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Logistics Recap December 25th – December 31st
Logistics Recap
December 25th – December 31st
The biggest supply chain stories of 2022
After nearly three years in a post-pandemic environment, supply chains remain at the forefront of many conversations. As shortages, shipping delays and other disruptions continue to plague industries, taking a look back at some of 2022’s noteworthy moments could provide helpful insight.
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Chance that container ship arrives on time is still a toin coss
Sea-Intelligence’s “Global Liner Performance” report tracks reliability across 34 trade lanes covered by over 60 container lines.
Sea-Intelligence found that 56.6% of services arrived on time in November — the highest reliability percentage since August 2020. It’s a big improvement from January, when reliability cratered at just 30.4%. Yet the on-time rate is still just above a coin toss and remains well below the 2018-2019 average of 74%.
Simplifying supply chain software & total cost of ownership
As supply chain software evolved and businesses increasingly outsourced solutions, the total cost of ownership shifted, alleviating not only the cost of hardware, software, and departmental headcount, but also some of the sunk costs already embedded in the enterprise, like the facilities, networks, security, administration, shared services, and so on. And yet, the accrual of systems and outsourced solutions found their own complexities and cost inefficiencies.
Logistics Recap December 18th – December 24th
Logistics Recap December 11th – December 17th
Logistics Recap
December 11th – December 17th
Railroad workers pressure congress and Biden to adress working conditions
Railroad workers and unions are ramping up pressure on the U.S. Congress and Joe Biden to address poor working conditions in the wake of the recent move to block a strike when Congress voted to impose a contract agreement.
The Guardian reports that workers and labor activists in America have criticized that action for undermining the collective bargaining process in the U.S. and workers’ right to strike.
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Biden visits new TSCM plant in push to expand US chip production
President Joe Biden visited the construction site of TSMC’s first fabrication facility in Arizona on Tuesday in his push to boost domestic chip manufacturing.
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Pent-up and replacement demand feeds robust trailer orders
Despite signs of a slowing economy, trailer manufacturers are pulling in strong new orders to meet pent-up and replacement demand.
Preliminary orders for dry and refrigerated vans and flatbeds totaled 39,000 in November, according to ACT Research. That was 22% above the corresponding month in 2021 but 17% below October’s huge intake of 48,000 units.