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Industry Transformation: Advanced Manufacturing and Digitalisation of Supply Chain-Logistics

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Covid-19 pandemic severely exacerbated the shock to the Global economy.Global and Regional Trade and related Supply chains experienced unprecedented disruptions. International Airports and Ports almost came to a standstill as the worlds international airline fleets were grounded and maritime shipping disrupted and stalled.

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

There are tens of thousands of books about logistics and supply chains. Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics. That’s 56,751 supply chain and logistics books. All those books would weigh 49,000 kilograms – half the cargo mass of a Boeing 747-200F.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. Kick back, be inspired and happy innovating.

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Managing End-to-End Supply Chain Security Like A Pro

Supply Chain Opz

Managing End-to-End Supply Chain Security Like A Pro. While this remains valid, the new treats such as terrorist activities demand more comprehensive supply chain security beyond the four walls perspective. This article will explain to you how to implement the end-to-end supply chain security program.

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Putting the WoW! Into Service Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

In the past, supply chain professionals are trained to handle the service issues through a planning of inventory , service level and after-sales operations. Supply Chain Perspective Service supply chain has recently emerged as the new research area. They have a warehouse very close to 3PL''s hub.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 27 – April 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

As a 17-year periodical, these cicadas have lived underground in wingless nymph form since 2004, about a foot or two down, feeding on sap from tree roots. America’s imports are stuck on ships floating off LA. And more ships keep arriving, making the congestion worse. When they do emerge, there can be as many as 1.5

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Applying History’s Lessons to New Resiliency Plans

CH Robinson Transportfolio

At this time last year, global supply chains were already in trouble. Additionally, the United States and China were in the midst of a trade war, which further complicated the flow of goods through the world’s supply chains. All these events caused major supply chain disruptions to some of the biggest brands in the world.