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Crime is Adding to Supply Chain Woes

Enterra Insights

.”[2] Around the same time, a new phenomenon emerged smash-and-grab mobs organized using social media. Speaking about rising crime rates, Rachel Michelin ( @RachelEMichelin ), president and CEO of the California Retailers Association, told the press, “We’ve been sounding the alarm for a while that this issue is not getting better.”[3].

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Highlights from TPM 2023 with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

He writes a regular JOC column, speaks regularly at industry events and has been quoted in or written for mainstream business media including the The Wall Street Journal, CNBC and The Washington Post, CBS News, NPR, The Financial Times, The New York Times and others. the world’s largest container shipping conference, now 23 years old.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Among the key new Uber Eats grocery features, outlined in a media videoconference is the ability to place orders whether stores are open or closed. Soon, the big-box retailer will have similar centers and gig workers in three more places ? two in the Greater Chicago area and one near Denver ?

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UPS-Owned Ware2Go and Gap Inc.’s GPS Platform Services Collaborate to Offer Enterprise-Level Fulfillment Capability to SMBs 

Ware2Go

Ware2Go and GPS Platform Services will now offer SMBs access to world class fulfillment centers, where advanced technology, automation and robotics can deliver a scalable network that provides as fast as one-day click-to-door fulfillment.

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Trends 2022: Retail

Enterra Insights

Journalist Zusha Elinson ( @ZushaElinson ) reports thieves are using social media outlets to plan robberies. Progress will mean integrating products, technologies and services with the consumer in the very center of innovation.” 2] Agence France-Presse, “ US Retail Sales Up 8.5% 4] Agence France-Presse, op.

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Amazon’s Blowout 2023 Financial Performance

Supply Chain Matters

In the press release indication financial results, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy commented on the performance and indicated: “ The fourth quarter was a record-breaking holiday shopping season and closed out a robust 2023 for Amazon.” That number, according to published business media reports, was 45 cents per item.

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Supply Chain’s Next Decade of Dealing With the Unknown

MIT Supply Chain

At the time, I started a research project on supply chain sustainability that culminated in my book “Balancing Green: When to Embrace Sustainability in Business (and When Not To)” (MIT Press, 2018). Nowadays, many firms are downplaying or even abandoning pledges to achieve net-zero carbon emissions levels within specified time frames.