Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights two additional indices of global and US supply chain volatility relative to July 2022 global supply chain activity levels. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index. Additional Supply Chain Matters Perspectives.

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AFFLINK

JULY 12, 2018

Whether you’re shipping goods across the sea or across the highways, your products will eventually move along inside of a vehicle without a driver. Lastly, Tesla has begun testing its autonomous Semi trucks by using them to deliver batteries from its battery plant in Nevada to its vehicle assembly plant in California.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend Kevin Hill with Quality Scales Unlimited who shares his expertise regarding the key trends in supply chain and transportation management. . Supply chains, both international and domestic, are under constant pressure to reduce their costs and enhance performance at the same time.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we highlight published September 2022 indices of global supply chain volatility ( GSPI ) and US Logistics Index ( LMI ) activity trends along with our view of the implications. The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 9, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights important takeaways for supply chain management leaders that stem from trending of the U.S. One of the noteworthy, stated reasons was indications that industry supply chain teams brought forward inventory buying decisions for goods needed to support the upcoming holiday buying season.

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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. Global Supply Chain Pressures Index. Federal Bank of New York. The Prices index declined 0.5

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights additional developments, evidence and added signs that reinforce that there will be no peak holiday focused surge in transportation and logistics in the latter half of 2023. A similar acknowledgement came from the CEO of global shipping and logistics services firm A.P. The July value of 45.4

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. Supply chain pressures reportedly eased to the greatest extent in 14 years. Spot rates for the Shanghai to Los Angeles shipping lane segment reportedly averaged $1823. The firm’s Maersk Line container shipping business unit reported net profit of $2.3

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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2016

Now, before I spontaneously combust in my house-turned-sauna, let’s go to this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Amazon to step up UK tests of delivery drones (The Telegraph). Booking a flight has been electronic for 50 years, but the cargo on airplanes, trucks, and ships is still booked manually.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights an added dimension to our monthly summary of global supply chain activity trending and implications. Global Shipping. The World Container Index , assessed by Drewy Consultants, is a compilation of eight major shipping routes to and from the United States , Europe and Asia.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This blog post should make one thing clear to the modeler: the search for “accounting” level accuracy can stand in opposition to your actual goal — making a supply chain decision. It will not only cost you time to build this “perfect” supply chain model, but it will also imbed imperfections into the very mechanism of the model.

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Techgistics

DECEMBER 22, 2016

2016 was an incredible year for tech in logistics as companies both large and small are working on some transformative technologies not just for logistics, but for society as a whole. The software and hardware is available now. Photo by Oakozhan/iStock / Getty Images. The big question will be what is the future for America’s 3.4

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Marketing campaigns largely focussed on mate-ship and camaraderie. For example, Carlton United Brewery’s marketing strategy for Victoria Bitter portrays a sense of the Australian culture:mate ship, and reward for a job well done with its “hard earned thirst” campaign that ran from the 60s to early 2000s.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2015

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Pitney Bowes Expands Cross-Border Ecommerce Capabilities with the Acquisition of Borderfree. Industrial Scale 3D Printing Operation on UPS Supply Chain Solutions Campus. Growing Shipping Alliances Are Straining Major U.S. Gateway Ports (WSJ – sub.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides another update on ongoing strategic sourcing and operational developments occurring among electric vehicle focused supply and production networks. Included in this update are Tesla , Rivian Automotive and Mercedes Vans , along with recycling technology start-up efforts.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Although our claim to fame is our web based TMS freight rating technology, the Cerasis Rater , which includes a technology suite of products and integrated managed transportation services , it is in our interest to understand the future of freight and how we as freight brokers fit in. Autonomous Technology and Freight Brokers.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The Post found 70% of first-class mail sent to Nevada and 60% sent to Florida is likely to be delayed. The Washington Post developed an interactive map that allows a shipper to know the shipping day changes based on the origination of the shipment. What Can Shippers Do About the USPS Slowdown?

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Still, lithium batteries and similar goods are categorized as dangerous goods, which imposes restrictions and compliance requirements among airlines, ground handlers, freight forwarders and shippers across the supply chain. The issue is not the supply of goods themselves, but how to supply them. manufacturing.

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Stord

APRIL 26, 2022

Here’s the obvious: supply chains are f*cked. Unfortunately, not all supply chain strategies are created equal. What trends are we seeing in refortifying supply chains and what do we predict will be most successful? The Stord team has you covered no matter what you sell, where you ship, or how fast you grow.]

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Its best-in-class automation and integration technologies have catapulted Ruby Has to one of the top fulfillment providers in the industry. Esther has also held SVP and VP roles with retail marketing technology companies specializing in mobile, ad tech and data analytics. About Ruby Has Fulfillment. Locations across the U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Its best-in-class automation and integration technologies have catapulted Ruby Has to one of the top fulfillment providers in the industry. Esther has also held SVP and VP roles with retail marketing technology companies specializing in mobile, ad tech and data analytics. About Ruby Has Fulfillment. Locations across the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

races to expand Michigan locks and secure the supply chain S.-bound Amazon says its new robotics system, named Sequoia after the giant trees native to California’s Sierra Nevada region, is designed for both speed and safety. industrial supply chain but has been shut down for repairs 20 times in the last 10 years.

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Freightera

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This means a lot to everyone at Freightera, an online marketplace that brings together businesses that need to ship freight and transport companies that move it. Global freight shipping, at just under $10 trillion a year, is among the largest markets on earth. Eric was involved in conservation in the Sierra Nevada since an early age.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

With corrected vision, here is the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Longshoreman Union Leader Stalls Planned Work Shutdown (WSJ – sub. Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). How did I get here? Mexico Warns U.S.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

3] Those states are: Utah, Nevada, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia, Indiana, and Texas. Port congestion, lock delays and the penalty associated with not having infrastructure in place to handle larger ships make American products more expensive.”[7] Concluding thoughts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Walmart to add 20,000 supply chain employees. The global shipping crisis and labor shortages have put the industry on edge over the last few months, especially as the holiday shopping season approaches. Speaking of the holiday season, Walmart is planning to add 20,000 supply chain employees ahead of the anticipated holiday rush.

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