Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2023

From the “long shot but worth a try” files, Bed Bath & Beyond is seeking tens of millions of dollars from container shipping lines, claiming the carriers willfully abandoned service commitments at the height of supply-chain turbulence to reap enormous profits from the market turmoil.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 16, 2022

Many pundits insist that anyone who believes the global supply chain is going to return to normal is suffering from this form of insanity. ”[1] Noted supply chain expert Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder of Supply Chain Insights, put it another way. .”[1] … What can we learn? ”[2].

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 series our fire-side chat column with key people in the supply chain industry. Katie describes herself as “ passionate about driving efficiency & innovation in Supply Chain through technology” – a quality that is very relevant to face-up to the many supply chain challenges in our path !

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

For Bollore a deal would mean cutting ties with its biggest business while offering cash-rich CMA CGM a chance to bolster its bid to offer end-to-end transportation services and supply chain management. In percentage terms, Vietnam’s exports grew the most.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 25, 2020

American manufacturers are adapting to significant modulation in the nature of their supply chains as market forces and current global events promote operating “closer to home”. Global supply chains were being disrupted long before Covid-19 emerged,” says Kamala Raman, senior director analyst with the Gartner Supply Chain Practice.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication. The acquisition will create what Swissport describes as a single point of contact for shippers, cargo airlines, and freight forwarders while offering such services as aircraft handling, warehousing, customs clearance, tracking, and preparation for final delivery.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights updated forecasts and support services related to the 2024 holiday fulfillment period. As Supply Chain Matters highlighted in January 2024 , the initial 2023 holiday sales number was reported as $964.4 Noted was that spending is expected to increase between 2.5 percent and 3.5 billion, a 3.8

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 10, 2021

Global Supply Chain & Sourcing Director for ECCO Global Shoe Production & Sourcing. We are pleased to bring back in 2021 our fire-side chat column with key people in the supply chain industry. In 2014, I was appointed Global Supply Chain role with ECCO Shoes and relocated back to Singapore.

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Freightos

MARCH 10, 2016

The world’s most popular route is still chock full of surprises, including: Vietnam has emerged as star exporter to the U.S., Venture Capital Loves Freight. The industry talk is now on how consumer e-commerce attitudes are starting to impact freight. BETTER INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT HAS ARRIVED. So much is changing.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It’s time to evolve your supply chain from one-size-fits-all to purpose-built. Do your business leaders believe they’ve locked down your supply chain network with the right partners, processes, technologies and contingencies that can overcome next week’s challenges as well as next year’s?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Freight Shipments Fell 0.7% I’m guessing, however, that many supply chain and logistics software vendors (and probably many 3PLs too) rushed to their phones yesterday to call Home Depot’s SVP of Supply Chain Management in hopes of getting a piece of that $300 million pie. XPO Logistics Agrees to Acquire NLM.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

Almost 75 percent of US companies are experiencing capacity shortfalls in their supply chains, due to Coronavirus-linked transport disruptions , a new study has shown. With some 5 million companies impacted by China’s supply chain woes, the picture is similar in other parts of the world. The Auto Industry.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

The areas that will be deliberated in future articles are ocean shipping market landscape, freight procurement, reliability & visibility and the competitive landscape. We can observe this quite clearly in the growth experienced in countries like Vietnam, India as well as Hungary and Mexico.

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QAD

JANUARY 9, 2020

Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Thailand’s transportation and communication pathways are well-developed for manufacturing supply chains. Thailand’s 63 paved airports moved 2,134,149,001 mt-km of freight in 2015. Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Australia and Malaysia. of the workforce.

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Unleashed

MARCH 31, 2021

We live in a global economy and that has made the supply chain all the more important – these days partner companies could be anywhere in the world, facing any number of challenges. However, when people refer to supply chains, they often use the terms ‘supply chain’ and ‘logistics’ interchangeably.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 28, 2021

But the world’s demand for clean energy is running up against some hard realities in the global supply chain and one of the most erratic transportation markets in history. Rising material costs and historically high freight rates can eat into the profitability of your renewable energy project. Lack of supply chain visibility.

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QAD

JULY 18, 2024

Introduction The accurate analysis and calculation of total landed costs is imperative for organizations with global supply chain operations. Rather than view supply chain operations as a series of discrete business functions, it must be viewed in its entirety with the goal of reducing total landed costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. supply chain activity. imports peaked at 21.6 percent in 2022.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 31, 2021

In a recent webinar on the state of risk and trends in supply chains, Resilinc CEO, Bindiya Vakil, and Director of Supply Chain Risk Consulting, Hirra Akhtar, described how aftershocks arising from the pandemic continue to disrupt supplies and logistics, and that these disruptions will continue well into 2022.

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Freight Plus

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Retailers such as Walmart, Home Depot, Ikea (who is also buying their own containers), Dollar Tree, and Costco (which will lease smaller charters through next year) have all chartered their own vessels to help combat severely supply chain constraints. Vietnam is slowly opening back up but production will take time to ramp.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 24, 2015

Lots of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to the items that caught my attention: Amazon now ships to your Audi’s trunk ( USA Today ). JDA “Writes the Book” on Supply Chain. Robinson Expands Asian Operations to Vietnam. February 2015 North American Freight Numbers.

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Material Handling & Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

One to two weeks before CNY, factories will speed up their production causing a surge of freight. The rates are slightly higher but this measure will keep your supply chain running. . Vietnam – Lunar New Year – February 14-20 . During CNY they will close down completely. Mainland China – CNY – February 15-21.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Check out Peeling Back The Orange Juice Supply Chain! The supply chain process of coffee beans typically contains seven levels: growing, harvesting, hulling, drying and packing, bulking, blending and roasting. The entire supply chain is linked by several intermediaries. Email Address. The Journey.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. South Korea has a strong infrastructure to support its manufacturing supply chain. This robust infrastructure makes it easy to move freight in or out of the country quickly and easily. The annual freight traffic on registered carriers was 11.297 billion mt-km in 2015.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Rising costs of labor in China and other places. But things have changed a bit since then.

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All Things Supply Chain

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Amazon Sued by Supplier for Breach of Agreement Gilimex Inc a Vietnamese warehouse equipment manufacturer is suing Amazon for $280 million, claiming that the e-commerce giant backed away from agreements…

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

In the retail sector, supermarkets in many countries have seen their highest weekly sales ever, as consumers stock up on goods that they fear may be in short supply. Elizabeth de Jong of the UK Freight Trade Association told the BBC that the demand has been 50 to 100 per cent above usual, and road hauliers have adapted to keep up.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights the latest financial performance from bellwether firms in CPG , online retail, high tech and consumer electronics regarding ongoing supply chain related inflationary cost and supply impacts on performance. Supply chain cost inflation remains prominent. Online Retail.

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Freight Plus

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Lots happening in the Supply Chain space. Any freight they reject just pushes back into the domestic OTR space-putting further pressure on rates and capacity. Rolling blackouts in China are impacting production and although the situation in Vietnam is slowly improving, there are still significant challenges on the origin side.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 10, 2021

Uber Freight recognizes the importance of managed transportation. Uber Freight has aquired Transplace. The LTL space remains significantly tight as well-no relief there at all. New activity in the M&A space-check out the details in the attached report. The acquisition comes at a time of accelerated transformation in logistics.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2019

What is your air freight strategy for the year ahead? The surge in demand for air freight that took off in mid-2016 normalized in early 2018. The surge in demand for air freight that took off in mid-2016 normalized in early 2018. Airlines continue to hone their air freight capacity strategy. Two steps to take now.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2021

And did we mention that many retailers are scrambling since factories in Vietnam are shut down or operating at very limited capacity due to COVID outbreaks. Many retailers who rely on merchandise produced in Vietnam are re-evaluating what they can get to showrooms in time for fall and winter. s freight system.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers and clients with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported June and Q2- 2024 global PMI activity levels. United States As Supply Chain Matters has observed in our prior highlights, the two followed indices of U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers a published report noting how various manufacturers are seeking and establishing added resiliency and control of component and production networks. A published Future of Freight study sponsored by Deloitte in September 2022 indicated that U.S. We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Lead times are typically 30-45 days for ocean freight, plus production time. Supply chain visibility is often limited. Raw material prices and freight rates can swing dramatically, affecting landed costs. Many companies are now developing parallel supply sources in countries like Vietnam or India.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

2015 was a big year in terms of logistics and globalization for Amazon, who began making their way into the shipping industry, registering in China as a freight forwarder and a shipping broker for 12 routes, including Shanghai to Los Angeles and Hamburg. Next up: The Role of Traceability in the Pharma Supply Chain.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2019

What is your air freight strategy for the year ahead? The surge in demand for air freight that took off in mid-2016 normalized in early 2018. The surge in demand for air freight that took off in mid-2016 normalized in early 2018. Airlines continue to hone their air freight capacity strategy. Two steps to take now.

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