The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2023

Professor Sheffi is the author of a 1985 textbook on transportation networks and eight management books, dealing with supply chain resilience, sustainability, industrial clustering, and other business management issues. The 5 th Industrial Revolution: Why human and A.I. Following the journey of the t-shirt from factory to retailer.

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FLS Transport

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Factory closures. Climbing prices in inventory, warehousing, and transportation are wreaking havoc on the logistics industry and are having an impact on the upcoming holidays. The post The Weekly Freight Report for October 7th, 2021 appeared first on FLS Transportation | The #1 3PL for Cross-Border Freight. Labor shortages.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

An independent expert-led commission on the future of industrial land has warned that a chronic shortage of space in London and rocketing rents for industrial premises risks damaging the city’s economy and hindering its ability to service the needs of the population.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Addressing industry pain points with ERP. The latest World Manufacturing Report, reveals that industries that adopted new technology started recovering faster from the pandemic, with increases of at least 10% in the first quarter of 2021, while low-technology industries registered a comparably lower growth rate of only 5.8%.

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FLS Transport

JULY 1, 2021

The trucking industry is less than a year away from upgrading its new entry-level driver training (ELDT) requirements set by the FMCSA. This month, the key export hub of Yantian in the heart of China’s factory belt was shut down this month to control virus cases. New bottleneck has ‘U.S The bottlenecks for shippers continue.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 27, 2023

Shipping giant Maersk is out with a new warning: despite the Chinese economy staying resilient in the wake of the Covid pandemic, other factors such as a Chinese real estate market crash and repeating factory shutdowns in 2021 and 2022 have slowed down the Chinese economic recovery.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2019

KION Group AG is pursuing its growth strategy with the construction of a new industrial truck plant in Ko?baskowo, Construction on the plant will commence this year, with the site set to come on stream in early 2021. The post KION Group Establishes new Factory in Poland appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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MTS Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Disease Disease, known in the form of the Covid lockdowns, hit Chinese factories hard. Additionally, due to market share loss to other countries, some industries will never recover. Also, the auto industry accounts for 25 percent of the economic activity between these two countries. and China where the U.S.

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Dedola Global Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As Chinese factories roared back to life following the Covid lockdowns of 2020, coal consumption within the country skyrocketed. This spike in consumption led to power shortages and government rationing and has negatively impacted the supply chain throughout 2021. The Current Situation in the Asia Pacific Trade. Contact Us.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2023

A larger share of freight forwarders and supply chain professionals this year in 2023 are expecting disruptions owing to COVID outbreaks in China and the Chinese New Year factory closures as compared to the last year (2022). “We We are looking at three different Chinese Years in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

When that stopped, the industry found itself in a crunch and within just months, prices took off by some 400%. So when a COVID outbreak hit the port of Yantian – which services factories in the Shenzhen area and handles about 13 million TEU (20’ containers) a year – supply chains were already teetering. Credit: Lufthansa ).

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Established 30 years ago in the buildings of a former concrete factory, Telford-based Hager UK Limited has transformed the site into a high-calibre modern manufacturing base. For this reason, the factory planners decided to assess an EFA-STT® high-speed spiral door from Efaflex. The test was an undoubted success.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

Shift to EVs triggers auto-factory building boom. percent from 2017 through 2021 and will have a CAGR of 11.8 auto industry is entering one of its biggest factory-building booms in years, a surge of spending largely driven by the shift to electric vehicles and new federal subsidies aimed at boosting U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

Belcorp, like most companies in their industry, has quite a complex supply chain. In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Production flexibility is limited; none of these factories can make all the company’s 1,500 products. What factory should make a new product?

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Shipping and Freight Resource

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Chinese factory output is throttled by power shortages, exacerbating trade imbalances, and distorting demand for shipping containers. Suffern, NY, October 06, 2021 —Shippers might finally be catching a break, as China-US spot freight rates plunge in the first week of October. Spot freight rates are plummeting.

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Now, That's Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

After taking center stage in 2021, the supply chain shortages that impacted so many corners of the business world could ease somewhat in the coming months. The issues started in 2020 and then quickly rolled over into 2021. In the U.S., major retailers say they have imported most of what they need for the holidays,” WSJ points out.

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MTS Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Later, 2021 arrived with port congestion issues, especially in West Coast terminals. In the following months of 2021, the container situation appeared even weirder because of rates. The supply chain crisis did not leave us in 2021. Products are ready in factories, but there are not enough containers for them.

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MTS Logistics

JUNE 21, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic was a major disruptor for the global shipping industry. Supply chains collapsed as factories shut down and ports closed due to health and safety concerns. By the fifth quarter (Q1 2021) global trade had already surpassed levels recorded before the pandemic (Q4 2019). In March 2021, U.S. In the U.S.,

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The modelling reinforces the environmental benefits of 5G Standalone (5G SA), particularly for key industries in that are traditionally carbon intensive like manufacturing. This equates to more than double the total UK HGV emissions of 2021. Delivery trucks refers to Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs).

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Transportation costs were also leveling off across most modes and cargo was taking less time to get to US and European destinations from factories in Asia— 86 days in October versus a peak of 113 days in January 2022. million TEUs in both 2021 and 2022. More Ships, Please. million TEUs in 2023 and 2.83

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In past years, USPS has hiked its fees from roughly October to January during the annual surge, including increases in 2022, 2021, and 2020. Located at 4698 Truax Drive SE in southeast Salem, the site will be near other industrial hubs like the Amazon Fulfillment Center. They will work alongside the bipedal humanoid Digit robots.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2022

She started up Corning’s optical fiber factory in the Charlotte, NC area, founded a popular kindergarten engineering design workshop based on a famous MIT course, and led the STEM coaching team serving 48 Easter Seals teachers across metro Atlanta. She graduated from MIT with a chemical engineering degree and a Theater Arts concentration.

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MTS Logistics

MAY 23, 2022

The root causes of the shortage are numerous and stem from factory closures, supplier issues, and disruptions in the supply chain. After the world spent many days talking about general supply chain shortages throughout 2021 and the first half of 2022, the current baby formula shortage is a case study in real-time supply chain shocks.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 17, 2017

According to Sundeep Sunghavi, the use of predictive analytics will save approximately $630 billion in the manufacturing industry over the next 15 years. In manufacturing, this means engineers, repair workers and factory employees will be able to use augmented reality to complete tasks faster than ever before. billion by 2021.

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Dedola Global Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The Current Situation in the Asia Pacific Trade As Chinese factories roared back to life following the Covid lockdowns of 2020, coal consumption within the country skyrocketed. This spike in consumption led to power shortages and government rationing and has negatively impacted the supply chain throughout 2021.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

JULY 9, 2021

Watch industry experts unpack these impacts and what to expect. Like all other industries around the world, the shipping, freight, maritime, logistics and supply chain industries were also impacted cause major upheavals in global trade. Supply chains and consumers have been heavily impacted.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2024

Blue Yonder was acquired by Panasonic in 2021. This announcement comes on the heels of Blue Yonder’s acquisition of flexis AG, offering factory planning, sequencing and slotting capabilities, and Doddle, offering returns management and reverse logistics solutions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For 40 minutes each in a total of five talks, logistics experts from industry, trade, logistics services and science will discuss provoking theses that are of concern to them today and in the future. Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 11.00-11.40 Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 15.00-15.40 Thursday, October 21, 2021, 11.00-11.40

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MTS Logistics

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Portlogics CEO, Hyoung-chul Choi, first noticed the inefficiencies of international cargo tracking when running his first start up which was recently acquired in 2021. Choi noted this includes titans in the logistics industry like GS Global and Hyundai Bioland. This level of traction so soon after launching the venture has led to $1.6

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 28, 2023

billion in 2021, but more than double the $1.3 companies opening factories in Mexico, for example, nor investment in private real estate. The company is initially scouting for locations in the industrial and logistics hubs of Guadalajara and Monterrey, he said. That was down from a record $5.6 billion volume of 2019.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

All industries are currently facing challenges with their logistics and the supply chain. However, industries facing high flatbed demand, like construction and manufacturing, are seeing more difficulty than others. These industries have been dealing with capacity challenges throughout the pandemic as they have remained in high-demand.

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2022

Workers take extended holidays as Chinese factory closures could last anywhere from 10 days to four weeks. In 2021, Asian imports to the U.S. jump for 2021. Traditionally, over 500 million people travel back to their hometowns from the cities they work in. accounted for 18.97 million TEUs. This broke the previous record of 16.6

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ShipLilly

APRIL 1, 2021

Following a particularly difficult period, there are indications that the severe container shortage that hit the shipping industry is beginning to wane. This comes on the back of several optimistic reports and opinion pieces about the state of the industry. The beginning of 2021 was greeted with a wave of optimism.

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ShipLilly

DECEMBER 24, 2019

The fact that factories will shut down for several weeks is an essential consideration for all those that are involved in the shipping industry. The official public holidays last a week, but business is generally disrupted for longer as virtually all businesses including factories will close to celebrate the New Year.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 27, 2022

It does present a training requirement, the need for new skills for industry 4.0 Together they conceived the Unimate, the very first industrial robot. The term ‘ Industry 4.0 ’ was coined in 2011 to describe this new era of new technological innovations including advances in AI , ML and cloud computing as well as data analytics.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Several years ago, only the bravest and most ambitious enterprises embarked on the digital transformation journey, today the industry landscape has changed. This means making factories smarter for the future. What is the smart factory? How to create a smart factory. Where does your factory need to make improvements?

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Shipping and Freight Resource

JULY 7, 2021

Ever Given gets lodged diagonally across Suez Canal on 23rd of March 2021. The ship remained in arrest in Egypt since the 13th of April 2021. On the 25th March 2021, the Suez Canal Authority officially announced temporary suspension of navigation through the Suez Canal. The Suez incident cost $5.1

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