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Analysis: Today’s Global Economy vs. Global Container Shipping

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For example: The global GDP growth rate for 2021 was 6.02%, a 9.1% Source: Company Reports, Linerlytica 2. Source: Clarksons, ING Research 3. Source: ING Research The current global economic slowdown is having a significant impact on container shipping worldwide. increase from 2020.

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The Latest in Business Foundations: An Enterprise Data Warehouse to Drive Growth

WorkWave

A well-implemented enterprise data warehouse allows for the integration of multiple disparate sources across different operational systems. The benefits of integrating data from disparate sources are manifold. A data warehouse ensures that the data is consistently formatted, accurate and up-to-date regardless of its source systems.

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A Real-World Example of Wind Power in Shipping Comes to Fruition

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For the first time, there is real-world data that shows that wind power could be a viable source of energy to power container ships in the near future. Cargill uses a cool example for showing real-world impact: this smaller fuel volume produces the same lower volume of emissions as removing almost 500 cars from highways.

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Breaking Data Silos: How Centralized Data Warehouse Transforms Multi-Branch Operations

WorkWave

A single, centralized source of truth for your organizations data is no longer a luxuryits a necessity for businesses seeking to scale efficiently, enhance profitability, and make informed, data-driven decisions. Missed opportunities: Businesses cant identify patterns or optimize strategies without cross-branch insights.

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The Cost of U.S.-China Tariffs and Freight Rates

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For example, the need for container shipping from China may decline if U.S. importers find themselves forced to relocate their sourcing to areas with lower tariffs on Chinese goods. This change causes imbalances in international shipping routes, with some seeing congestion and others seeing a decline in demand.

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Analysis on 2021 Container Shipping Delays

ShipLilly

Take for example the increased emphasis on the purchase of household goods via e-Commerce platforms. Examples of the sought-after perks include guaranteed space, sure-deal equipment, more space on the ship, and finally the ultimate prize of expedited processing. The statistics are startling. Contract Extensions.

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Toyota Kata: What If There Is No Takt Time?

The Lean Thinker

At KataCon 2020, Steve Medland posed a problem that comes up fairly often: The default Toyota Kata process analysis (“grasp the current condition”) involves determining takt times and cycle times for the process, and a lot of processes don’t have an obvious repeating cadence. are an example of this.

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