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Will We See a Similar Downturn in the Market as We Did During the 2008 Shipping Crisis?

MTS Logistics

Since the beginning of that reform in 1978, world trade has increased in volume greatly, and China’s strategy to be the factory of the world changed the world’s view on production. Of course, with Covid-19 restricting ports all over the world to prevent things from getting out of hand, freight rates skyrocketed. Leaning From the Past.

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Lessons Learned from Black Friday/Cyber Monday

Ship Monk

Interest rates have not been this high since 2007. Only then can you establish ideal pricing strategies and discounts. Proceed With Caution We realize that the holiday shopping season isn’t over and there’s a lot more analysis to be done. Much ado has been made about inflation, and its probable effect on consumer spending.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The Path to Cost Reduction: Intel decided to try what was considered an unlikely supply chain strategy for the semiconductor industry: make to order. In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. Procurement analysis.

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How Manufacturing in the US Continues to Grow Despite Fears Over Higher Costs, Lower Percentage of GDP & Election-Year Woes

GlobalTranz

According to Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. The first recovery was from 2001 to 2007, but it was halted with the Great Recession of 2008. The conversation over reshoring versus offshoring dominates much of the news, but American companies have split their workforce by half between inside and outside of the U.S.,

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

As the phenomenon of Big Data has taken hold in the private sector, many firms which as recently as 10 years ago devoted minimal resources to large scale database mining and analytics have reversed course. Once in, you’ve got to stay the course. The method uses a NIST-designed artifact, optical tracking, and an analysis method.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

. Second, while in the end Sheffi is clearly a strong sustainability advocate, the book is extremely well balanced and describes very well the challenges and issues CEOs face in crafting their sustainability strategies, with often conflicting goals. And of course most can’t. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S.