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The ShipBob Story with Dhruv Saxena

The Logistics of Logistics

Dhruv is the CEO and Co-Founder of ShipBob , the leading global omni fulfillment platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses to provide them access to best-in-class supply chain and fulfillment capabilities. Dhruv came to America (from India) in 2007 to pursue an undergraduate engineering degree. About Dhruv Saxena.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Until Tuesday evening, that username belonged to Gene Hwang, a San Francisco photographer who has held it since 2007. The UPS-Teamsters contract is the largest collective-bargaining agreement involving a private employer in North America, and a strike could have harmed the supply chains of many companies. Chamber of Commerce.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 4, 2018)

Talking Logistics

According to a 2007 report, one of these products is sold every 17 seconds in the U.S. – In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Richard Branson’s Virgin Hyperloop partners with backer DP World to launch logistics startup (TechCrunch). or around 550 million every year.

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Major Trends Impacting the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Ecosystem

Supply Chain View from the Field

The issues supply chain executives face in this environment are significant, but also represent opportunities for those who know and think about how to embrace this complexity. Supply chains have gone from local to global. One of the biggest recipients of this trend is the pharmaceutical environment. In the U.S.

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Requis

The new technologies that are making renewables more viable. The coronavirus pandemic has given the world a wake-up call about resiliency in supply chain. The ongoing forward march of the technology enablers. Another promising technology can be found in hydrogen fuel cells. We’re already using more renewables.

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LTL Carrier Profile: Con-Way Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

Menlo Worldwide Logistics is Con-Way’s supply chain division. Menlo provides supply chain solutions including: transportation management, warehouse management, and information technology. The truckload division operates in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Con-Way Truckload has over 3,500 employees.

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How Are Counterfeit Drugs Procured?

MIT Supply Chain

The infiltration of fake medicines into the pharmaceutical supply chain is a major problem, and conventional methods for detecting fake medicines are generally inadequate. Mahmut Parlar, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada. A new approach focuses on the way these products are procured.