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Building Resilient Supply Chains is Hard — but Essential

Enterra Insights

She explains, “Today’s supply chain management companies live in a fortunate time where they can collect real-time updates on current events courtesy of the Internet and other technologies. Kern also suggests that utilizing tracking technologies can help with supply chain resilience.

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Tectonic Shift: From Audits/Compliance to Due-diligence & Collaboration: Recap of the Forum on UK Modern Slavery

EcoVadis

140 procurement execs, human rights experts, analysts, NGO leaders gathered in London on May 4 last week to exchange on practices and discuss the potential impact, pitfalls and response strategies to UK Modern Slavery Act. Many thanks to Andrew Dick, Program Manager at EcoVadis for ‘reporting’ on this event for us!

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. Demand container capacity is expected to exceed the actual capacity available through 2026. 75% of procurement managers and Managing Directors from the EU and UK believe passing on increased raw material costs to customers is appropriate.

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Contrasting Airbus and Boeing Q1-2024 Aircraft Delivery Performance

Supply Chain Matters

Executives further indicated that future monthly production plans for the same market popular single aisle aircraft family were progressing well towards the previously announced goal of 75 aircraft per month by 2026. Going beyond 38 per month will be up to the FAA.”

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Five Advanced Technologies That Are Revolutionizing Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

They enable logistics teams to identify disruptive events such as transportation roadblocks, missed incoming deliveries, asset downtime and labor shortages. A similar report predicts that, by 2026, 75% of large companies will use some form of smart robotics technology in their warehouses. Digital Control Towers. billion in 2020 to $15.79

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Why Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategies Are Winning in 2022

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

According to a Bloomberg article highlighting a September 2021 conference call with analysts, Chief Marketing Officer for FedEx, Brie Carere, shared that the parcel market is expected to grow 10% annually through 2026.

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Ford Motor Moves Deeper Into Supply Network Vertical Integration

Supply Chain Matters

This week Ford Motor Company in conjunction with a two-day investor event, announced strategic commodity supply deals with four suppliers, two of which are the globe’s largest producers of lithium , a critical strategic commodity for electric-vehicle production needs. These agreements include U.S.