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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 11/25/2022-12/02/2022

All Things Supply Chain

Qatar failing to keep its climate pledge for the 2022 World Cup Before the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar pledged to make this the first carbon neutral…

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Freight and Football/Soccer: Five Interesting Analogies

BlueYonder

The whole world is gripped by football/soccer fever these days with the FIFA Football World Cup in Qatar springing one surprise after another. I do this to point out the sheer analogy between such a goal – which in the commentator’s words “ oozes class ” – and the freight management/logistics management industry. for our customers.

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The Real Winner at the 2022 World Cup? Supply Chain.

BlueYonder

The entire world is gearing up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup , held in Qatar from Nov. million fans will descend on Qatar for this event — which marks the first time an Arab country has hosted the World Cup. 20 through Dec. Over the course of four weeks, 32 teams and over 1.7 With a population of just 2.9

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Carriers, freight forwarders, and shippers that were dealing with the China to North America trade lanes were already operating in crisis mode. They are predicting Ocean is going to increase 2-3x from $10,000 to container to over $30,000 per container and that Air freight spot rates and lead times are going to increase 3-4 times.

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Freightos is going public…and how we got here

Freightos

This is an exciting milestone that accelerates our vision of a digital platform that modernizes international freight and improves global trade. We passed this cost on to the lighting fixture manufacturers, who no doubt passed on these costs to the consumers. Today we’re excited to announce that (drumroll…) Freightos is going public!

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The countdown is officially on for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Instead, due to the climate in Qatar, the tournament was pushed out to November and December. This, along with a host of controversies, have led many to believe that awarding Qatar with the World Cup was a blatant mistake. trade with Asia.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech- June 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Freightos Limited , a global freight booking and payment platform, and Gesher I Acquisition Corp., According to a published report from the Japan Times , Panasonic Holdings announced that its battery manufacturing unit plans to quadruple production of electric vehicle batteries by fiscal 2028 amid increasing demand from U.S.