Price wars in the canal business! Egypt cuts rates in Suez; now Panama cuts rates on its canal.
The cuts seem to be only on return voyages. Drewry’s doesn’t think much of them.
Source: Panama Canal discounts may not produce expected flood of new business – The Loadstar
Posted in Logistics, Ports, Shipping, Supply Chains
Tagged big ships, container shipping, Logistics, panama canal, supply chains
The white paper lays out stages of maturity for digital transformation (DX is the acronym now being used!). I’ve not seen that before, and I wanted to see when someone would come up with such a notion.
This white paper explores the connection between enterprise digital transformation and the necessary restructuring that results in the supply chain.
Source: Digital Transformation Drives Supply Chain Restructuring Imperative – Supply Chain 24/7 Paper
Here’s the white paper. You can also get it from the link above.
Posted in Advanced Computing, Logistics, Service Management, Strategy, Supply Chains
Tagged analytics, disruption, innovation, Logistics, supply chains
Here’s a nice study from MIT students on choosing a portfolio of trucking companies to carry your goods. I’m not sure it reveals much revolutionary, but the analytic methods are solid and confirm some basic intuition about the situation.
http://supplychainmit.com/2017/07/20/which-carriers-should-you-use/
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