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Space: The final logistics and supply chain management frontier

Kinaxis

by Ilyas Kucukcay Recent advancements in the space launch market may indicate an increased need for logistics and supply chain management in outer space operations. Space Logistics and Supply Chain. Managing the supply chain and logistics in space will not be easy and is still speculative on many levels.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. FreshDirect is an established online grocery with a focus on fresh food delivery. Ahold Delhaize brands in the US include Hannaford, Stop & Shop, Giant, and Food Lion. The post This Week in Logistics News (November 14 – 20) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Entrust your warehouse services to an ISO 9001-certifed logistics partner

Kanban Logistics

Working with an ISO 9001-certified 3PL logistics provider for your warehousing operations can offer several advantages for your business. Advantages of working with an ISO-9001-certified warehousing 3PL In the logistics industry, lack of discipline around process execution can lead to costly errors.

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Logistics in the Manufacturing Industry: New report highlights 3PL benefits

Kanban Logistics

In this article, we’ll look at the latest reports on manufacturing activity, while showing how a third-party logistics (3PL) provider can offer great logistics benefits within the manufacturing industry. According to a recent article in Logistics Management , manufacturing activity continued to grow in August.

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Why it makes sense to outsource logistics post-pandemic

Kanban Logistics

A key question that logistics pros must consider is whether “normal” will look the same post-pandemic as it did before the virus. As your company finds its new normal, outsourcing logistics operations to a third-party logistics (3PL) provider can remove many of the current headaches you’re likely to encounter.

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Like Amazon, Your Success Depends on Logistics IT

Supply Chain Collaborator

As two of the world’s largest retailers, Amazon and Walmart wage a battle royale for supremacy, the role of logistics IT and supply chain automation technology comes into stark relief. What lesson can shippers in all industries – not just retail – take from the recent acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon? .

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. These core assumptions are no longer true.