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How is the Logistics Economy Holding Up?

Logistics Viewpoints

But cross-border trade is an important part of the global economy and much of this trade is in physical goods that must be stored, shipped, transported, and eventually consumed. The report for August (released in late September) shows negligible changes in the aggregate. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Indexes The J.P.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

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Earlier this week, I read a sobering report from the national Retail Federation (NRF) regarding shrink. The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. Most reported in-store, e-commerce, and omni-channel fraud are all on the rise.

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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? Ralf Kahre and Patrick Gött began their presentation with an overview of BASF’s Business Process Management (BPM) Operating Model, and then discussed how they applied the model to improve the Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. Driving the Maersk Shift.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

The potential supply chain impacts of this conflict dwarf any other supply chain news that might be reported. Germany Freezes the Nord Stream 2 Project. Germany responded by halting certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Those shipments need to go by Ocean or the more expensive Air mode if ship berths can’t be found.

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ZF’s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

This technology company is headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany. ZF transforms those purchased products into over 2,000 products. MSCN solutions provide supply chain visibility, network-based applications, and network analytics. Which ship are the components being shipped on. We relied on that.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

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Container shipping prices skyrocket. Amazon said the development center in Helsinki will work alongside Amazon staff at the Amazon Scout R&D lab in Seattle, as well as teams in Tubingen, Germany, and Cambridge. New aircraft purchases are focused around twinjets such as the Boeing 767 and 777. Descartes acquires GreenMile.