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The American trade imbalance and port congestion

Shipping and Freight Resource

Bureau of Economic Analysis, the American trade deficit on goods and services went up 4.2%, rising from $70.3 However, port information from San Pedro Bay ports, which handles 40% of US trade, shows that this trend of empty container outbound movement has been going on for a few years and is not a new phenomenon. Source : project44.

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Near-real-time data-driven route optimization best practices

FreightWaves SONAR

Predictive data analysis allows managers to tweak and adjust route optimization and shipping protocols to accommodate market demands. As highlighted by FleetOwner , traffic jams, vehicle problems, major weather events, customs and border issues and construction projects can delay delivery and disrupt normal transportation flow.

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Mastering Profitable Omni-Channel Logistics, Despite Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

The answer lies in identifying supply chain disruptions — from a big event, like a port closure, to smaller day-to-day performance exceptions — at the earliest possible moment. As disruptive events occur along the digital thread, the entire organization can act in a fluid, connected manner to optimize costs, service levels and other outcomes.

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3 Easy to Implement Technology Functions of a TMS that Streamline Transportation Management Practices

GlobalTranz

There are plenty of different shipping companies out there, and using a transportation management system to manage all inbound and outbound shipping needs will put those shippers who use one at an extreme competitive advantage. Lane Analysis. By Carrier On Time Performance. broken down by the current and past (12) Months.

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Seeking to harmonise supply and demand

Automotive Logistics

Of course, Volvo is not alone in these kinds of ambitions. You can do all kinds of scenario analysis and ‘what-ifs?’ Nurse says that applying AI decision logic to exception management to guide human managers as they deal with unexpected events will be vital as OEMs adapt their business models.

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Post-COVID Ecommerce is Booming, But Logistics Issues Abound

Logistics Bureau

The first steps, of course, are to understand the challenges you face, prioritise them for action, and consider the resources and help you need to meet and overcome them. There are, of course, several ways to achieve a logistics knowledge infusion. Of course, as an enterprise grows, it becomes harder to coordinate all the moving parts.

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Navigating unchartered waters

Automotive Logistics

With no way to unlock the infected computers, Maersk had to rebuild its IT infrastructure almost from scratch, installing 4,000 new servers, 45,000 new PCs and 2,500 applications over the course of ten days. NotPetya arrived hot on the heels of other major cybersecurity events. Outbound cybersecurity lags behind .