost of shipping, and getting orders in consumers’ hands more quickly. ” Sheffi also suspects other touted benefits of click-and-collect, like increased impulse buying and lower transportation costs, are spurious. “That’s precisely what it’s designed to do.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 30, 2018

Processing: transportation to a dairy processor for testing, pasteurizing and packaging. Transportation: shipping in refrigerated trucks to retailers like supermarkets or convenience stores. Retail: storage in a refrigerated display unit. Consumption: customer purchase and consumption.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

He explains, “As Americans sit down to their Thanksgiving Day feasts, some may recall the story of the ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ who founded one of the first English settlements in North America in 1620, at what is today the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Facing difficulty in the trans-Pacific market, industry-leading shipping giant Maersk has announced it’s dropped two trans-pacific services. Ocean Shipping Giant MSC Announces Air Cargo Service. The group has committed to eliminating zero-emissions fleets in their medium- and heavy-duty transport divisions.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. Having spent nearly $10 billion transporting letters and packages in 2021, the U.P.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Thoma Bravo has other noted investments in supply chain tech providers, including end-to-end transportation and logistics provider project 44 and aerospace industry Cloud platform provider Exostar. Trimble to Acquire Transporeon in the Logistics and Transportation Technology Segment. Locus Robotics Raises an Additional $117 Million.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2023

This has had special significance as overall online shopping volumes decline from prior pandemic driven volumes, and where the thresholds for the ability to sustain “ Free Shipping ” offerings are growing larger because of rising and unsustainable costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 4, 2023

In a communication published to Flexport employees today , CEO Dave Clark indicated that the San Francisco based global transportation and logistics Cloud platform provider will be acquiring the logistics operations assets of online retail platform provider Shopify.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 7, 2023

Dan graduated from Endicott College with a degree in international business and marketing, and currently lives with his family in Boston, Massachusetts. has developed a weather intelligence and climate security platform that is custom-built to help logistics and transportation companies reduce the impact of weather on their operations.

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 22, 2021

In addition to environmental benefits, companies that implement supply chain planning with sustainability also reduce supply chain costs associated with storage, shipping, and expiring products. This blog examines how supply chain sustainability solutions reduce waste, conserve energy, and lower emissions. Download Case Study.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 14, 2020

Today is going to be a fun one, sitting next to me is someone who in no way knows anything about freight, logistics, transportation or any of that. I am originally from Bridgewater Massachusetts, I am a rising sophomore at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It was the how things were shipped. In all my 19 years! .

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 14, 2020

Today is going to be a fun one, sitting next to me is someone who in no way knows anything about freight, logistics, transportation or any of that. I am originally from Bridgewater Massachusetts, I am a rising sophomore at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It was the how things were shipped. In all my 19 years! .

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

Shipping in or out of Alabama should be?back When shipping to or from California, check to ensure that facilities are online and operational. Shipping to or from Colorado should not be restricted.?? . If shipping to or from DC, ensure your supply chain partners can handle freight.?? . Transportation?could

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Elementum

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Dr. Yossi Sheffi is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where he serves as Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL). FedEx announced recently that it plans to ship a record number of boxes this winter —317 million in total. Looking to the Holidays. It’s expectation of a 12.4

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 10, 2018

If your freight gets rejected by carriers, this probably means extra work and additional costs because you have to make alterations and go deeper into your route guide to get your freight shipped. Learn more about improving your truckload shipping operations – keep costs low and efficiency high. Does this sound at all familiar?

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 22, 2021

In addition to environmental benefits, companies that implement supply chain planning with sustainability also reduce supply chain costs associated with storage, shipping, and expiring products. This blog examines how supply chain sustainability solutions reduce waste, conserve energy, and lower emissions. Webinar: Register Now.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Moreover, Amazon refused even to discuss the situation in good faith with Gilimex, locking Gilimex’s CEO and management team out of Amazon’s headquarters in North Reading, Massachusetts after the Gilimex team had traveled thousands of miles from Vietnam for a meeting.”

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 8, 2016

They also give you better negotiating information for suppliers and other third parties (transporters, warehousing companies, product assemblers and others) contributing to your supply chain operations. This situation naturally incited enterprises to make more use of parcel and air transport modes.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Transportation Management System (TMS) providers have long struggled to meet the unique challenges that come with local delivery, leading shippers to build their own platform (Amazon’s approach) or to spend millions of dollars and years customizing their TMS. Lessons to Learn from Crowdsourced Transportation Providers.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Statista found that 73 percent of buyers and users of freight transportation and logistics services say the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on their logistics and supply chain operations. This strategy particularly applies to international shipping, where rates vary wildly.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Beagen and Joe Lynch discuss big changes at the port brought on by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022). In the podcast interview, Lauren and Joe discuss the big changes at the port – changes brought on by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022). About Lauren Beagen.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2023

The gauge brings together 27 variables that take the temperature of everything from cross-border transportation costs to country-level manufacturing data in the euro area, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.K. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Oregon also are moving to decarbonize drayage. in December 2021. and the U.S.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 28, 2014

The personal protective equipment (PPE) – shipped by our team of doctors and logisticians in Boston [1] – is destined for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Liberia, which will then distribute supplies to locations at the front lines of the health crisis such as JFK Memorial Hospital in Monrovia. And here is the rub.

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