Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2021

However, freight shipping is the one activity that presents significant barriers to overseas-market entry, as you may have discovered if your business is starting to look across international borders for its next step in expansion. Container Shipping Can be Tough for SMEs. Challenge #1: High Costs and Confusing Pricing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

But, that still leaves gaps — especially for small businesses who don’t always have the resources to bring issues to Amazon’s attention. 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).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars Wrigley chose Transplace, now UBER Freight, for North America and a partnership with Maersk/E2Open for ocean freight. For the largest retailers, short shipping results in fines and penalties. “I’ll Mars Wrigley is achieving success in North America with this solution. The change management was difficult.”

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Readers' choice! Significance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

The integration of disparate robotics systems along with warehouse tasking is allowing DHL to resynchronize how warehouse resources are deployed. And work assignments can be dynamically prioritized by adjusting configurable rules such as ship date or order types. The ACPaQ solution in now being introduced to North America.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 2, 2023

Joe Chandler is the President and COO of SPI Logistics , one of the top logistics firms in North America, boasting a robust network of 65 offices and over 54,000 carriers across Canada and the United States. Joe represents the fourth generation of his family in transportation.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Prime Membership: Amazon Prime – Subscription service offering benefits such as free two-day shipping, access to Prime Video, Prime Music, and exclusive deals. billion (net profit) Profit by Region/Country: North America is a major market, followed by Europe and Asia.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 24, 2022

CaliBaja is a North American manufacturing powerhouse. Located in Mexico but close to the California border, it serves as a vast hub of industrial jobs, making significant contributions to the production of products that ship all over the world. Rebecca Sanchez at the CETYS University Graduate School of Business in Mexico.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 29, 2019

The Move to LTL Digital Shipping. How New LTL Technologies & Processes are Changing the Shipping Game. More importantly, robots can work continuously and do not require extra benefits associated with labor resources, such as health insurance. Download WhitePaper.

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AIMMS

JUNE 1, 2017

The adoption of advanced analytics has moved at a much slower pace in Asia Pacific compared to Europe or North America. They have off-shore platforms and needed to determine an optimal schedule to deploy their ships for maintenance. How to Set Up a Supply Chain Analytics Center of Excellence.

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QAD

MARCH 31, 2020

Machines can’t be built and shipped without having the right parts in inventory , but at the same time, keeping parts on the shelf consumes space and cash. Dealing with suppliers in Europe, Asia and North America from their Southern Hemisphere location, this was particularly appealing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

But with growing complexity, Mr. Sorenson continues – “where resource consumption is more likely to vary by product and customer” – the IBP process “isn’t the strategic process that its proponents proclaim.” The company has 11 production facilities across North America and China.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Background Perspectives In a prior Supply Chain Matters transportation and logistics industry perspectives, we have updated readers on changing developments concerning global and North America transportation and logistics industries. A similar acknowledgement came from the CEO of global shipping and logistics services firm A.P.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JUNE 16, 2022

This strategy also allows companies to conserve resources and realize significant cost savings. Seamless global trade to and from North America starts in Mobile because of the physical connections it has to rails, roads, rivers, and runways. Faster shipping & receiving times. Why Use Cross Docking Services?

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BlueYonder

JULY 6, 2023

A large department store in North America faced challenges with soaring fulfillment costs and decreasing margins, both placing pressure on the business. The wanted to leverage stores to help fulfill orders but weren’t sure how to balance the inventory needed to satisfy in-store, omni-channel, and ship-from-store customer purchases.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

” The Christmas tree was introduced in North America by Germans in the 17th and 18th centuries though adoption was not widespread until the 19th century. Given that most of the artificial Christmas trees are made in China, and there are lengthy ocean shipping and receiving delays into the U.S.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 25, 2023

For instance, a business that doesn’t use supply chain convergence might manually keep track of its inventory, use a third-party platform to source its product, use another platform for shipping, etc. Businesses managing logistics in-house often deal with inefficiencies due to a lack of expertise and resources.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

Each year around 700 million TEUs are shipped across the world keeping global trade and businesses running and more than eighty percent of global goods trade volumes are carried by sea, with about a sixth of that volume in shipping containers. in March, while the average delay for late vessel arrivals decreased once again to 7.26

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

Con-way Freight Raises the Bar on Mexico Service, Adds Door-to-Door Tracking, 24-Hour Customer Resource Center, Enhanced Web Tools. XPO Logistics to Acquire 3PD, the Largest Provider of Heavy Goods, Last-Mile Logistics in North America. In this week’s news, new products and services and a couple of acquisitions top the list.

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Freightera

JANUARY 13, 2021

Starting in North America, Freightera is automating freight transportation and increasing operating margins for carriers and businesses shipping freight. In cooperation with SmartWay and Natural Resource Canada, Freightera created the first Lower Emission Freight Marketplace in North America.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

For one of the high grade ethylene required, there is only one manufacturer in North America, who is in Texas (Eastman Chemical). In another example, to get access to nitrogen, this company relied on shipping it in from Oklahoma, as the pipelines were non-functional.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2017

Maersk, Alibaba team up to offer online booking of ship places (Reuters). Shipping Alliances Shore Up Industry, Unsettle Customers (WSJ – sub. It could also have tracking and payment options to speed up the entire shipping process. Amazon’s robot army grows by 50 percent (The Seattle Times).

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Retailers across North America were looking forward to this year’s back-to-school season with eager anticipation. A Supply Chain Dive report quoted UPS CEO Carol Tomé projecting that delivery demand will outpace its capacity by 5 million pieces a day during the 2021 holiday shipping season.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year. West Coast port congestion leads to new ideas in cross-country rail shipping. Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” at six sites in North America with solar installations, representing about 12.7 to expand monkeypox vaccine, drug distribution.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 2, 2016

Made between a buyer and seller, a TSA sees that the ‘mother-ship’ provides support to the divested company over a defined period of time, with services such as accounting, IT, procurement and human resources, among others. The potential opportunity to convert a significant portion of operating costs from fixed to variable.

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3PL Insights

JUNE 15, 2020

According to a Thomas survey of 878 North American manufacturers, 64% reported they were likely to bring production and sourcing back to North America. In a normal business climate, where one-day or two-day shipping returns, this will become the default purchasing method. 3PLs will help them design a fulfillment strategy.

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Turvo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Automation within the shipping and trucking industry helps empower leadership further and allows for better communication, sharing, networking, and collaboration with trucking influencers and managers throughout the supply chain. Marieke Hemmes | Account Manager and Editor North America for FreshPlaza. billion tons.

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QAD

AUGUST 18, 2022

Drug companies, of course, share this goal and never intentionally produce products that could harm consumers, but the complexities of the global supply chain and inconsistencies in distribution, shipping, and labeling processes certainly make this difficult. Check out these additional resources: FDA: Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2022

Online commerce platform provider Shopify , often compared to Amazon in the ability to support small and mid-sized businesses create and maintain an online shipping presence, announced thi9s week its intent to acquire end-to-end online logistics San Francisco based fulfillment provider Deliverr for a reported $2.1 wide fulfillment centers.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 24, 2023

Facing Falling Demand, FedEx Cuts Sunday Delivery Service In a concession to the realities of weakening demand for parcel shipping, delivery giant FedEx has announced plans to further cut Sunday delivery service. In the industry that’s always moving, here are the 11 headlines you need to know.

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Elementum

JUNE 6, 2016

South Korean companies are also considering Mexico, which has a huge demand for electronic materials and parts as well as much-needed mineral resources like silver, copper, and zinc. Another study pinpoints the country as the top choice for “nearshoring” (sometimes called “reshoring”) production to North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

However, Amazon North America is primarily retail sales of consumer products, but includes subscription services as well. The Old “Price plus shipping & handling”. Unfortunately the behemoth of e-commerce doesn’t provide a financial breakdown of its e-commerce business, exclusive of its other revenue streams and costs.

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Freightera

JUNE 29, 2017

Transport News INTL has just selected Freightera as “Best Online Freight Marketplace – North America” in their Logistics, Warehouse & Supply Chain Awards 2017! Looking ahead, Freightera is rapidly expanding in North America in 2017. We caught up with Eric Beckwitt to find out more.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 9, 2021

Interestingly, resin prices are sky high in North America and Europe, but much lower in Asia – a sign of a truly regionalized market. One might think this is an arbitrage opportunity, but wait… you need to put resin on a ship, and there is no guarantee you can find a ship to get it over here, due to the container shortage!

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. It helps opt for resources that are energy efficient and CO2 neutral.

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