North America Shipping Sourcing Supply Chain Visibility 
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 23, 2022
The world’s fleet consists of approximately 6,000 ships. These ships carried nearly 150 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers last year. Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The Logistics of Logistics
JULY 14, 2023
Faced with the challenge of limited data availability, he co-founded Vizion, an API-first solution empowering cargo owners, freight forwarders, and software providers to achieve true supply chain visibility by tracking ocean freight in near real-time. In the podcast interview, Kyle and Joe discuss real time container tracking.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 20, 2022
Cameron Bailey, EVP of Global Supply Chain at VF Corporation, did not disappoint. Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 17, 2021
With summer winding down, we take a look back at the major trends that occurred in ocean shipping in the first half of 2021 and reflect on what your organization can do to proactively prevent major supply chain disruption. Global ramifications of port congestion. As a result, shipments were delayed across all sectors.
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. It’s an apt metaphor for ocean shipping these past many months. And the list goes on.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Supply chain management is now synonymous with “volatility management”. If you’re Home Depot, you reserve an entire ship for your own exclusive use. The ROI will only multiply with visibility into supplies and goods from end to end. So how do we adjust to this new reality?
ShipBob
DECEMBER 25, 2023
The thing is, it doesn’t necessarily take a global pandemic for supply chain operations to falter. It can happen simply due to ineffective planning, risk management, warehouse use, or sourcing strategies. So, what can you do to strengthen supply chains? This kind of setup often leads to problems.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
216 
Let's personalize your content