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Dog food, supply chains and how COVID drove new challenges

COVID drove higher pet adoption and supply chain challenges

As consumers searched frantically for toilet paper, paper towels and other essentials in the spring as store shelves lay bare, logistics networks faced logjams and disruption the likes of which they haven’t seen in years, if ever at all.

Once the initial disruptions from COVID-19 faded away and supply chains adjusted, a potential shortage of another essential came to light: dog food.

Yes, pet food suppliers saw a sudden surge for their products as Americans, suddenly stranded at home, adopted...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/dog-food-supply-chains-and-how-covid-drove-new-challenges

The ideal time to merge or sell could be now

truck parked on city street

When the coronavirus pandemic started spreading across the U.S. in March, panic buying and mandatory lockdowns sent the logistics industry into a tailspin. The chaos of the past few months has highlighted both existing inefficiencies and sustainable business practices throughout the industry.

Essential manufacturers faced mercilessly high demand, while non-essential manufacturers were forced to close up shop entirely. Volumes surged and plummeted, sending carriers from the highway to the parking...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-ideal-time-to-merge-or-sell-could-be-now

Ocean and overland growth compensates for air volatility as K+N reports ‘solid’ results

Strong sea freight volumes helped Kuehne + Nagel hit “solid” results for the first nine months of 2019, despite the poor air freight market and “non-existent” peak season.
The Swiss forwarding giant increased its nine-month group net turnover by 3.1% year on year, to Sfr15.8bn (US$15.9bn), generating a 6.6% upturn in profit (ebit) which hit Sfr794m.
The company’s sea freight business “grew significantly in a stagnating overall market,” K+N said, with volumes …

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https://theloadstar.com/ocean-and-overland-growth-compensates-for-air-volatility-as-kn-reports-solid-results/

Shipper + 3PL + data sharing = more trust and a smoother supply chain

3PLs that collaborate with shippers on data will boost efficiency and see longer-lasting relationships with their customers.
“Logistics is still a people business, and personal relationships are important,” said Lorenzo Fornaroli, senior director global logistics strategy and operations at Huawei.
“But there is much easier access to data now. I see a lot that needs to be done in terms of trust and relationships in China, but collaboration [over data] brings success …

The post Shipper + 3PL +...

https://theloadstar.com/shipper-3pl-data-sharing-more-trust-and-a-smoother-supply-chain/

The Morrow-Roberson road test: Flexport – moving beyond freight forwarding 

Flexport: the name alone invokes a multitude of commentary in articles, at conferences and on social media – good, and not so good.  
The company started in 2013 when founder Ryan Peterson, entrepreneur and co-founder of Import Genius, decided to tackle the ‘antiquated’ and ‘unsexy’ freight forwarding market.  As noted in a Forbes article from 2016, Mr Peterson said: “It’s really all about coordinating complexity. In the freight world, the user experience is just broken.  
“No company has...

https://theloadstar.com/the-morrow-roberson-road-test-flexport-moving-beyond-freight-forwarding/

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