247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Yossi Sheffi of MIT is certainly one of the most influential and I would add interesting figures in supply chain today. Of late, about every three years he produces a new supply chain-related book, the last two being complementary takes on supply chain resilience and risk management.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

Maybe a software robot will be writing columns on supply chain topics before too long too. In fact, despite billions spend on DC automation in recent years, the number of warehouse workers has risen from 574,000 in 2007 to 837,000 in mid-2017, the last time I checked. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 14, 2022

At its height, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was over 11,000 points and daily earnings were high as $157,000 at the peak (Danish Ship Finance, Shipping Market Review 2nd Half 2007). Even though supply was not meeting demand, they took a much more conservative approach to adding new vessels to their inventory. Leaning From the Past.

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Blog on Log

JANUARY 29, 2006

I am up in Toronto today and tomorrow participating in a course for Transportation and Logistics' professionals. The long cycle required to build ships will strain ocean capacity until roughly 2007-2008. Aggregate your vendors, segment your supply chain. Its being hosted by Federated Press and should be well attended.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 24, 2015

Business owners face endless decisions throughout all aspects of the supply chain. However, one of the most important aspects of supply chain strategies is often overlooked: the reverse supply chain (also referred to as reverse logistics ). Return on Investment…Again.

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Forto

AUGUST 1, 2019

The logistics necessary to power the global supply chain is an incredibly robust and complex machine but it allows for the sending of goods around the world easier and cheaper than ever before. 1,000 million tonnes annually between 2007 and 2012 (corresponding to 3.1% IMO stays the course. share of global emissions).

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Automotive Logistics

JUNE 28, 2018

Of course, even trucks which aren’t empty are not necessarily full. It’s all about scale and network effects,” says Richard Wilding, professor of supply chain strategy at Cranfield University’s Cranfield School of Management. Game-changer.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

As for the impact of tariff actions on supply chains and consumers, the feedback has largely been that they will raise prices and do more harm than good at the end of the day to be sure. In a research note, the esteemed economist explained that tariffs can have unintended consequences because global supply chains are so complex.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 23, 2018

So we’re talking about a magnitude of cost that’s going to be quite noticeable in the supply chain. I don’t think it’s any exaggeration — and actually I don’t think anything else even comes close — this is the most expensive regulation that the international shipping industry has ever seen. They have collected a lot of information.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 18, 2016

The first recovery was from 2001 to 2007, but it was halted with the Great Recession of 2008. Some of these measures, reports Supply Chain Digest, include the following: Focus on Research and Development – U.S. Since 1991, the U.S. Ironically, the same time frames for recovery does not necessarily mean a recession is imminent.

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

He said port customers and stakeholders were looking for better visibility of their cargo – when it was going to arrive and where it was at any point in the supply chain – and meeting those needs was another way of highlighting the importance of the ports. For Kurt Nagle, that meant getting digital. Trade wars.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

MH&L’s Editorial Advisory Board tackles some of the toughest topics facing the supply chain today. That’s why we went to the experts—the members of the MH&L Editorial Advisory Board—and asked them to weigh in on that subject, and on several other of the most pressing concerns to supply chain professionals.

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