The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, signed into law in January 2021, prohibits the importation of goods produced using forced labor in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) into the United States. The legislation aims to address the human rights abuses, including forced labor, that is allegedly taking place against Uyghur Muslims in the region. […]
Uma enxurrada inédita de novos navios porta-contêiner está prestes a entrar em serviço. O ritmo das entregas vai acelerar no próximo mês, aumentará mais no segundo, terceiro e no quarto trimestre, irá acelerar mais ainda ao longo de 2024 e continuará forte em 2025. “Essa colossal carteira de pedidos é como uma espada de Dâmocles […]
Com o início de 2023, os CEOs da cadeia de suprimentos estão concentrados em tornar a resiliência e a eficiência os principais componentes da sua agenda. Globalmente, as empresas fizeram alterações ao longo das muitas redes da cadeia de suprimentos de modo a superar a agitação dos dois últimos anos. Eles devem tentar prever problemas […]
With many economists projecting a recession in the near future, many logistics companies are starting to tighten their belts to figure out how to cut costs in 2023. In 2022, manufacturers were faced with numerous financial problems due to production disruptions and China’s COVID-19 resurgence. As 2023 starts, companies have started to plan their budgets […]
A shipping alliance between the world’s largest container lines had ended. This means there will be more opportunity, greater competition, and lower ocean shipping rates. Maersk and MSC announced that they no longer plan to continue their 2M alliance. The alliance is due to expire in 2025. A vessel-sharing agreement was first launched in 2015 […]
A pandemia de COVID-19 mudou o funcionamento da indústria da cadeia de suprimentos. Ter a visibilidade de todos os componentes e peças de fabricação ajudou a melhorar a gestão e a simplificar o processo. Quando os problemas permanecem invisíveis, eles simplesmente aumentam. Os fabricantes começaram a examinar dados isolados para melhorar a produção e expandir […]
With lower demand in the spot market shippers are starting to find efficiencies. The conditions that were once fueled by the pandemic have started to wane. Soft economic conditions are forest for the first half of 2021 which might not be ideal for carriers but it is helping create a shipper’s market. The major carriers […]
Desde la pandemia de COVID-19, la interrupción y la incertidumbre han plagado la cadena de suministro. Coupa Software (NASDAQ: COUP), líder en gestión de gastos comerciales (BSM), llevó a cabo una encuesta que encontró que el 82% de la gestión de la cadena de suministro pronostica mayores desafíos a lo largo de 2023. En 2022, […]
As 2023 starts, supply chain CEOs are focused on making resiliency and efficiency the key components of their agenda in the new year. Globally, companies have made changes throughout the many supply chain networks in order to overcome the upheaval of the previous two years. They must try to foresee future problems coupled with potential […]
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way the supply chain industry operates. Visibility of all manufacturing components and parts helped improve management and assist in streamlining the process. When problems remain invisible, they just grow larger. Manufacturers have started to examine siloed data to improve production and expand the bottom line. Artificial intelligence (AI) helps meet […]
