disruption

CrowdStrike disruption far from over

The CrowdStrike outage may not be the top headline today, but that does not mean the impact is a thing of the past. Delta is still digging out of the backlog, and computer systems are still coming back online for other companies. 

The state of freight is still exposed to the CrowdStrike fallout. According to Niall van de Wouw, Xeneta’s chief airfreight officer, “These incidents can take three times as long to resolve as the length of time they last, but that is very much dependent on the scale...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/crowdstrike-disruption-far-from-over

Port of Baltimore calamity shows supply chain’s vulnerabilities

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By Bart De Muynck

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.
Companies continue to make their supply chains more resilient to respond very quickly to supply chain disruptions. Some disruptions can be modeled or even predicted in some cases. But others are hard to predict and show that even with all the technology and process improvements in the world, supply chains remain vulnerable.

We’ve seen this over...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-baltimore-calamity-shows-supply-chains-vulnerabilities

Gartner expert: Supply chains can thrive even amid disruption

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Relationships. Trust. Control. And visibility.

These are the hallmarks of a strategy to managing and surviving supply chain risk, said Brian Whitlock, senior director analyst at Gartner. Speaking at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/XPO 2022 on Monday at Walt Disney World’s Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Whitlock cited those four items as the call to action during his presentation, titled Logistics Risk and Disruption: Is it in the Past or Forever Part of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gartner-expert-supply-chains-can-thrive-even-amid-disruption

Turning supply chain chaos into profitable business

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.  —Manufacturers have generally weathered the past two years of disruption and now are shifting into future-proofing their businesses, incorporating better visibility and supply chain control.

That is one of the takeaways from Fictiv’s seventh annual State of Manufacturing report. Released Monday at the Gartner Supply Chain Sumposium/XPO at Walt Disney World’s Dolphin Resort, the report found a majority (59%) of companies said improving supply chain visibility is their top...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/turning-supply-chain-chaos-into-profitable-business

FOSC chat: Amazon Freight on supply chain disruptions

Amazon Freight experts sit on the FreightWaves stage during The Future of Supply Chain event.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Dealing with supply chain disruptions.

DETAILS: Antonio Garcia, senior manager of SMB sales at Amazon Freight, and Hannah McClellan discussed the volatility of the freight market in the past couple of years.

SPEAKER: McClellan is the vice president at Amazon Freight.

BIO: McClellan leads Amazon’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-amazon-freight-on-supply-chain-disruptions

As Ningbo slowly recovers, Covid ripples reach ports of Tianjin and Shenzhen

The port of Ningbo has largely recovered from its latest Covid disruption, but the risk of shipping delays from China has already spread to Tianjin and Shenzhen.
In an update yesterday, Maersk said: “Container gate operations have been recovered completely at Ningbo.” However, forwarders have reported severe disruption to landside operations, which are taking longer to recover.
Maersk said trucking had recovered to 75% of normal capacity, with some services remaining suspended in …

The post As...

https://theloadstar.com/as-ningbo-slowly-recovers-covid-ripples-reach-ports-of-tianjin-and-shenzhen/

Ningbo shippers divert as exports are hit by Covid-restricted trucking

Forwarders are shifting volumes to congested-Shanghai to avoid landside delays, despite carrier schedules so far unaffected by the newest Covid-disruption at Ningbo.
Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has repeatedly fallen victim to China’s tough Covid restrictions over the past six months, with the latest lockdown taking place in Ningbo’s Beilun district, which borders three of the port’s container terminals.
Container loading and discharge is operating normally, but the impact on trucking and access to the...

https://theloadstar.com/ningbo-shippers-divert-as-exports-are-hit-by-covid-restricted-trucking/

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