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This Week in Logistics News (August 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. 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. 11 release.

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Supply Chain Impacts from Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Logistics Viewpoints

Its largest export markets are Russia, China, Germany, Poland, and Italy. International shipping has faired well so far. The post Supply Chain Impacts from Russia-Ukraine Conflict appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. So product supply shortages from Ukraine will most substantially affect agricultural commodities and metals.

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5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Shift in the centers of gravity of the demand: As of the beginning of April 2022, about four million Ukrainians have left the country for neighboring countries such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. The post 5 Steps to Address the Rising Geopolitical Risks to Your Supply Chain appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 30 – July 4, 2014)

Talking Logistics

In some instances, Google packs orders and hands them off to shipping partners for delivery the following day. . For the past year, I’ve been arguing that logistics — and same-day fulfillment, in particular — is becoming a strategic weapon for companies. Fallows called that commission “the core of the business model.”

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. Although we are a 3PL who supports manufacturers who ship, the more information we provide, the better off we all are. Read Full Post.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS (Bloomberg Technology).

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. It’s a global problem.