Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2024

Cargo ships avoiding Houthi attacks in the Red Sea face a different kind of delay-causing threat as they go around the southern tip of Africa: storms and 30-foot swells. Lidl also shared that it had identified 11 critical raw materials and committed to setting responsible sourcing targets for each group of items.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2021

All around, 2020 lessons learned are fueling improvements in this new year. Fulfillment professionals also made great strides in 2020, driven by necessity, and many lessons can be applied in the year ahead to keep customers happy and operations on track. Others adjusted throughout the year to improve or struggled mightily to the end.

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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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In Malaysia, CEVA Logistics worked closely with L’Oréal , a major producer of luxury and consumer products, to develop a social initiative of providing jobs for the hearing impaired at our warehouse since June 2020. Photo Credit: United Airlines. million gallons of SAF this year. Acting for Responsible Trade.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

port authorities and terminal operators, regulatory bodies, and Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCO) are all working on this topic. According to a July 2020 Oxfam Report, this could result in 6,000-12,000 deaths per day. Ports and hinterland carriers want to know what cargo (and how fast it) is approaching them, and where it is heading.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 2, 2021

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). You might remember the toilet paper and PPE shortage during this time period. Looking to compare and book freight?

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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. In fact, IT spend as a percent of business capex crossed over the prior ~10 year average in 2019 and we see that trend extending in early 2020.”. Natural disasters. Geopolitical events.

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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. [8]

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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. So how well is blockchain living up to commercial and organizational expectations?

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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. Image source: Bloomberg. Labor shortages , impeding the ability to get cargo unloaded, loaded, or moved.

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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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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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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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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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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Port backlogs, cargo limitations on container ships, and a lack of available equipment and port facility staffing.? on-highway diesel fuel prices are up $0.898 from the end of August 2020. Supply & Demand Chain Executive , in 2020, the ? Increasing fuel costs also play into the available capacity woes.? ? According to the?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

He concludes, “While the increasing computing costs can be shifted from the owners of the platforms to the shippers whose cargo is processed within those platforms, the scalability problem can’t be solved.” Bowman, “ Blockchain Gets a Boost in the Ag Supply Chain ,” SupplyChainBrain, 28 December 2020.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 31, 2022

Many retailers were slow to invest in required technologies until 2020 when the COVID pandemic temporarily forced physical stores to close and/or limit hours of operation, e-commerce purchases jumped, and last-mile delivery providers struggled to deliver goods on time to consumers. Costco, for example, acquired Innovel Solutions in 2020.

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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. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

The advent of containerization heralded a revolution in cargo handling techniques, the ramifications of which are still influencing maritime trade all over the world today. Source: project44 Monthly report. ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach which saw their busiest March on record, handling a combined 898,287 TEU’s.

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

And the severity of those impacts was only projected to grow beyond the first quarter of 2020. Fall in demand; cashflow shortfalls due to collection challenges; port congestion; and disruptions to air cargo, trucking and rail services, affect companies globally.

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AFFLINK

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

As we enter the last half of 2019 (and cast our eyes on 2020), there are a number of developments that need to be watched. With unique identifiers, shipments and cargo can be tracked on a transactional level. The entire history of a shipment or cargo can be tracked, with clear hand-off points and accountability. 5G and IoT.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

It’s important to note that any cargo from the Wuhan, Hubei Province (the origin of the outbreak), and other quarantine zones, are restricted from leaving the province, which includes full container loads (FCL), less than container loads (LCL), as well as air freight. Backup sourcing options. Chongqing Municipality. Jiangsu Province.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 14, 2023

Logistics Procurement – Performance Management by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Shortly after the outset of COVID, in early 2020, supply chains have been disrupted across the globe. Freight procurement is the mainstay of any supply chain professional but price is not the be-all and end-all.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 6, 2022

The sudden shift to purchasing goods online in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, caught shippers and last-mile carriers off guard. In 2020, FedEx acquired ShopRunner, an e-commerce platform that connects brands and merchants with online shoppers. Other tech providers in this space include Bringg and Delivery Solutions.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 9, 2023

We have made great strides in mitigating our sales and inventory exposure by sourcing through other vendors, which will fill the majority of the gap by the end of Q2,” Thorn said. Catch my twice-a-week column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo Next.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2024

Coast Guard authorities are assured that the bridge debris and/or underwater obstacles are sufficiently cleared for cargo ship navigation. How in this era of advanced technology, navigation and cargo ship advancements could such a disaster such as this occur?

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 21, 2021

The new concepts require: digital supply chain execution capabilities in transportation, warehouse, labor and fulfillment digital control towers fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), data science and analytics strategic product segmentation, sourcing and inventory management effective pricing and promotions management.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making. Between 1990 and 2020, the volume of cargo transported by ships more than doubled, from four to nearly 10.7

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Dollar Tree, whose 2020 revenues of $12.8 of Wal-Mart’s $559 billion in 2020 sales—has leased dedicated space on charter vessels and contracted for one three-year charter vessel, according to the Journal. The other retailers are leasing similarly sized vessels. Even some smaller chains are adopting the tactic.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 30, 2020

Truckers, warehouse workers and cargo handlers, all in a vast network, find themselves one endless day after the next getting food, medicine and, yes, toilet paper to customers. 1] Frank Morris, “ The Coronavirus Pandemic May Be Loosening Links In The Supply Chain ,” NPR, 27 March 2020. [2] ” Cost reduction.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Running over top of existing infrastructure and systems, a bot copies data from one source and pastes it into another. … They can also work in conjunction with AI-based intelligent routing systems that coordinate between multiple logistics partners, such as road freight, cargo ships and air freight.” After-sales service.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 2, 2021

I write for publications such as the Journal of Commerce and Air Cargo World. Source for the image below: WTO and UNCTAD for trade volume data; WTO for forecasts). Welcome to Rethinking Supply Chains by me, Cathy Roberson. I also do random supply chain projects for folks. in 2021 after falling 5.3%

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Turvo

AUGUST 3, 2021

The shocks of early 2020 hit the freight management and logistics supply chain hard. Increased risk of freight cargo claims. Diversify supplier and shipping options to source capacity. . The disruptions that showed up at the beginning of the year demonstrated the importance of flexibility and resilience.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 12, 2022

The operators contract with the port authority to move cargo through their terminals. In my book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19 (MIT CTL Media 2020), I explain how platform-based retailing gained another boost when the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the growth of online shopping.

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Resilinc

MARCH 22, 2022

Port disruptions were headline news throughout the year, from the COVID-19 lockdowns at Ningbo and other busy Chinese export hubs to the blockage of the Suez Canal by the Ever Given cargo ship.

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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. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. So what you might say?

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

2020 was a critical year for small importers. Of course, COVID-19 has accelerated this trend, with more consumers working from home and ordering online, while it’s also become easier for sellers to source on Alibaba, import, and then sell on Shopify or Amazon.com. But importing is still an uphill battle.

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