Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2023

It introduced the survey we had just launched to determine the perceptions, priorities, and strategic initiatives of today’s supply chain and logistics executives. This post was subsequently followed by two articles that discussed some of the findings from the survey. One executive simply stated that it’s “an easy variable to address.”

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Freightos

MAY 23, 2024

Air cargo for example, though continuing to make digital strides, is still behind – and is often compared to – passenger travel where digitized capacity, pricing and online bookings have been around for decades and is in some ways the digitalization template air cargo is referencing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. This example illustrates why supply chain visibility isn’t enough.

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Freightos

JUNE 4, 2024

With demand stable in those months though, carriers still had just enough capacity and equipment to keep the market balanced and rates elevated but level. But things started to change dramatically in May. Since the end of April, Asia – N.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 23, 2022

Ocean ETAs, for example, are much different because the macro-factors are a lot different than over the road. This is due to the limited capacity on trucks and boats as capacity has shrunk and demand has surged. It is a lot harder for many companies to find capacity on boats. Real-Time Visibility Data.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 29, 2021

With the current warehousing capacity crunch, technology-driven strategies along with flexibility and end-to-end visibility are the preferred solutions for transporters and warehouse operators. What’s covered in this article: Capacity and labor shortages. Tips to overcome warehousing capacity shortages. Download Our Whitepaper.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

Despite these efforts, to date the attacks continue, pushing most major carriers representing over 60% of global container capacity, to alter their routes. For example, the Freightos Baltic Index indicates a 69% increase to North America’s East Coast and a staggering 226% to Northern Europe since the crisis began.

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Freightos

JUNE 4, 2024

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Ocean peak season’s early arrival together with Red Sea diversions straining capacity and schedules continued to result in worsening congestion, equipment shortages and elevated prices this week.

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Transporeon

MARCH 5, 2018

It is getting harder and harder for both shippers and carriers to survive and thrive with the current capacity crunch. Higher-than-average economic growth means that manufacturers and suppliers are doing more business than before, but it’s getting much more difficult to secure carrier capacity. billion tons of freight.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Our recent survey showed that only 17% of organizations make it a priority to invest in innovation. This is a great example of how machine learning can improve productivity and free up resources from time-consuming tasks. . Insights from Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020. Firefighting is the norm.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

So to meet capacity, airlines started to convert passenger planes into cargo planes at scale. Ships that WERE sailing were stuck in backlogs before unloading due to COVID outbreaks at the ports and not enough capacity to handle record container volumes at the ports. A third of all cargo is carried in passenger planes.

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This begs the question: Even if the industry gets more truck drivers, just how much is enough to relieve the strain on trucking capacity? Below, Jason shares his insights and offers recommendations for what shippers can do to obtain capacity and plan for the coming months. A few caveats about these data are in order.

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Now, That's Logistics

JULY 13, 2021

Defined as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, resilience has become a core mission for companies across most industries right now. Even minor shifts in this area can help balance out capacity and help shippers get the best possible freight rates.

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Now, That's Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2021

During a year when e-commerce sales skyrocketed, the global pandemic impacted supply chains around the globe, and transportation capacity contracted across most modes, while companies worked to get their logistics strategies realigned with this “new normal” operating environment. What’s in Store for 2021?

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Transporeon

APRIL 9, 2019

The driver shortage is affecting available trucking capacity. With luck, the shipper may find and contract with another carrier that has available space despite the driver shortage and scarce capacity. What can be done to deliver on time to customers despite the driver shortage and bottlenecks in trucking capacity?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 17, 2022

Our latest research survey shows that 70% of manufacturing and distribution businesses experienced supply chain disruptions and 60% of businesses were unable to engage and collaborate with customers and suppliers in real-time. Securing a digital future with Cloud ERP.

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

For example, raw agricultural materials have increased 117 percent since 2000 , rubber has seen an increase of 359 percent, and steel is up 167 percent. According to a survey done by the National Association of Chemical Distributors, 85 percent of chemical industry distributors reported at least one imported item out of stock.

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Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

As a result, demand for truck capacity and rates remain elevated. What’s one thing straining capacity and raising rates? Nearly 60 percent of those surveyed reported waiting for longer than two hours on each load. Half of those surveyed reported receiving detention pay only if negotiated in advance.

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IoT World Today

MARCH 27, 2020

The Institute for Supply Management, which conducts monthly economic surveys, found that nearly three-quarters of the companies it contacted in late February and early March reported some kind of supply chain disruption. But 44% of respondents didn’t have a plan to deal with it.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A recent online survey conducted b y MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics aimed to understand how companies are reacting to the Coronavirus outbreak. Let’s explore some example s. . As a result , the resilienc e of supply chain plan ning is being called into question.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

In a survey of 54 senior executives, only about one in four believed that the processes of their companies balanced cross-functional trade-offs effectively or facilitated decision making to help the P&L (profit and loss) of the full business.” They haven’t done roughcut capacity planning.” Here the model gets more complex.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

Challenges that include overwhelming demand, tight capacity, rising freight rates, and shortages in materials, products, labor, and drivers. These industries have been dealing with capacity challenges throughout the pandemic as they have remained in high-demand. Finding truck capacity of any type is proving to be difficult.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

As the compliance date for the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate approaches (December 18, 2017), there are two important questions to be answered: How will it impact capacity? According to the survey results, only 33 percent of small carriers have fully integrated ELDs into their fleet. How will it impact productivity?

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Shippers are feeling the effects of scarce transport capacities in the market. The driver shortage is affecting available transport capacities. If they are in luck, they may find and contract with another carrier that has free freight space despite the driver shortage and scarce transport capacities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Companies knew this, which is why 93% of senior supply chain leaders surveyed in May 2020 by consulting firm McKinsey planned to increase inventories of key products and materials while also diversifying their supply base and localizing or regionalizing both supply and production.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In a recent survey by Procurement Leaders , 54% of the CPOs reported that they have regular touchpoints with the CEO and are considered a key stakeholder. As an example, the new administration in the U.S. The CPO and CSCO have stepped up to the challenges brought forth by COVID-19.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

Before the pandemic, in a study of logistics providers conducted by Fraunhofer IML, among those embarking on digitalization initiatives, only 25% of logistics providers in the Fraunhofer IML survey are leveraging digital technologies to think outside the box and reinvent their foundational delivery model. The Crucial Role of Trading Partners.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

There’s an older term now being applied to supply chains for this capacity: antifragility. A survey by boom! If organizations expand their capacity to learn they grow stronger with each crisis. Climate change is biggest crisis of all, the ultimate example of interconnected systems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations. How great can the impact be?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For example, before the pandemic, companies could get by with analog machines, paper-based systems, and disconnected point solutions. Management has to make sure that machines are always available to maximize capacity. The pandemic made that impossible. Margins are thin, so efficiency is an absolute necessity.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

In a Logistics Viewpoint survey , 50 percent of businesses reported sharing inventory across all channels or engaging in omni-channel practices. However, the direct causes are ultimately consumers and capacity issues. Capacity Versus Capability Versus Demand. An app takes pictures, and another app works with email capacities.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. capacity to keep pace with needs of manufacturing. Skills Shortages. skilled production workers. researchers.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Then there’s the struggle of finding capacity, managing costs, meeting service requirements, creating a more resilient operation, and more. WITH CAPACITY. Technology can help you create win-win opportunities to match loads to available capacity. Or get more committed capacity and good on-time service at a reasonable cost.

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TransAudit

MARCH 15, 2023

Driver Capacity Trucking Projections Truckloads of goods don’t get anywhere without drivers. When driver capacity is strained, you may have a hard time getting your loads picked up. For example, the average compensation package for truckload drivers was 18% higher in 2022 compared to 2019. million truck drivers in the US.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Planners are buried in tedious tasks using legacy, fragmented technology, which 48% say doesn’t help them do their job effectively, according to a survey by the boom! Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters. Global Network.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 26, 2018

Steve explains that a key factor is capacity utilization rate and the narrowing gap between the cyclical highs and lows of utilization. With surveys indicating that 90+ percent of trucking firms already have ELDs in place, Steve believes this has taken some hours out of the market. Is Capacity Expanding?

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Bringg

JANUARY 27, 2021

We were able to use the survey of 1000 US enterprise retailers and our own customers to evaluate top pains across enterprise retail as well as delivery and fulfillment strengths and priorities as eCommerce demand continues to grow. This will create market demand for more delivery capacity, greater tech innovation and stronger partnerships.

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