The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

International Airports and Ports almost came to a standstill as the worlds international airline fleets were grounded and maritime shipping disrupted and stalled. The pandemic exposed major supply chain vulnerabilities affecting the Manufacturing, Industrial Logistics , Commercial sectors as well as Food Security challenges.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The long and unpredictable peak shipping season continues to challenge supply chains. A 2021 Peak Shipping Season survey conducted by Edelman Intelligence found hiring to be a strong concern among supply chain decision makers with 90% having a strong need to increase hiring to account for peak season and beyond. Higher freight volumes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. It’s an apt metaphor for ocean shipping these past many months. And the list goes on.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Since 1990, the size of ships increased 3X, but the design of the west coast ports remained largely unchanged. meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2 meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The Company focused primarily on retail planning and wanted to extend its capabilities into a consumer products manufacturing solutions offering. The taxonomies and goals are different.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Medical Device manufacturers face an increasingly dynamic and intricate landscape. Innovative personalized manufacturing approaches have emerged, yet many organizations struggle to fully realize their potential in this rapidly evolving race.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Tomorrow, 4 October, is National Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) — which is celebrated annually on the first Friday in October. The day is set aside to honor those who manufacture goods in the United States. manufacturing innovation, the growth potential of these jobs is high — more than 1.3 Driven by a renewed investment in U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

True resiliency is achieved when supply chain leaders can predict issues and dynamically respond – from sourcing and manufacturing to final delivery – with agile solutions. Do you know, at a glance, how many component parts were shipped and if they will arrive in time?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Global Manufacturing PMI Global Trade as a Barometer Clearly domestic business activity is much larger than international trade. 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. Source: J.P.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2025

Automotive Supply Chain: Production Shifts and Border Congestion The North American auto industry is among the largest impacted, as Mexico occupies a significant role in parts manufacturing and vehicle assembly. are expected to rise by $3,000 to $12,000 per car, forcing manufacturers to either pass costs to consumers or cut production.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2021

Whether shipping COVID-19 vaccines, test kits or ventilators ; office supplies; clothing; or groceries, some shippers rode thorough preparedness to a competitive advantage in 2020. Parcel shipping volume skyrocketed. Others adjusted throughout the year to improve or struggled mightily to the end.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

Once the order amount and timeline are agreed upon between the parties, advanced shipping notices are used to track delivery. Molex is a global electronics manufacturer that makes and sells over 100,000 distinct products – connectors, cable assemblies, and a wide variety of other products. You took 30 days.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This manufacturer produces plastic reusable material handling containers and plastic fuel tanks. The Company operates eighteen manufacturing facilities, nine distribution centers located throughout North and Central America. There was limited demand planning that tied back to our actual manufacturing capabilities,” Mr. Baker explained.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Just two days before Thanksgiving, FreightWaves reported an “all-time-high 93 ships” were waiting there. Consumer expectations for cheap and fast shipping continue to climb, and consumers increasingly want to order across borders , only compounding the problems. The net effect creates a difficult reality for shippers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Finally, a real focus on cubing – not shipping lots of extra air and packaging – is all focused around sustainability. From the TMS side, the biggest trend is to focus on being as efficient as possible when it comes to shipping. This means not shipping air or having excess room in boxes and pallets. Sustainability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2021

For example, a vaccine manufacturer increased their order size by a factor of four in one weekend; a video call company wanted to receive ten times as much product as they initially forecast with just a month’s lead-time. Pure Storage’s manufacturing is done at three contract manufacturing sites, two in Texas and one in the Czech Republic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2021

Another shipping crisis strikes, threatens Black Friday shopping. Volansi completes first-ever autonomous ship-to-ship drone delivery. Varda Space Industries secures $42m for off-planet manufacturing. As a result, the 2021 holiday shopping season could be marred by out-of-stock goods and shipping delays.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Amazon achieved its fastest-ever global shipping times last year but isn’t resting on its laurels. Teradyne , a supplier of semiconductor testing equipment, pulled manufacturing worth about $1 billion out of China last year, a Teradyne spokesperson said on Monday, after U.S. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2024

Manufacturers refer to it as the “shop floor to top floor disconnect.” This reflects manufacturers’ difficulty in synching the plans finalized in an integrated business planning executive meeting with what the shop floor is capable of manufacturing in the short-term time planning horizon.

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Freightos

APRIL 25, 2024

e-commerce customers’ love for free shipping. ‘de minimis’ rule, which exempts imports under $800 from customs and makes brokerage fees minimal, they have shipped massive volumes via air cargo. Both giants—Shein holding 20% of the global fast fashion market and Temu reaching 49 markets globally—have embraced U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. Supply chain shortages abound. Unloading times are double and costs are triple. These are authoritative identiers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

VF had committed itself to largely selling goods to consumers in the same region they are manufactured in. VF is having conversations with fabric manufacturers to encourage them to produce more fabric in factories outside of Asia. The old product development process involved shipping prototypes back and forth.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season. However, four shipping seasons occur throughout the year and are often regular and expected. That was the case until the ongoing disruptions of the past few years changed the shipping game. Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 17, 2024

Founded in 1992 in Baltimore, ICAT Logistics has expanded across the United States and Europe, specializing in handling unusual, high-value, and oversized freight that often falls outside the scope of standard containerized shipping. Recognize the significance of having a logistics partner with global expertise and flexible shipping options.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Running a manufacturing business isn’t easy. That’s where a manufacturing ERP comes in. Manufacturing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software integrates all your core business processes into one powerful platform. It’s a lot to handle. Let’s get started.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Furthermore, this is the case not just with retailers but also wholesalers and manufacturers. Orders for automobiles are backlogged due to upstream manufacturing supply disruptions, most notably, computer chips for vehicles. For example, on September 24, there was a new record of 157 total ships in port.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The first story is about a large regional food manufacturer. The second story is about a regional beverage manufacturer. The companies’ planning was in a vicious cycle where marketing programs were growing increasing error, and the lack of manufacturing modeling made it challenging to see what was feasible. (It The answer?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

One reason is that it’s not easy for most manufacturers to have visibility into the process before finished goods are shipped. During the pandemic, shortages of components for high-tech devices and automotive products have proliferated.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. Currently, I am working on a study to understand the value of synchronizing contract manufacturing with in-house manufacturing and procurement. The ride is uphill, but the visibility is low. What is normalcy?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

I worked three layers down in the organization for a well-established leader in manufacturing named Dan. Dan had a very manufacturing view and Fred focused on logistics. The warehouse I ran just completed a consolidation of three shipping centers. I did not know Dan as an individual: we had a boss/subordinate relationship.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Manufacturers can gather valuable granular data such as the time an item spent in storage, at what temperature, how long it took to sell, the length of time between purchase and fulfillment and how long it spent in transport. Weighing and shipping technologies. Artificial Intelligence AND Machine Learning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Containerization eventually reduced shipping and loading costs by at least 75%. Why supply chain optimization matters.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For example, a buyer might say, “You only shipped me 800 of the 1000 products I ordered.” And the supplier might reply, “I only agreed to ship 800.” They also cover supplier managed inventory, quality collaboration, manufacturing line collaboration, and asset collaboration.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Ship with Walmart (SWW) was previously available only for cross-border orders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Among other things, ZF manufactures electrified powertrains, car chassis technology, active and passive safety systems, and advanced driver assistance systems. ZF offers product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. The ZF supply chain is complex.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Transportation, warehousing, and manufacturing collectively contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making these areas critical for meaningful change. Innovations in biodegradable and reusable materials, coupled with lightweight designs that reduce shipping weight, are helping companies minimize waste and lower emissions.

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