Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen global supply chains pushed to the brink of speed and capacity. Global providers, ports and intermediaries of all sizes have struggled to keep up with shipping capacity demand as COVID-19 and the ongoing labor shortages continue to impact networks. The volume – more than 30% of pre-covid in some places – have exposed the lack of network resilience and overwhelmed transportation networks globally. Unfortunately, the war in Ukraine puts additional pressure on networks for a variety of reasons:
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Transloading Vs. Intermodal in Logistics & Supply Chains
The main difference between transloading and intermodal shipping is that transloading consists of products transferred from one mode of transportation to another, compared to intermodal, where an entire shipping container is transferred. Transloading is often a required step of the shipping process but can also be leveraged strategically to reduce storage costs, speed up delivery times, and improve supply chain efficiency.
Keep reading to get up to speed on the nuances between these similar but functionally separate transportation methodologies.
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A Guide to Choosing Freight Brokerage Companies in 2022
When a business needs to get connected with shippers and freight service providers, they often rely on a freight broker to manage the logistics of that engagement. Shippers and carriers each have unique requirements and schedules, and a freight broker acts as a middle man who matches two good partners together to arrange successful shipments. For shippers, outsourcing freight transportation needs instead of working directly with a carrier is often the easiest, most hassle-free way to guarantee a shipment reaches its destination fast. Shippers can skip the paperwork and solve pressing problems, and carriers save time and money by filling their truck capacity. CLX Logistics is unique for our specialization in bulk chemical transportation, but freight brokers exist in all areas of the industry, including lowboy hauling, oversize loads, auto carriers, and many others.
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Agile Supply Chain Management in 2022: Why it Matters More Than Ever
Supply chains constantly change and evolve because of an endless range of factors outside the control of transportation management specialists. As globalization, digitization, and rapidly fluctuating supply and demand continue to impact the industry, there is a growing need for more sophisticated, built-in risk management procedures to help keep supply chains nimble and agile. In 2022 and beyond, shippers are moving away from the concept of a lean supply chain to prioritize agility. Unfortunately, many supply chain entities don’t understand or fail to grasp the full scope and concept of agility and how it functions in relation and contrast to a lean supply chain.
This blog looks at how the agile supply chain management paradigm has shifted in 2022 and how you can adapt to the changes.
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Preparing for Continued Global Supply Chain Issues in 2022
The pandemic impacts our everyday lives with ripple effects throughout the global supply chain. With unprecedented supply chain disruption, many businesses are experiencing low inventory, and in the worst cases, shutting down indefinitely. Supply chain delays and disruptions are a severe problem considering how deeply globalized and intertwined modern shipping networks tend to be. Currently, experts disagree on how long supply chain issues will impact the economy. But, there are luckily things businesses can do proactively to prevent problems and mitigate potential risks.
In this blog, we’re looking at the root causes of current supply chain issues and how businesses can prepare their supply chains for success in 2022 and beyond.
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Planning and Executing Project Cargo Logisitics: All You Need to Know
Project Cargo, also known as project forwarding or project logistics, is the transportation of large, complex, out-of-scope, or high-value pieces of equipment. The process involves single or multiple shipments with help from cranes, trucks, rail, planes, and ships and can cover a wide range of freight value. Project Cargo tends to have a specific timeframe or delivery date, making them among the most complex and detailed projects in the logistics industry.
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Ultimate Guide to Managed Transportation Services
Modern logistics problems demand modern solutions. Today, countless US shippers face supply chain issues like driver shortages, capacity inefficiencies, government regulations, shrinking delivery windows, and rising transportation costs. Companies slow to address these issues run a severe risk of falling behind competitors who continuously seek faster, more efficient, and cost-effective chemical logistics solutions. Facing these challenges, the market is seeing significant increases in the reliance on outsourced shipping specialists for logistics and supply chain services – first and foremost are comprehensive managed transportation solutions.
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Transportation Visibility: What You Need to Know
Transportation Visibility [trans-per-tey-shuhn viz-uh-bil-i-tee]
noun
The ability to know where a shipment is at any time and when it will arrive at its destination.
“CLX Logistics offers modern telematics provide real-time transportation visibility on all in-transit shipments, anywhere in the world.”
Transportation visibility is critical to success in today’s logistics industry. Past methods of shipment tracking and tracing were often comprised of a website or 3rd party program. Through a relatively cold and clunky interface, users could input container numbers, airway bills, rail numbers, and other bits and pieces of information. Visibility was limited, data was often inaccurate, and real-time exceptions like delays, inventory complications, and other network service fluctuations were difficult to manage properly. Rising customer expectations for shorter transportation times and increased transparency lead increasing businesses to seek systems that can better collect and share all types of tracking information and data across the supply chain.
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The Challenges Chemical Shippers Face in Designing a Precision 4PL
The past couple of years have seen unprecedented disruptions to all types of businesses in every industry. COVID-19, economic instabilities, and rapidly changing global political situations impact countless logistics operations. In response, supply chains have adapted quickly. But not every chemical shipper did as well as they could have. Smart, precision supply chain management means building in greater flexibility and adaptability to deal with the inevitable ‘what ifs.’
In our new Guide: Design a Precision 4PL for Chemical Logistics, we provide a comprehensive look at chemical logistics 4PLs, examining your current supply chain, and designing a precision chemical 4PL. Today, we’re focusing on the different challenges that chemical supply chains face and how a specially designed, precision fourth-party logistics provider (4PL) can help.
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Intermodal Logistics in Extreme Weather & Environments
Winter weather can make even the most menial tasks more challenging. In northern Canada, the Arctic wind, ice, and snow are especially severe, leading to snowballing complications across every aspect of supply chain logistics. From manufacturer to end-user and everyone in between, each component of the supply chain is impacted. To succeed, shippers need expert planning and management that maximizes resources to continuously optimize and develop valuable supply chain solutions.
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