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2024: Planning for Success Amid the Uncertainty

Logistics Viewpoints

It’s human nature to want to start a new year with new goals—the ever-present new year’s resolutions. However, it’s only early February 2024, and we already have several major disruptions impacting supply chains. As Alan Amling at the University of Tennessee put it, “2024 is riddled with uncertainty.”

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Robots Take Center Stage at MODEX 2024

Logistics Viewpoints

MODEX is the leading trade show for supply chain, logistics, and material handling solutions in North America. MODEX 2024, held in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 11 to 14, attracted more than 35,000 attendees and featured over 150 educational sessions, keynote speakers, and networking events.

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Körber Elevate 2024: Chart Your Course

Logistics Viewpoints

I am coming to you from the sunny confines of San Diego, CA where I am attending the 2024 Körber Elevate conference. Sean Elliot, Acting Co-CEO kicked off the conference with a keynote that highlighted what Körber did in 2023, but more importantly, where the company is going in 2024. First, supply chains do not operate in isolation.

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NRF 2024: Supply Chain Data

Logistics Viewpoints

This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond. Blue Yonder also acquired Doddle to close the loop on reverse logistics.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 25 – 31)

Logistics Viewpoints

Tributes came pouring in from past and present NBA players, broadcasters, fans, and the surviving members of the Grateful Dead. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon’s post-pandemic pullback in logistics expansion is over as the company turns competition for consumer spending into a battle over real estate.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Noting that supply chain pressures are a key driver of inflation, the bank said in a press release that the new indexes “present a new gauge to measure how widespread supply disruptions are, understand if availability is improving, and track inflationary pressures and the impact on local firms.”

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Highlights From LogiMed USA 2024

BlueYonder

Blue Yonder recently attended the LogiMed USA 2024 conference in beautiful Palm Springs, California. Attendees included medical device and diagnostics manufacturers, hospital systems, raw material suppliers, software providers, and logistics service providers (LSPs). Want to learn more about key learnings from LogiMed?