GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This is not the usual peak season, and it started much earlier than in 2020. Stronger freight volumes are expected as pent-up demand from consumers, retailers, and manufacturers reaches an apex. Port backlogs and cargo limitations are undermining efficiency while warehouse and storage space remain challenging.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. Retailers of virtually every size raced to bulk up online delivery offerings at the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, as consumers shifted to shopping online for everything from home décor to cleaning supplies.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 16, 2024

Fraud and Security: Challenge: Ticket counterfeiting, fare evasion, and cargo theft pose security risks and financial losses for transportation providers. Cargo tracking: Tracking technology for shipments allows for real-time monitoring and reduces theft risk. Freight Facts and Figures 2020. Routledge. [3] 3] Gibson, I.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Prior to 2020, every supply chain in the world was challenged by increasing levels of demand unpredictability and market volatility. While lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts when they were introduced, agility and resilience must be taken to an entirely new level post pandemic. Natural disasters.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Since early 2020, global trade has been buffeted by waves of increased customer demand, supply chain challenges, and constant uncertainty and volatility. Since early 2020, the supply chain ramifications of COVID have been a rollercoaster for businesses of all shapes and sizes. What Goes Up, Must Come Down.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

2020 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends: What’s Around the Corner? As 2020 moves closer, one concept that I’m hearing discussed more and more in discussions and appearing online is that of the circular supply chain. Happily, though, that’s not something you can expect to change in 2020. It’s that time again… Well, almost!

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QAD

JULY 16, 2020

Manufacturing in India. India has a robust manufacturing sector, with typical products including textiles, chemicals, food, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petrochemicals, machinery, software and pharmaceuticals. . Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. In addition, it has 45 heliports. as of 2017.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2023

A few weeks ago I wrote that Little Brown Bakers, the manufacturer behind Girl Scout Cookies , is warning of unforeseen supply issues that will be impacting both manufacturing and distribution of its treats. pounds of cargo in a hold with about 1,800 cubic inches of space. Speaking of West Coast ports, labor tensions are rising.

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QAD

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There are now common solutions for tracking and maintaining these temperatures, and there are multiple variables and scenarios to consider when moving from the manufacturing environment, through transit and to the millions of front-line workers, and every day citizens, who need them. The Battle for Air Cargo Capacity. And for how long?

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Freightos

DECEMBER 2, 2021

However, since buying goods manufactured primarily in Asia increased so significantly, demand quickly outpaced supply. Starting in July 2020, the impact of this trend became obvious when ocean freight prices shot up, and have continued rising. Switching from ocean to air cargo or from full containers to LCL (Less than Container Load).

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Earlier this week, Amazon and Hawaiian Airlines announced that the retail giant will use Hawaiian Airlines to fly its first Airbus freighters on primary cargo routes and to Hawaii beginning in the second half of 2023. Amazon’s European operations have been at the forefront of the company’s sustainable transportation push.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 19, 2020

Lowes Spending Big to Revamp Distribution Network, Company Finding Success with Reusable Containers for Consumer Goods, US Manufacturing Recovering, Fat Growth in China to Europe Rail Cargo

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

In a survey by the Institute for Supply Management released March 10, 2020, almost 75% of companies reported supply disruption due to Covid-19. Through December 21, 2020, the information technology sector of the S&P 500 was up about 40% in the calendar year, while over the same period the S&P 500 itself was up only 14.8%.

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Requis

JANUARY 9, 2020

Here are the supply chain trends that we see shaping the conversation, and the actual evolution, of B to B in 2020. Another example from fulfillment might involve things like faster alternate transportation route planning in case of the unexpected, or monitoring cargo temperature for shipments of perishable food or medicines.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Companies were forced to seek other suppliers when India’s key manufacturing center closed plants in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases. Hurricane Ida and a February severe frost in Texas wreaked havoc on the petrochemical supply chain, causing delays in manufacturing resins, plastics, and other components needed in everyday items.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

Let’s look at some of its real-world uses in 2020 across the public and private sectors to see which prominent players have embraced blockchain, to what end, and what kind of inroads it’s making into the supply chain environment. Shortened release times for cargo offloaded at Shanghai port.

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 7, 2021

US Manufacturing Sees Big Jump in December, Amazon Adds More Planes to Cargo Fleet, US Holiday Retails Sales See Modest Growth, We Need More DC Automation to Gain Space

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

The company launched its own online pharmacy in 2020, a service that was born out of its acquisition of PillPack in 2018. Amazon has launched Amazon Air , its dedicated air cargo fleet, in India as the e-commerce giant bulks up its logistics infrastructure in the key overseas market where it has deployed more than $6.5

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Kinaxis

APRIL 26, 2017

Amazon is even entering the transportation space, signing agreements with the Air Transport Services Group and the Chinese government to enter into the freight cargo business – effectively cutting out the middleman. Amazon makes up about 7% of the US apparel market, and according to reports , that figure could increase to 19% by 2020.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The year 2020 was a big year of disruption for people around the world. Businesses, especially those in manufacturing, are trying to rebound and return to some sense of normal; whatever that means. Businesses, especially those in manufacturing, are trying to rebound and return to some sense of normal; whatever that means.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Ahead of the 2020 holiday shopping season, Ken Bays, Vice President of Product Development at Inmar Intelligence, observed, “Holiday shopping is always a big time for returns.”[1] For instance, unsold goods being sent from a retailer back to a distribution center or the manufacturer would constitute reverse logistics.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Records have been re-gaining popularity over the last decade and even overtook CD sales in 2020. With more people staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, vinyl sales were up 108% in the first six months of 2021, compared to the same time period in 2020. The pandemic caused a retail boom for records and record players.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 3, 2021

If 2020 was the year of B2C, 2021 could likely be the year of B2B. Manufacturing is gaining steam not only in the US but around the world as businesses return to a COVID-19 type of redefined normalcy. However, as manufacturing comes roaring back, it is being met with supply chain issues such as delivery delays and higher costs.

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BlueYonder

MAY 12, 2017

This quick roundup of industry news includes a look at the skills gap in manufacturing, how small businesses are benefiting from a newer generation of robots, the development of an autonomous ship, as well as how some retailers are tackling e-commerce. . Skills Gap Still an Issue for Manufacturers. Andrew Soergel’s U.S. Michael E.

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BlueYonder

MAY 12, 2017

This quick roundup of industry news includes a look at the skills gap in manufacturing, how small businesses are benefiting from a newer generation of robots, the development of an autonomous ship, as well as how some retailers are tackling e-commerce. . Skills Gap Still an Issue for Manufacturers. Andrew Soergel’s U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was part of the reason the company missed its 2008 goal to reduce aircraft emissions by 20 percent by the end of 2020. FedEx now has a mission to be carbon-neutral by 2040.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Mexican state of Nuevo León has seen a surge in manufacturing activity as U.S. They’re investing in advanced route optimization software to manage new cargo flows efficiently. companies are moving production from China to Mexico, while European companies are shifting from Asia to countries like Poland and Romania.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2021

Many sectors, particularly the shipping industry, have been severely impacted by the pandemic in 2020. It has already wreaked havoc on supply chains, transport networks, and ports, resulting in a sharp drop in cargo volumes. Thus, even at the peak of the outbreak, spot rates were steady whenever the cargo was less.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The problems we are experiencing now started in March 2020 when COVID hit and suppliers in Asia shut down. . By May 2020, suppliers were mostly operational again, but there was a huge downturn in U.S. Labor shortages , impeding the ability to get cargo unloaded, loaded, or moved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2023

billion in 2020. million attempts in 2021 and 6 million in 2020, it said. It is “extremely worrisome” that about 80% of American port cranes use Chinese software that is manufactured by a Chinese company, said House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R., billion in 2022 and the previous record high of $21.7

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The volume of ocean shipments grew two-fold in the past decade, and the price of an ocean shipment increased 9-10X from 2020-2021. meters draft, and cargo capacity up to 14,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU); previously, it could only handle vessels up to about 5,000 TEU. So what you might say? Be A Good Shipper.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases.

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

The effective shutdown of industrial activity in Wuhan, China — ground zero for the virus – presented particularly difficult problems for manufacturing firms worldwide, many of which had come to depend on materials, components and finished goods made in China. A retailer will have empty shelves.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 27, 2021

Journalists Costas Paris ( @CostasParis ), Parmy Olson ( @parmy ), and Sarah McFarlane ( @sarah_mcfarlane ) reported, “Some 19,000 vessels crossed the Suez in 2020.”[2] ” Footnotes [1] Miles Cook, Peter Guarraia, and Jörg Gnamm, “ Generating Value While Restarting Your Supply Chain ,” Bain & Company, 24 April 2020. [2]

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 17, 2021

in 2020 to $14.2 billion in 2020. It purchases or obtains on consignment, products direct from manufacturers and wholesalers based upon the volume of order transactions and operates fifteen distribution centers and eight call centers worldwide. In 2020, it shipped about 239 million units globally.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 2, 2023

of total retail sales in Q2 2020 but, as a percentage, has slowly fallen each quarter since to 14.8% Retailers are introducing B2B services while manufacturers and other B2B organizations embrace digitization to conduct business with suppliers and customers more efficiently. Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains!

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Schiphol airport gears up for chilled vaccine cargos. The airport is equipped with huge cold storage warehouses where KLM Royal Dutch Airlines employees are preparing for the surge in vaccine cargos that will need to be flown around the world in ultra-low temperatures. UPS will make dry ice, offer freezers for vaccine distribution.

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