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Revealed: The Sectors Cutting Product Lead Times Fastest

Unleashed

It’s been a long two years for manufacturing and logistics businesses at the sharp end of rapidly-changing global events. But which sub-sectors of manufacturing and logistics struggled most to fulfil orders during the pandemic, and how quickly did they rally?

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Supply Chain Risk Management Highlighted by a Tiny Computer Chip

Enterra Insights

As recent events demonstrate, science fiction often turns into science fact. Singer suggests that Chinese-made microchips embedded in our appliances, devices, satellites, fighter jets, war ships, and tanks could turn against us.”[1] Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley explain what happened next.[2].

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10 Must-Watch Negotiation Movies: Master the Art of Persuasion with These Gripping Films

SCMDOJO

The central theme centers on the talks between the shipping company’s chief executive officer and the Somali pirates’ interpreter. Captain Phillips (2013) In the movie “Captain Phillips,” Somali pirates kidnap the Danish cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama, which is a terrifying true story.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Spire provides real-time information and analytics based on global maritime automatic identification system (AIS) technology—Spire’s constellation of small satellites captures the courses and current status of container ships across the globe. A major global event challenges a globalized system.

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Questions Companies with U.S.-Mexico Trade Should be Asking

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Robinson’s President of Managed Services, Jordan Kass, spoke before Congress to detail industry concerns over the U.S. Consumers can now buy directly from overseas retailers and manufacturers, and with the increase in the de minimis value by Congress from $200 to $800, we increasingly see the U.S. Nearly three years ago, C.H.

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Going Lean: Should You Replace Your ERP System?

synchrono

By Trey Jordan, Senior Software Consultant. At some point in their Lean journey, nearly every manufacturer faces the same decision: Do you take the time to fix or replace your broken ERP systems or just keep working around them? The only difference is that many manufacturers never emerge from the Trough of Disillusionment.

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Supply Chain Management:Rapid Innovation will Differentiate the.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Industrial Manufacturing. News & Events. |. state authorities to collect sales taxes into an opportunity to deploy same-day shipping capabilities in the not too distant future, allowing consumers the same convenience and gratification that they would get by purchasing goods from a physical store. Automotive. Healthcare.