ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

With Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) ToolsGroup’s manufacturing customers commonly achieve a 10-30% reduction in inventory, improve product availability to 96% or better, and reduce overhead (such as overtime and expedited freight) by 50%. Forecast errors halved. 50% reduction in overhead (such as overtime and expedited freight).

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

Examples of this include expediting with LTL and air freight and costly in-network transfers from warehouse to warehouse–all of which erode profit margins. Use demand modeling to fine-tune demand forecasts. Commonly companies will use a “firefighting” response in times of supply chain disruption in order to meet service levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2024

and global ports, with highly complex air freight systems suffering the heaviest hit, as global airlines grounded flights. and global ports, with highly complex air freight systems suffering the heaviest hit, as global airlines grounded flights. consensus forecast. And now on to this week’s logistics news. billion from $9.4

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 Soft demand in Europe and the US led to an overall decline of 7.5 UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 18, 2021

Chris Pickett is the Lead Market Analyst and Founder of Pickett Research, LLC – an independent market research firm focused exclusively on the dynamics that drive US truckload freight rates. The next 3 bullet points are cut and pasted from the Picket Research website.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

According to the IHS Markit 2022 Automotive Market Outlook, the European car production forecast for 2022 decreased by 2 million in comparison with the forecast predicted only eleven months prior. The main destinations of vehicle exports were Europe, Middle East and Africa and South America. million cars.

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Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit in Europe, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have further exacerbated current food chain problems, but a solid supply chain should be equipped to withstand this pressure to a certain extent. The post Food Supply Chain Issues appeared first on Elementum.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ZF sends the call-off, along with the forecast, not just to their suppliers, but to their carriers and 3PLs. Even before COVID, Mr. Sobeck explained, forecast accuracy had been declining as product sales became more volatile. Decreasing forecast accuracy makes it more difficult to run a lean supply chain. The Path Forward.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

German logistics giant DHL Group is advising customers to take a close look at how they manage inventories as shippers switch away from the Red Sea, though trade associations said they did not expect any notable disruptions for Europe’s top economy. When it comes to inflation forecasting , pretty everyone had it wrong.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 27, 2020

After an extremely volatile first half of the year, the challenges in the air freight market look set to continue into 2021, requiring both foresight and forward planning from businesses. A turbulent six months for air freight. This caused an overheated market, with the price of air freight increasing by as much as 400%.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That in turn, has facilitated more discipline in ocean container freight rates among the globe’s most traversed trade routes from Asia to the markets of developed countries. Europe and Asia , stood at $9,304 per 40-foot container, a 110 percent increase from the same index at the close of 2020.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

Transportation has followed the same evolutionary pattern, moving upstream from day-to-day freight transactions to an integral component of top-level corporate planning and procurement strategy. routes continue to hold steady but there has been a sharp decline in the rates for Asia-Europe routes. Disaggregate freight spend data.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

An invasion would send prices for both fuels higher, leading to more inflation, rising costs for a wide range of commodities including food, as well as freight surcharges and impacts on downstream markets. and Europe, refugee crises in Europe and even popular uprisings among the poor in countries that rely on Ukrainian grain exports.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions in Iceland, for example, caused enormous disruption to air shipments across Western Europe. There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. Molex began the journey with Nexus by working to improve visibility to ocean freight. Keys to Success.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It was recently reported that one of the world’s biggest container logistics companies, Maersk, will only handle cargo from direct shippers, cutting out freight forwarders. 1 carrier stopping its dealings with even a portion of the world’s freight forwarders? It seems to me small freight forwarders, in particular, are at risk.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Paid subscription or metered view) that ocean container freight rates related to the most active global shipping lanes continue to decline amid what is traditionally considered the peak shipping period leading up to the holiday fulfillment season in the November-December period. Added Perspectives.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A new study by the Center for Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chains (CSLS) at Kühne Logistics University, in cooperation with the European Freight & Logistics Leaders’ Forum, clearly shows that environmental and economic objectives are not in conflict and often well aligned. This is now changing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to executing mode-specific freight moves from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively, transportation execution and visibility solutions play a critical role. The company acquired Potsdam-based Synfioo–the leading rail visibility company in Europe, in April 2022. Final Thought.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

More specifically, it took 83 days for container transport from Europe to Asia, and 88 days from North America to Asia. The Freightos Baltic Index Global Container Freight Index shows the cost of shipping freight remains hugely elevated – more than double the price a year earlier.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Many functions are required to complete this, including: Maritime, road freight, digital freight, truck, and/or air delivery services. Freight forwarding. The logistics sector is rapidly growing and there is no shortage of groundbreaking technology and premiere partners in North America, Europe, and beyond.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

Prices for ocean freight, whilst dropping slightly more recently, have skyrocketed over the last 24 months, at times reaching ten or twenty times the pre-pandemic price in the spot market. China’s lockdowns have been a contributing factor to us hurtling towards a global recession.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Foxconn Forecasts Challenging Operating Environment This Year. Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. In 2021, rail links between China and Europe reportedly moved upwards of 1.4 East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Demand sensing involves the use of the external data sources – particularly the latest sales and market data – to improve short-term forecasting and then be able to use that improved understanding of consumer behavior to improve their supply planning. The company chose 4Flow to do transportation planning and execution in Europe.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2020

Just as China managed to start ramping up production, demand began plunging in its main export markets, especially Europe and the United States, due to far-reaching lockdowns imposed by governments in a desperate bid to contain the Coronavirus. They are not expected to reopen before March 30. They are not expected to reopen before March 30.

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Proxima

JULY 16, 2020

At our recent webinar, held with Supply Chain and Logistics consultancy Hatmill, Proxima’s Simon Geale welcomed Joe Metcalf, Johnathan Foster, Neil Jordan, and Simon Dixon to discuss their advice on the tools needed now to achieve supply chain and logistics success across: warehousing, automation, freight, and reverse logistics.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 1, 2016

DB Schenker Signs on With uShip Online Freight Platform (WSJ – sub. project44 Achieves Groundbreaking Level of Connectivity with 1000+ Freight APIs. Trucker Path Joins AscendTMS™ to Offer Free Transportation Management Software (TMS) to Carriers and Freight Brokers. Companies like XPO Logistics Inc.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 100

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

This causes a misalignment of actions, such as suppliers not making the right item at the right time due to forecast inaccuracy. Aggregate forecasts are more accurate than individual forecasts. In-bound freight delivery efficiency can be optimised by consolidating in-distribution hubs and reducing stock levels at country level.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Andrew Viteritti, Lead for the Commerce and Regulation division of the Economist Intelligence Unit Global Forecasting group began his presentation by reviewing the current and future state of the global economy. The EU economies will also be hit, especially Germany and Eastern Europe as we go into winter in 2022. Not likely.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

Fast moving forward into 2022 ongoing widespread congestions in ports, container shortages, and volatile shifts in demand for goods from Western economies causing freight rates to skyrocket ended up adding extreme pressure on the main cost drivers of the ocean side of the supply chains and beyond. Supply Chain KPI Dashboard.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

Solve for Europe, solve for the world. Europe is also more complex than North America, given factors such as the sheer number of countries and the wide variability in policies, infrastructure and the like. We learned a great deal that can help Europe and, in turn, the globe. For the UK, it’s 71%.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

For fast moving products, they use the production facilities in Europe. In order to compensate a long waiting time, Adidas uses air freight or courier service. Forecasting and new product introduction has always been the issues for many FMCG companies, P&G is no exception. Zara is very famous for its time based strategy.

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By doing physical inventory counts you can improve demand forecasting, minimize stockouts, maintain inventory shrinkage, and more. This helps you understand trends so you can be better informed during inventory procurement and when you’re forecasting demand. Demand forecasting is predicting future orders by using historical data.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 13, 2015

What service levels can be realistically expected and how to manage reliability in such a fragment road freight market? Freight forwarding specifics to China. Is the trade imbalance between China and Europe going to keep freight costs towards Asia low for the foreseeable future? Rietdijk, SVP Global Sourcing – Vestas.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2016

Transervice Announces Launch of Tech-Based Freight Management Company. Let’s hope the company has better luck in Europe delivering packages on-time next holiday season. INTTRA Collaborates with JDA Software for Streamlined Transportation Management. LoJack SCI and TransVoyant Partner to Deliver Supply Chain Risk Alerting.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 100

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Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). Adorable self-driving robots will start making deliveries in Europe this month (Quartz). percent from 3 percent.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 14, 2020

and Europe. The empty container supply has also dwindled in regions where China trade has been a catalyst, primarily North America and Europe, this can have a ripple effect if these empty containers do not get repositioned back to China to support the increase demand that is anticipated at the tail end of March into April.

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QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The same applies to automotive manufacturing in Europe, where investing in additional warehousing space is a lot more expensive than the cost of transportation. Competing rail transportation in Europe, Japan and Korea, is also fairly entrenched, sometimes providing the coverage of the last mile. A Rising Trend with Global Potential.

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