The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 10, 2023

Jorge is Co-CEO of The Nearshore Company , where he helps North American, European, and Asian manufacturing companies to successfully establish reliable manufacturing operations in Mexico. in International Relations from Mexico’s Universidad Iberoamericana, and an MBA from New York University. Jorge holds a B.A.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a two part series featuring Chuck Intrieri, who along with providing excellent insights over at his industry leading The Lean Supply Chain blog, is also a consultant who works with companies for Cost Reduction, Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection. What is Manufacturing?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. For the specific routing of Shanghai to New York , the index was $11, 531, reflecting a six percent decline. . Global Shipping. Shipping Transit Timeliness.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Transportation and freight costs are reduced.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Well, now there is one, thanks to the folks at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. And with their latest installment covering the month of May, they’ve announced the launch of the GSCPI as an official New York Fed research product that will be updated monthly. Where to Learn More.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 8, 2023

After gaining vital international experience in manufacturing and transpacific shipping, he took on a variety of roles back in the U.S. About Qualle Since launching in May 2022, Qualle has quickly built up a substantial trucker base that spans from the LA and Long Beach ports to New York, New Jersey, Savannah, Houston, and Memphis ports.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Analysts point to the steep decline in orders for new transportation equipment as evidence that manufacturers are seeing weakness. In reality, it may not be softening demand at the root of manufacturers’ slowdown in the bookings for new trucks, trailers and other equipment. On one hand, new orders for U.S.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 24, 2021

The subway system is the lifeblood of New York City, pre-COVID carrying an average of 5.5 There are many pieces of the modern manufacturing supply chain. Making matters worse, many manufacturers are currently using legacy systems with rules of thumb, outdated algorithms, or personal instinct to manage inventory.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. It will get worse – the invasion will create major new constraints on Asian ocean and air exports with spot container pricing.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Intel is investing over $20 billion to build two new chip factories in Ohio. Department of Transportation ). Consultancy UK).

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 24, 2023

About Returnity Returnity , headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, is a triple bottom line company dedicated to supporting its investors, the community, and the planet. Specializing in reusable packaging solutions, Returnity offers a wide range of products to companies and organizations.

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QAD

MAY 23, 2023

The goal, from a manufacturing perspective, is clear: learn how to do more with less as efficiently as possible while maintaining profitability and complying with due diligence legislation. Ninety percent of companies have an ESG strategy in place and chances are good yours does, too – or will very soon.

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2020

Manufacturing in Singapore. Typical manufactured products include electronics, chemicals, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, biomedical products, scientific instruments, telecommunications equipment, processed food and beverages, ship repair and offshore platform construction. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a further negative drop in the New York Federal Reserve’s Global Supply Chain Pressures Index ( GSPI ). This index compiles 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog.

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Unleashed

APRIL 2, 2024

In this issue: The latest in global supply chain news Insights from an ecommerce niche-market pioneer Tips for reducing transportation costs Job opportunities from Sony, Patagonia, and more In supply chain headlines Food & Beverage sector sees continued growth and innovation. Over 1/3 of manufacturers struggling with data.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Transportation Insight Announces Acquisition of Parcel Logistics Leader BirdDog Solutions. SCApath and New Course LLC Announce Merger. Retailers and manufacturers need to be positioned to respond to this dynamic demand. Everything is gray. But nothing moves today.”.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This is not just my personal observation but the consensus of leading financial experts around the world who are regularly briefed by manufacturers, logistics providers and retailers. Image source: New York Times. The good news: we have the technology to solve this now.

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Technology could improve New York’s taxi system. This changed when some talented professionals recognized that applying queuing theory to the data derived from PLCs would enable auto manufacturers to forecast production line bottlenecks. Yet New York City is increasing the number of taxis by 2000 cabs.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Fearing added market protective measures, auto makers such as BYD have further been quickly moving to establish a domestic manufacturing presence on the continent. He has reportedly led the buildout of this automaker’s data centers in Texas and New York. Other makers might follow in establishing EU production sites.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 22, 2024

As a result of mediated collective bargaining, port operators agreed to raise their offer of wage hikes to a 62 percent increase over six years of a new contract ending the three day walkout. Yet, there is still a reported lag times related to movement of containers to intermodal inland rail or surface trucking transportation.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2024

With that, let’s turn to and analyze PMI-Manufacturing. Key Economic Indicator #5: PMI-Manufacturing The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI for December 2023 decreased to 47.9 Flash US Manufacturing Output Index. Flash US Manufacturing PMI. The flash PMI results signal a change from PMI-Manufacturing last month.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 19, 2023

With that let’s turn to and analyze PMI-Manufacturing. Key Economic Indicator #5: PMI-Manufacturing The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI for June 2023 reached a six-month low of 46.3 This decline was primarily because of a drop in output, new orders, and suppressed demand. That’s the national labor snapshot for June.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2023

A few weeks ago I wrote that Little Brown Bakers, the manufacturer behind Girl Scout Cookies , is warning of unforeseen supply issues that will be impacting both manufacturing and distribution of its treats. The new facility will add more than 300 jobs and grow JD.com’s warehouse footprint to 1.3

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2019

A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. Inside Google’s Rebooted Robotics Program (New York Times) Transplace Invests in New Operations Center in Northwest Arkansas Black & Decker Fined $1.8M For Power Tools Sold In Iran.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2014

August 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). across from the Empire State Building in Midtown [and on the same busy street as Macy’s flagship store], would function as a mini warehouse, with limited inventory for same-day delivery within New York, product returns and exchanges, and pickups of online orders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

FreshDirect is expected to retain its current branding and continue to operate out of New York City. Amazon is laying off dozens of R&D and manufacturing staff working on the company’s drone delivery initiative, according to the Financial Times. PCS Software (PCS) announced announced the acquisition of UltraShipTMS.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

The responsibility for container safety is shared across the supply chain, with solutions for safer container transport including proper packing, stowage, and securing of containers, and reporting of correct weight. They include Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). JDA Unleashes New Levels of Supply Chain Visibility Across its Portfolio with TransVoyant. MacroPoint Announces Platform Integration with JDA Transportation Management Solution.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Americans’ concern over rising prices is at a record high, according to a recent survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. According to the National Association of Manufacturers , “CEOs pointed to increased supply chain costs as the greatest current inflation-related stressor for their businesses.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Then I went to Troy Built in Upstate New York, and I was the Director of Materials Management, which means I had everything from the manufacturer/supplier all the way through manufacturing. However, my duty did not go all the way out to the consumer. Supply chain, in my opinion, is really not technical.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 21, 2014

To become demand driven (or market driven), they need to learn how to speak a new language. Tonight, I am stuck at a New York airport in a snow storm. For example, in a hospital, it is the translation of usage in a procedure to hospital order to a distributor and the translation of that usage to an order for a manufacturer.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

A global study conducted by Gartner, the global research and advisory firm—surveying over 1,300 supply chain professionals—found that 56% of the respondents think that automation enables them to make onshore manufacturing economically viable. All parties along the transport chain need to be well joined up.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

According to the latest Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSPI) , compiled and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , overall pressures increased in April. This index complies 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Similarly, transportation and logistics cost volatility remains uncertain.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Federal Bank of New York.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment. Inflation set in for fuel and transport costs, increasing logistics costs as a whole over last year. That led to some positive changes as transport prices began to decline.

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Veridian Solutions

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Although not as sizable as other Chinese cities, Wuhan has more than 11 million people, making it considerably larger than New York City. More than 300 of the world’s 500 largest companies have a presence in Wuhan, with the city being one of China’s largest manufacturing centers.

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