Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

Containers are piling up in ports, international shipping has been hammered, Western companies are battling to source products from traditional suppliers, and disruptions are being experienced throughout the global supply chain. General Motors is airlifting supplies to its North American truck production.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 24, 2015

Lots of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to the items that caught my attention: Amazon now ships to your Audi’s trunk ( USA Today ). JDA “Writes the Book” on Supply Chain. Robinson Expands Asian Operations to Vietnam. Ryder Reports Record First Quarter 2015 Results.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 26, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “ Seasoned Leadership in Action ™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Elementum

JUNE 6, 2016

According to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, Mexico ranks number eight out of 40 countries including Canada, Sweden, and Vietnam. Another study pinpoints the country as the top choice for “nearshoring” (sometimes called “reshoring”) production to North America. Lower costs and proximity to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 31, 2021

North America, an integrated container logistics company, has announced the start of a new service linking ports in Vietnam and China with the US East Coast via the Panama Canal, starting in May 2021. Maersk Inc.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2020

They suggest looking at Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. ” On the transportation and supply chain front, one trend in the U.S. ”[4]. In many ways, the economy is now driven by data. ”[6] He adds, “With unemployment rates in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. I would call myself an accidental supply chain executive!

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 28, 2021

But the world’s demand for clean energy is running up against some hard realities in the global supply chain and one of the most erratic transportation markets in history. The supply chain for wind and solar farms is vast and complex, starting in precious-metal mines and culminating in some of the most remote places on Earth.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We will discuss how other services and companies compare to Freightera using ground freight shipping in North America as the baseline. Much like Freightera, they specialize in ground freight shipping and they operate across North America. Robinson, adding to CH Robinson’s global supply chain services.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We will discuss how other services and companies compare to Freightera using ground freight shipping in North America as the baseline. Much like Freightera, they specialize in ground freight shipping and they operate across North America. Robinson, adding to CH Robinson’s global supply chain services.

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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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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 7, 2015

How Asia challenges beverage supply chains. If you aren’t familiar with Asia, the unique complexities it piles onto your beverage supply chain are hard to see. It is very different in the south and the north of Thailand. In Asia, rules of the beverage supply chain have to be rewritten.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

These routes are typically found connecting important marketplaces with active commercial trade systems, such as Western Europe, North America, and East Asia. Services to the East Coast of North America from Asia and transit through the Suez Canal have grown in recent years and now make up more than 15% of the traffic it handles.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 26, 2021

We’ll begin with a look at which of the larger, most well-known companies have already shifted some of their supply chain activity away from China, are in the process currently, or have announced plans to do so. Target countries for new production facilities include Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Jordan.

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Material Handling & Logistics

MARCH 23, 2018

worry that their cost advantage could be wiped out in the global supply chain. because of the intricate links with international supply chains. the Beijing-based computer manufacturer, gets almost a third of its $43 billion in annual revenue from North America by selling its products to companies such as HP Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2023

I am getting questions from friends and acquaintances about whether the US’s supply chain woes are over. The people I talk to are surprised when I say supply chain challenges are not going to disappear any time soon. There were two excellent articles in the Financial Times (FT) on the Apple supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the supply chain and logistics realm, with lots of news related to global trade and technology. Supply chain reaction: trade war refugees race to relocate to Vietnam, Thailand (Reuters). under Nafta—be made in North America to qualify for tariff-free trade.

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