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BR Williams Trucking Honored for Exceptional Safety Performance

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

BR Williams Trucking Wins First Place in Alabama Trucking Association – General Commodities Linehaul & General Commodities Combined / 5-10 Million Miles. ” The Alabama Trucking Association recognizes Alabama companies that have demonstrated exceptional safety performance in their operations. . covering 1.7

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. Experts Weigh-In on Peak Season 2022. container imports are near record-setting.

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Ocean Shipping and Global Trade 2023

American Global Logistics

Factors sparking this shift are “logistics bottlenecks, regulatory headwinds, and labor uncertainty.” Ocean Shipping: Trends and Innovations in Global Trade Looking toward the future, several trends and innovations have emerged to shape the ocean shipping industry in 2023. But they can mitigate these outside forces.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up

Supply Chain Matters

based Alabama and Georgia production facilities. The report additionally cites the reasons for this year’s low levels of traditional hiring as being the NRF’s indications of lowered expected holiday spending on products and that retailers and logistics services providers can meet additional demand with existing part-time employees.

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BR Williams’ ISO 9001 Certification Journey: ISO 9001 Quality Management Certified

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

This Alabama-based enterprise has undergone a remarkable transformation over the decades, from building its first warehouse in 1994 to evolving into a powerhouse in the logistics industry. We started our Logistics Division in 2010, which became its own L.L.C. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of BR Williams Trucking in 2020.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Expert Reveals 7 Supply Chain Trends to Watch

GlobalTranz

As a transportation management third party logistics company, we know at Cerasis that transportation makes up a large portion of the costs and efficiencies of any supply chain. In this article, Professor Burcu Keskin from University of Alabama will share 7 supply chain trends that working professionals should watch.

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Prediction- Added Labor Activism Among Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

Additional efforts will be required to increase talent retention, upskill existing workers and provide added innovative efforts for added skills-based training that involve deeper partnerships with universities, technical schools, high schools and industry associations. plant in Montgomery, Alabama , have signed union cards.