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Container rates drop to unsustainable levels - Maersk CEO
The global container shipping market faces overcapacity in the coming years and the rates paid by customers have fallen to an...

Jeremy Conradie.
Mar 18, 20242 min read
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Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Procurement ‘a very big focus’ for Cost-Cutting CFOs
Cost optimization, leaner corporate structure, cost efficiencies, cost cutting, resource optimization, right-sizing — whatever it’s...

Jeremy Conradie.
Mar 13, 20243 min read
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Supply Chain Discussion: Use Multiple Delivery Carriers for Last-Mile Success
In this discussion Russell Goodman from Supplychainbrain talks to Bill Catania, chief executive officer and founder of OneRail . They are...

Jeremy Conradie.
Mar 11, 20242 min read
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Optimised Transport Vital for Cost Control and Resilience
Network design and optimised transport deliver improved performance, lower costs and supply chain resilience. Supply chain management is...

Jeremy Conradie.
Mar 7, 20241 min read
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Navigating the Complex Waters of African Logistics
This article has been extracted and adapted from a recent discussion on Michelin’s What's Treading podcast featuring Stephen Masters,...

Jeremy Conradie.
Mar 4, 20242 min read
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Bain: CEOs Leveraging Supply Chain for Competitive Edge
A Bain & Co report by Global Performance Improvement Head Hernan Saenz , shows that for supply chain professionals, cost control has been...

Jeremy Conradie.
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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Surge in Container Ship Orders 'Will Ease Red Sea Crisis'
Gartner and Moodys say pandemic-fuelled spike in container ship orders will ease Red Sea supply chain chaos for major sea shipping lines...

Jeremy Conradie.
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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Supply Chain Optimisation 'Stymied by Data Silos'
A report from global leader in process mining, Celonis, reveals supply chain leaders see siloed data as a major barrier to process...

Jeremy Conradie.
Feb 22, 20242 min read
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Cost CPOs' top Worry, Outweighing AI Adoption
Cost containment and cash flow optimisation are top of the priority list for procurement leaders, research from the Hackett Group shows....

Jeremy Conradie.
Feb 19, 20241 min read
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Top 10: Air Freight Companies
The global air freight industry is worth an estimated $100bn a year. Here, we look at 10 of the largest air cargo carriers. 1. DHL...

Jeremy Conradie.
Feb 14, 20243 min read
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Investors Are Bullish on Supply Chain and Logistics Software Providers in 2024
For all its unpredictable ups and downs, the supply chain technology sector remains an attractive target for investors. Prominent among...

Jeremy Conradie.
Feb 12, 20242 min read
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Ecommerce 'is shaping the future of logistics'
A recent report from global shipping and logistics service UPS points out the astonishing rise of ecommerce in the past two years, and...

Jeremy Conradie.
Feb 8, 20242 min read
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Germany Invests $1.1B in Effort to Compete with China on Raw Materials
The German government has earmarked about €1 billion ($1.1 billion) for raw materials investments as it seeks to reduce dependency on...

Jeremy Conradie.
Feb 6, 20242 min read
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Supply Chain Discussion: Answers to Three 'Whys' in the World of Trucking
In this discussion with Robert Bowman from Supplychainbrain, Anshu Prasad (co-founder and chief executive officer of Leaf Logistics )...

Jeremy Conradie.
Jan 29, 20242 min read
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Red Sea Crisis Sparking Air Cargo Surge
Logistics leaders say that a protracted Red Sea crisis could see a pandemic-style rise in demand for air cargo. One of the world’s...

Jeremy Conradie.
Jan 24, 20242 min read
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Aldi turns to AI to strengthen freight management
Aldi International Buying Asia, the European-based grocery chain’s global hub to source products from Asia, is turning to artificial...

Jeremy Conradie.
Jan 22, 20241 min read
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Procurement’s Critical Role in Maximizing Reverse Logistics Efficiency
Building reverse logistics capabilities was a big focus for tech companies in the early days of the pandemic, as they saw a chance to...

Jeremy Conradie.
Jan 18, 20242 min read
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Importers Face Surging Shipping Costs, Delays as Red Sea Diversions Pile Up
Western importers are reporting a steep increase in ocean-shipping rates and significant delays as carriers divert ships from the Red Sea...

Jeremy Conradie.
Jan 16, 20243 min read
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For Supply Chains, Resilience Isn’t Enough. You Need to Be Antifragile
Most corporate survival strategies are crafted to help businesses withstand any number of unanticipated supply chain disruptions. But how...

Jeremy Conradie.
Jan 11, 20243 min read
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Chinese Miner Overtakes Glencore in Cobalt as Output Jumps 170%
China’s CMOC Group boosted its cobalt output by more than 170% in 2023, with surging production at a new mine in the Democratic Republic...

Jeremy Conradie.
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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