Incomplete list of links to industry news reports, as of 03 June 2021, which prove the Artificial Intelligence (A-I) driven (yet pandemic-panic-attack blamed) supply shortage is all about money:
A-I driven logistics research company Blue Yonder says supply shortage shenanigans are the New Normal!
Logistics Manager’s Index says demand for logistics will only increase: “This hard shift in economic activity is akin to going from standing still to a full sprint, and as would be expected, it has put tremendous pressure on supply chains. Many supply networks are currently suffering from the phenomenon known as the ‘bullwhip effect’ in which smaller variations in demand at the consumer level lead to wild swings further up the chain.”
Logistics Management article reveals true reason for supply shortage; ocean ports are overwhelmed with cargo ships that can’t unload their cargo: “Given the congestion at ports in San Pedro Bay, we’re seeing more interest in booking freight through Mexico and Canada. This is a trend that we expect to continue through the next Peak Season.”-Brian Nemeth, AlixPartners
Turkey based ‘route optimizer’ gets money from investors, including Ford.
New A-I driven logistic company called Locus gets investors to shell-out USD$50-million in latest round of fund raising!
New Project44 logistics solution company ‘milks’ investors of USD$202-million, and valued at $1.2-billion, claims it will help retail industry fix supply problems!
Prudential Financial-PGIM Real Estate sinks USD$323-million into Chinese logistics company!
E-commerce logistics company Delhiverly gets investors to shell-out USD$277-million before its Initial Public Offering!
New logistics company NextBillion gets USD$6.25-million from investors!
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Scott Jenkins.
In May, the U.S. Marine Corps conducted a record 18 vehicle convoy, approximately 5-thousand miles from North Carolina to California, and then back to North Carolina.
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Scott Jenkins.
The four weeks long drive tested the ability to control a large movement of trucks using High Frequency (HF) beyond line-of-sight highly secure radio communications. HF radios are old tech, but turns out they might provide more radio security now that most ‘enemies’ are using the latest satellite communications and other radio technologies. Also, it seems HF can handle more data.
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Scott Jenkins.
“This mission has run smoothly due to the detailed preparation effort, and competency of the team on the road. All issues encountered have been solvable….”-Captain Adam Devine, 2nd Transportation Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group
Retailers are dealing with the leanest levels of inventory, relative to sales, on record: “…almost all companies we have spoken to alluding to a supply/demand mismatch.”-Simeon Siegel, BMO Capital Markets
Supply shortage shenanigans are actually causing established XPO Logistics to grow and improve its ‘free cash flow’.
Illinois based Redwood Logistics takes over software company and parcel delivery company!
Advance Realty Investors, Greek Development and PGIM Real Estate, are closer to completing 1.3-million acre Linden Logistics Center, in New Jersey.
California based Deckers Brands to build logistics center in Indiana.
New 1.8-million square feet logistics center to be built in California.
Canadian logistics company Pinnacle Logistics Solutions hired a ship to transport steel, in what is being considered a case study examining the benefits of when companies take direct control of the supply chain.
Lineage Logistics takes over UTI Forwarding, the latest in dozens of take overs by Lineage since the pandemic-panic-attack started.
Indian logistics company to deliver Russian CoViD vax.
Virginia based LaserShip credits pandemic-panic-attack for its expansion into Tennessee!
Interim director of Army Medical Logistics Command’s Medical Maintenance Policies and Analysis directorate, during a discussion at a healthcare technology management workshop, at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo by C.J. Lovelace.
U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command conducts first ever healthcare tech workshop. The U.S. Army says the pandemic-panic-attack revealed a problem with current medical providers, including the U.S. military, in having enough workers on hand to handle a pandemic.
Three Maryland based companies sign contract to modernize the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency.
U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Kentavist P. Brackin.
In the name of logistics (calling it the Aerial Port of the Future) the U.S. Air Force has created an Android based system which can monitor the location and activities of personnel involved with flightline activities, in real time.
USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Kentavist P. Brackin.
In Michigan, the USAF recently tested the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) and Android Team Logistics Awareness Switch (ATLAS), during Mobility Guardian 2021.
Supply companies in Communist China threaten to halt port operations, claiming they are losing money!
France based Robotics Specialist wants to invade the U.S. logistics market.
Global logistics robot market expected to be worth billions of U.S. dollars.
Pandemic Logistics Shenanigans, April 2021: CANNED PET FOOD? CONSPIRACY TO JACK-UP PRICES? BLAME CHINA?
