Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The increasing issues with tax and tariff shifts and the policies of China make the response more complicated. Inventories are out of balance with demand and the rising need for write-offs. Rolling Electrical Outages in China. Chemical Sector Inventory Availability. The chemical inventory levels continue to decline.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Retailers are reviving an old playbook to manage their inventory levels after four years of struggling to find the sweet spot of holding enough merchandise but not too much. Global shipping prices are continuing to rise as Houthi rebels keep up attacks on cargo vessels in and around the Red Sea. East Coast. 18 to $3,860.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Amazon achieved its fastest-ever global shipping times last year but isn’t resting on its laurels. Teradyne , a supplier of semiconductor testing equipment, pulled manufacturing worth about $1 billion out of China last year, a Teradyne spokesperson said on Monday, after U.S. technology from helping China’s military.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The cost of importing a 40’ container from China to the United States West Coast grew 1,000% from $1,800 in 2019 to over $20,000 in September 2021 according to our Freightos Baltic Index (FBX). We refined our data, limiting it to actual pricing used by logistics service providers to ship containers, to ensure validity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

As the bricks and mortar retailer is attacked by eCommerce pure plays—Amazon in North America, Alibaba in China, and Flipcart in India—assortment and excitement in the store become paramount to lure customers. Current State of Perpetual Inventory. Replenishment is fueled by an effective perpetual inventory signal.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Shipping containers are like scotch. . But decisions about how many barrels to produce or how many ships to sail have to be made in advance. As ocean carriers were just signing checks to build massive ships, the global financial crises hit and shipment volumes sunk like a Led Zeppelin. Enter COVID-19.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

The system wasn’t prepared for the surge, driving up pricing for transportation and sapping inventory levels. While supply chains are recovering, a recent survey found that 57% of shippers experienced longer lead times from suppliers in China. Build relationships with your 3PL for capacity and alternative shipping solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free). Since 1990, the size of ships increased 3X, but the design of the west coast ports remained largely unchanged.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

This small island is currently in the middle of political tensions between the US and China and represents 90% of the most sophisticated chips, such as those based on gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, which are used in the defense and aerospace sector. The China COVID disruption impact is ongoing creating container and chassis imbalances.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Like most industries, manufacturers around the world are feeling the pinch of inventory disruption brought on by shortages and other supply chain challenges. Depending on what report you read, manufacturers are either stockpiling inventory to meet service levels or scrambling to stock up on inventory and often miss the mark due to shortages.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

But decisions about how many barrels to produce or how many ships to sail have to be made in advance. As ocean carriers were just signing checks to build massive ships, the global financial crises hit and shipment volumes sunk like a Led Zeppelin. Businesses whose inventories ran down slowly since March started restocking.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

China-US container shipping rates sail past $20,000 to record. The second program, called “FBA Liquidations” will allow sellers to use Amazon’s “wholesale resale channel and technology” to recover a portion of their inventory cost from returned items and excess stock. USPS proposes holiday surcharges.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

are reporting that they are being inundated with requests from importers seeking to use provisions such as the “321 de minimis” rule, which allows goods worth less than $800 to be shipped to the U.S. Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. Relocating production from China. Buying forward.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

These facilities produce and ship 150,000 order lines per day. Rather than shipping directly from a factory or a distribution center to a different region, they shipped to a port hub where shipments from a region could be consolidated, allowing them to build fuller ocean containers and ship fewer loads.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For example, shippers spent much of last year bemoaning soaring ocean shipping rates and ships waiting for days to unload once they reached their destination port. Economists are beginning to speak of “immaculate disinflation.” Many companies work to conserve cash by paying their vendors more slowly.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Importing From China! To plan for Q4 inventory, you had to have your orders in place several months ago and now, it’s too late. Fortunately, there is a way for you to solve these supply chain issues, though, and it involves partnering with a 3PL fulfillment agent in China. Faster Shipping Times. The Essential Guide!

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 7, 2013

Apple Inc purchases raw materials from various sources then get them shipped to an assembling plant in China. From there, assembler will ship products directly to consumers (via UPS/Fedex) for those who buy from the Apples Online Store. Inventories can become obsolete or exceed the anticipated demand. Inventory Turnover.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The increasing issues with tax and tariff shifts and the policies of China make the response more complicated. Inventories are out of balance with demand and the rising need for write-offs. Rolling Electrical Outages in China. Chemical Sector Inventory Availability. The chemical inventory levels continue to decline.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. The massive global shipping squeeze. In their story about the shipping shortage, the CBC quoted shipping analyst Alan Murphy, who detailed how this changing demand has massively disrupted the global shipping market.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Currently, companies struggle with rolling electric outages in China. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Headline news included Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s struggling with inventory bloat and offering deep discounts. Why We Cannot Get Inventory Right.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 6, 2022

Pre pandemic we were importing the majority of our inventory from East Asia, in particular China and Japan. These businesses often collect tires of high quality as spare inventory and do not have the infrastructure in place to sell them. Lesson #1: Global supply chain challenges have businesses turning to local suppliers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The forecast can be compared to what actually shipped or sold. We are no longer just forecasting demand but also when trucks and factory machinery are likely to break down ( predictive maintenance ), the optimal amount of inventory to hold and where it should be held ( inventory optimization) , and labor forecasting in the warehouse.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Inventories at U.S. across the EU, and in China. And now on to this week’s logistics news. general merchandise stores expanded 1.2

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Demand Solutions

OCTOBER 18, 2016

In my previous articles on reducing inventory, I’ve explained the importance of setting a goal , fine-tuning your safety stock strategy , reducing your high-side forecast bias , and reducing stocking locations. The fifth thing you can do this week to reduce inventory is to spin the A’s. Shipping takes as long as it takes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2021

AI and machine learning provides more accurate information during the transportation planning process; using IoT to monitor shipments, cargo conditions, and yard management have allowed companies to make quick adjustments when disruptions occur; and mobile digital assistants provide feedback and instant visibility into shipments and inventory.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In mainland China (and even in other countries that celebrate the holiday such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei), the Chinese New Year holiday is a very big deal. Get prepared for the year of the rat with the best kind of red envelope, keeping your business in stock of inventory!

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

China, for example, only produces 14% of their total units, only 3% of those units end up being exported to the United States and 2% to EMEA. There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2022

slowdowns in China, and?unloading due to a lack of visibility, they are having a hard time effectively managing processes, and unloading imports, resulting in slow delivery times and shipping delays rippling across the entire supply chain. unloading in Los Angeles. surge in the consumer price index. continue to face challenges?with

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A factory in China was the same as a factory in Michigan. The internet, container shipping and international trading arrangements had supposedly shrunk the globe.”[1] you can’t load goods on a ship in Amsterdam and deliver them to Shanghai the next day). ” • Increase Inventories. Cerdeiro and Niels-Jakob H.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. Material Handling & Logistics ).

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. Inventories increased by 44% due to supply chain volatility. See the pattern?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2021

Shipping of finished products is done from the manufacturing sites. To support this level of responsiveness Pure Storage has more than 200 depots around the world that carry field service inventory. And when it looked like a lock down might be imminent, they rushed even more inventory in. The Pure Storage Supply Chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The enforcements of draconian lockdowns, various economies have experienced severe shocks, adversely affecting global trade, global tourism & travel, International Aviation and Airports as well as International Shipping and Ports. Arising from the pandemic is risk diversification i.e. reducing sourcing risks from China.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Air rates – Freightos Air Index China – N. kg China – N. Reports by many major retailers that inventories are now under control is a positive sign for the possibility of a restocking cycle after the holidays if spending holds up. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) increased 3% to $978/FEU. Europe – N.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We feel good about the composition of our inventory. It's been difficult to plan inventory flow with much precision.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

The information the companies gather could, for example, allow managers to receive information about unexpected frost harming cherry production or information about harvesting delays, which could result in inventory changes. Postal Service after UPS recently won the five-year contract.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The low rates that triggered Hanjin’s bankruptcy in 2017 quickly became a thing of the past, as surging demand, congestion, and a litany of global shipping catastrophes pushed ocean freight rates into the stratosphere. While high, the shipping costs typically paled in comparison to the lost sales due to inventory shortages.

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