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Tag Archives: logistics
Global Supply Chain Shifts: Freight Costs, Dropshipping Hurdles, & Upcoming U.S. Strikes [Podcast]
This week, your host Adrian is joined by Kate, head of the Sofeast supply chain management team, to bring you the latest updates in logistics and shipping. Discover the recent decline in ocean freight costs, the impact of US port … Continue reading
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Tagged red sea shipping, tariffs, sea freight, containers, dropshipping from china, logistics
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Automation’s Impact on Global Supply Chains. Book Deep Dive. [Podcast]
In episode 232 of the China Manufacturing Decoded podcast, Renaud does a deep dive into Christopher Mims’ book, Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door, Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy. Mims, a Wall Street Journal … Continue reading
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Tagged supply chain risk management, logistics, selling on amazon
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Logistics Special (June ’24)! Rising Shipping Costs + FOB vs FCA Incoterms
Adrian is on hosting duty and is joined by Sofeast’s Head of Supply Chain Management, Kate. Rising shipping costs (sea, air, and otherwise) are an issue facing importers from Asia now in 2024, but what’s causing it and are there … Continue reading
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Tagged fca, red sea shipping, incoterms, fob, containers, logistics, shipping from china
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Impact of Yemen’s Houthis On Global Shipping in Jan ’24 [Bonus Podcast]
Welcome to our special 200th episode of China Manufacturing Decoded! In this episode, we discuss the impact of the Houthi Yemeni rebels’ attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, and how it may affect your shipping costs and other issues … Continue reading
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Tagged red sea shipping, sea freight, logistics, shipping from china
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FOB Risk Of Loss Is A Real Problem. Don’t Be Caught Out!
FOB is the preferred incoterm for many businesses that manufacture in Asia and then import products to their country. We usually recommend it because it gives you a lot of control over your shipping process. However, there is a danger … Continue reading
ISTA Standards for Testing Packaging Reliability [Podcast]
Sofeast’s head of New Product Development, Andrew Amirnovin, talks about ISTA standards for testing packaging like shipping cartons. Any importer shipping product from country to country by road, rail, air, or sea needs to consider the impact that transit will … Continue reading
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Tagged packaging, package reliability testing, carton shipping, logistics
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HS vs HTS Codes: How to Find the Right Code for your Product? (incl. Links to Official Sources)
Importers who outsource manufacturing in Asia need to ship their goods around the world to where they’re being sold. Understanding the difference between HS vs HTS codes could be the difference between paying higher or lower import duties, fees, and … Continue reading
Logistics from China in 2023 Update: Good News!
Sofeast’s head of Supply Chain Management, Kate, joins Adrian from the team to explain how the logistics situation for importers shipping goods from China to the West has evolved now that we’re into 2023. During Covid times between 2020-2022, say, … Continue reading
USA Logistics & Shipping Summer 2022 Update (Feat. Marshall Taplits) [Podcast]
Marshall Taplits founder of East-Coast 3PL Ship It Done and American logistics and shipping expert joins Sofeast’s CEO Renaud Anjoran to update us about the situation in the USA right now in July 2022. Covid, fuel and energy costs, staffing … Continue reading
What’s Causing The USA’s Logistics Troubles? [Podcast]
Logistics in the USA in late 2021…where to begin? CNN is calling it ‘a supply chain nightmare,’ USA Today bemoan that “Food prices are going up, gas prices are climbing, and finding that great gift for the holidays might get … Continue reading
