MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 30, 2022

The white paper offers four primary examples: Extend the scope of supply chain design beyond cost minimization to embrace a broader set of factors including the diversity of global markets, value creation, and sustainability. For example, AI and ML can reduce the complexity of models by using clustering rules to perform aggregation tasks.

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o9 Solutions

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Hard and unseasonable frosts and increases in mildew devastated the vineyards of France, resulting in 80% of the county’s vineyards being damaged. Of these, about 30% cannot be consumed as they are currently at sea, stuck on a ship, or in warehouses and not on the shelves.

Scenario Planning 98

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Vinculum

JANUARY 15, 2021

The logistics of expanding your shipping are of course very important and shipping will be an important part of your strategy. Amazon, for example, has successful, reputable marketplaces in 11 different countries, and customers purchasing from 180. Introducing your products to new markets comes with major challenges.

Price Reduction 52

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Talking Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

Just like there is no such thing as free shipping, there is no such thing as free returns. I’ll just repeat what I said back in January: The bottom line is that product returns is yet another example of how “the way we’ve always done it” is just not going to cut it any more.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

These examples are from retail, but I sense that the same customer empowerment phenomenon is happening broadly across everything we do at Amazon and most other industries as well. In other words, if your shipping your own goods, you’re competition. Let’s Talk About Boats, Ships, and Trucks. Amazon’s logistics hiring plans.

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TMC

JANUARY 28, 2016

For example, early in the new year, Denmark tightened its border controls with Germany, after Sweden had imposed similar measures [2]. Probably the most notable outcome from a logistics standpoint has occurred in Calais, France, where trucks headed for the Channel Tunnel to the United Kingdom were being boarded by migrants.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

It won’t be good for many industry players if we don’t work together to build a modern shipping experience with the end user at heart first on our own. My team made a simple calculation of how many employees it takes to ship a package express versus shipping a container. Smart Contracts. Dynamic pricing.

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o9 Solutions

AUGUST 20, 2021

The process is becoming less siloed between in-store and online fulfillment and transitioning towards an all-encompassing approach where, depending on availability, fulfillment can be shipped from a distribution center or store directly to a customer. A great example of this is Target.

Omnichannel 52

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2017

For example, the terrorism related to the Syrian conflict forced Lebanese officials to reroute $1 billion worth of exports and resulted in the loss of $754 million in revenue for the Jordanian trucking industry. However, this growth in shipping volume has not been met with a matching investment in supply chain security.

Pharmaceutical 54

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

Ports See Costly Delays as Cargo Ships, Volumes Grow (WSJ – sub. US Navy to accompany US-flagged ships in Persian Gulf after Iran seizes vessel (Fox News). It serves both B2B and B2C customers in the United Kingdom, Spain and France. Fetch Robotics Unveils Robotics System for Logistics Industry. Con-way Inc. billion ($3.53

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 16, 2015

With a network of seven distribution centers (in Copenhagen, Jordan, Dubai, Nairobi, Tanzania, Cameroon, and Ghana), UNHCR can ship core relief items from these stockpiles to assist up to 600,000 people within 72 hours, if needed. The flow of refugees coming in through Calais, France, prompted the creation of Refugee Maps.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

Cliff is an international executive with thirty years of doing business on a global basis, including five years as an expat in Paris, France. So they don’t want to ship a lot of liquid by airplane because it’s expensive. I know you were, you know, you mentioned you were an expat in France. It’s a liquid form.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

Cliff is an international executive with thirty years of doing business on a global basis, including five years as an expat in Paris, France. So they don’t want to ship a lot of liquid by airplane because it’s expensive. I know you were, you know, you mentioned you were an expat in France. It’s a liquid form.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2020

Products are stored at an 84,000 sqm space in France which manages the distribution of tires across the whole of France and some neighboring countries. Therefore, to respond effectively to customers, whose expectations of service and speed are becoming greater than ever, it’s essential to have products in stock, ready to be shipped.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 21, 2016

billion in France to double capacity at Roissy airport. The latest example, as reported by Reuters: “IBM, U.S. Manhattan Associates Reports Record Third Quarter 2016 Performance. Cloud Logistics and project44 Team to Enhance Same Day TMS Projects and More. FedEx to invest $1.5 R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc.

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SupplyOn

JULY 10, 2018

At best, the supplier will have information in his ERP about which material is in which container, for example. But generally speaking, not even the shipping agent transporting the production material to the nearest port has this information. But there’s a construction site on the freeway so the truck can’t take the regular route.

Real-time Visibility 40

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Elementum

APRIL 22, 2015

Take America’s bridges for example—the United States has 600,000 that need to be inspected once every 24 months. Compare that to France, one of the most liberal countries when it comes to drone regulation, where 1,600 different companies have obtained a commercial drone operation license using the country’s standardized regulatory pathway.

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Unleashed

MAY 22, 2022

Daniel Bull-Clearie from Mara Seaweed, for example, says they always know “minimum stock levels within each of those locations, forecast sales within each of those areas, understanding what lead times are or the agility of the 3PLs to ensure that we’ve got finished goods within those areas.”

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 6, 2022

If there is a single moment that highlights the effectiveness of this supply chain, it might be D-Day — the Allied invasion of France that spelled the end of the Nazi regime in Germany. ”[3] The link between the phases was getting the men from England to France. It took place 78-years ago on 6 June 1944. ”[4].

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Taulia

MARCH 15, 2023

Higher input costs, for example, raw materials and labor, increase the cost of producing and distributing goods and reduce profit margins. in December, with France recording 6.7%. Inflation is not just an abstraction represented in percentages: it can have real and lasting effects on both consumers and the businesses that serve them.

Ukraine 52

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Eight people tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, while five British nationals tested positive in France following the businessman’s trip to a French ski resort, and an NHS clinic he attended had to be temporarily closed. Take, for example, procurement of equipment and supplies in healthcare. Pharmaceuticals. Automobiles.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

My dad went through 13 weeks of basic training, had a short furlough and was shipped to Scotland. On June 3, 1944, they boarded the USS Thomas Jefferson troop ship and spent three days in the English Channel waiting for the bad storms to pass. Once again, he got very sea sick. He was in the second wave of the D Day invasion.

Military 40

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 24, 2017

This is largely true, but not every product category is available in each market, nor is every service offer, like same day shipping. Order frequency, order minimums, preparations specifications and paperwork requirements are examples of how commercial teams can negotiate terms with a customer and have outsized impacts on fulfillment costs.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Zara also works with Air France, KLM Cargo and Emirates Air in order that they can coordinate directly with the airlines to make the outbound shipments to its stores and bring back some raw materials and semi-finished materials with return legs. Moreover, products can be shipped to stores in-time then lost sales is minimal.

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ShipBob

JULY 6, 2022

The different steps in a fulfillment process include things like order processing, order receiving, warehousing, order picking and packing, shipping, and order tracking. For example, British and Australian English will add a “u” to words like labor or flavor so it becomes labour or flavour. If you’re shipping from the U.K

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

In addition, Liège is equidistant from the major cities of Amsterdam (Netherlands), Frankfurt (Germany), and Paris (France). This in turn allowed Wal-Mart to replicate sales successes between outlets; creating and managing peaks in demand via its systems for buying, shipping, and of course, warehousing. Who Will Do Your Warehousing?

Warehousing 53

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

The number of vessels waiting to cross the Panama Canal has reached 154, and slots for carriers to book passage are being reduced in an effort to manage congestion caused by ongoing drought conditions that have roiled the major shipping gateway since the spring. By location, 546 of the roles were in the US, followed by the UK and France.

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Freightera

APRIL 28, 2020

They are making good progress and have the most advanced PI implementation roadmap in the world, and has significant momentum with projects notably in Austria, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. For example, moving a semi-trailer from Montreal to LA. Now planning for complete Physical Internet system by 2030.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 12, 2022

Examples of ways customers are using omnichannel retail include: Buy online and pick up in-store (BOPIS). Buying products in-store, then having them shipped to their homes. BOPIS (more on that in a moment) is one of the most common examples of omnichannel retailing. Take Ulta, for example.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

It’s Mind-Bogglingly Cheap to Ship To China. Supply and demand on US-China exports, combined with historically low freight prices, meant that, shipping a 40′ foot container from the Port of Long Beach to the Port of Shenzhen costs less than the price of a mid-range MacBook. The Chinese Middle Class Is Huge.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 22, 2018

This is the fusible plastic or packs of small metal beads, for example. One forward looking building company in France built a small house using only 3D printed components. From a spares point of view, supply chain operations can reduce or eliminate warehousing and shipping. Parts and products can then be 3D-printed on demand.

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Freightos

JUNE 6, 2016

This new Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) rule amendment aims to reduce incidents involving containers on board ships, because incorrect declarations of the weight of packed containers is often a contributing factor. For example, in France a full 70% of FCL quotes include weights, but in the Netherlands it’s only 20%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2021

For example, yesterday was Major League Baseball’s opening day, which turned into a rainout for my hometown Red Sox. America’s imports are stuck on ships floating off LA. While the shipping bottleneck from the Ever Given should begin to dissipate, another bottleneck in the US looms: port congestion.

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QAD

APRIL 20, 2021

This hasn’t happened as evidenced by disruptions from the storms in Texas, new COVID-19 shutdowns in France and the ship that blocked the Suez Canal. For example, take strategic sourcing. Even the most efficient logistics are constrained by distance and the speed of a train, ship, truck or airplane.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 90

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

My dad went through 13 weeks of basic training, had a short furlough and was shipped to Scotland. On June 3, 1944, they boarded the USS Thomas Jefferson troop ship and spent three days in the English Channel waiting for the bad storms to pass. Once again, he got very sea sick. He was in the second wave of the D Day invasion.

Military 9

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Every year, tens of thousands of containers carrying goods are shipped back and forth to the UK. Ships sailing to Rotterdam from Britain would no longer be able to pass through the express lane for customs clearance. Therefore, finished cars are shipped back to EU countries.

Automotive 136

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

B2B marketplaces operate within an online portal that is usually managed by a large eCommerce outlet – Alibaba is an example. B2B marketplaces usually offer support beyond purchasing – such as payment and shipping services What are the benefits of B2B marketplaces? There are multiple benefits of B2B marketplaces.

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