Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Understanding the state of holiday shipping and learnings for the next peak season means realizing that rates are always going to jump-start near Halloween. Any conversation about the state of holiday shipping would be incomplete without discussing ocean freight congestion and shortages. Ocean Freight Shortages Abound. late rate.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 25, 2022

Download guide: 8 Winning Strategies to Combat Supply Shortages ? The new infrastructure bill invests $17 billion for shipping ports , but Ruda maintains “We can’t build our way out of this problem. New Era of Sustainability. Target will provide alternatives. Consumers vote with their wallets and footsteps.”

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The current set of supply chain disruptions is being set off by a combination of COVID cases and energy disruptions in manufacturing hubs around the world, labor shortages, lack of capital infrastructure investment, misaligned transportation resources ( a lack of containers, ships, and trucks), and surges in consumer demand.

Resource Reduction 75

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2023

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 6, 2023

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The mad dash begins to finish all the work that needs to get done before 2018 arrives, so without delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: E-Commerce Boosts U.S. Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub. Shipping firm Clarksons braces for data leak after refusing to pay hacker (The Guardian).

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

Global Shipping. The World Container Index , assessed by Drewy Consultants, is a compilation of eight major shipping routes to and from the United States , Europe and Asia. For the specific routing of Shanghai to New York , the index was $11, 531, reflecting a six percent decline. . Shipping Transit Timeliness.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 18, 2022

Actionable analytics gather large volumes of data and interpret it in a meaningful way, translating it into effective business strategies. Furthermore, companies that ship multiple modes and at a large volume need to consider where the data comes from and how it enables transportation optimization. Freight shipping costs are climbing.

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ShipBob

JULY 2, 2021

In 1962, General Motors installed the first robot in their New Jersey plant. Automated shipping. With several shipping options and methods to choose from, optimizing a shipping strategy to save costs while meeting customer expectations is a challenge. . It’s fun to see orders shipping out instantaneously.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Labor Groups Call for Better Warehouse Working Conditions in New Jersey (WSJ – sub. Amazon will start penalizing sellers who ship unsafe packages to its warehouses, like leaky chemicals and unmarked aerosols (CNBC). It’s getting easier for shoppers to skip the line by buying online and picking up in store (CNBC).

Logistics Network Optimization Software 101

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 29, 2013

Ocean Spray, CSX (the rail operator), and fruit shipping companies partnered in order to enable Ocean Spray to ship more products intermodally from its New Jersey distribution center to the company’s Florida facility. Prior to the collaboration, these boxcars were returning empty to the Florida region.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 18, 2018

Target is the latest company to recognize that “the way we’ve always done it” is not going to work anymore. The approach, now in pilot mode at a warehouse in Perth Amboy, N.J., also uses the same pool of inventory to replenish stores and fulfill online orders, a departure from Target’s existing supply chain.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Likewise, ships could not sail into or out of Russia and Ukraine. For example, at the Port of New York New Jersey (NYNJ), port officials announced a new penalty feels for empty containers with lengthy dwell times. The immediate impact on shippers was to be more flexible in their procurement and shipping strategy.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

On the other end of the spectrum, the study found the following ten states falling woefully short in maintaining their infrastructure: Mississippi, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, West Virginia, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.[4] Self-interest.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

In the maritime example I cited above, the lack of a centralized management strategy for our nation’s port system puts us at a competitive disadvantage. One manifestation of this problem is that multiple ports on the east coast are deepening their approach channels in order to attract bigger cargo ships.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

The 20th century announces a new science, that of the preparation of war: like the other sciences, its elements are not new; they have been doing a quasi-science for a hundred years or more, but it is only now that the immense importance of their unification – one could almost say their imperialization – is becoming a reality.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 22, 2016

If costs were all that mattered, these shippers would route their products through the expanded Panama Canal to reach Columbus via rail from the New York-New Jersey port. For other products, the cost savings of shipping through the Panama Canal will likely outweigh the extra time in transit.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Across the United Kingdom , all eyes are on a threatened work stoppage involving dockworkers at the Port of Felixstowe , the country’s largest container shipping port. Bloomberg reported that shipping lines such as Maersk have already announced contingency plans for vessels e=scheduled to call on Felixstowe.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

I’ll begin with several high-level trends and factors that will impact supply chain and logistics strategies and operations in the coming year: President Donald Trump: Will he kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and renegotiate NAFTA ? Cyber risk and security is getting more attention from the ocean shipping community too.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

is testing an online service that will deliver soups to customers’ doors.The company will begin a pilot test of the program next month, shipping out premium soups that consumers can heat up at home. With the new crafted-soup test, the idea is to use ingredients from New Jersey and Pennsylvania -- near where the company is based.

New Jersey 40

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Edison, New Jersey. Edison, New Jersey. Pop-up fulfillment is an old idea with a new twist. Through this strategy, smaller companies can afford to add new distribution points , and larger retailers can add capacity to alleviate strain on their existing fulfillment centers. Los Angeles, California.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 26, 2016

</h3></blockquote> <p>Through this strategy, smaller companies can afford to add new distribution points, and larger retailers can add capacity to alleviate strain on their existing fulfillment centers.</p> What cities could you use a pop-up fulfillment center in?

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