Category Archives: Cost

Verifying conflict-free refiners proves difficult for the US Commerce Department

Posted on September 6, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (September 6, 2014) titled “Conflict Minerals Prove Hard to Track” descries the Commerce Department list of over 400 refiners with a statement that finding which smelters have minerals that can be tracked to … Continue reading →

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Should we expect US logistics costs to increase in 2014 ?

Posted on September 5, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the Supply Chain Digest (September 5,2014) by Dan Gilmore lists several recent price pressures on US transportation. He lists a 22.6% cost increase accounted by a combination of a 14% wage increase due to driver shortages, a … Continue reading →

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Will the global package business model offered by “manyship.com” be sustainable ?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by aviyer2010

The website http://www.manyship.com describes a system in which individual travelers post their planned trip, shippers post their requirements and the available capacity is assigned to carry products between destinations. The company charges shippers $20 per pound and pays carriers $10 … Continue reading →

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The impact of a US bill requiring 75% of US food aid to be shipped on American vessels

Posted on April 29, 2014 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (April 24, 2014) titled “Provision could limit US Food Aid” describes a Coast Guard spending bill that requires “75% of US food aid to be shipped on US owned vessels”. The impact is … Continue reading →

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