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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics strategy as an enabler of new business models. The success of a company has nothing to do with its form, whether as solely online retailer, a startup or a company evolving from brick and mortar retail. They have changed the way they see logistics, and no longer view it as just a support process in their organization.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Continue to Stabilize in March and Q1-2023

Supply Chain Matters

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , provided a banner headline of global manufacturing output showing signs of stabilizing at the conclusion of Q1. That stated, the reported 49.6

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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

In this week’s news… XPO Logistics Acquires Optima Service Solutions. In 3PL news, XPO Logistics announced that it has acquired Optima Service Solutions, LLC, “a leading non-asset provider of last-mile logistics services for major retailers and manufacturers in the United States” for $26.6 percent.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27-31, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Robinson Opens Austria Office. Ratings for President Obama’s “State of the Union” address were the lowest since 2000 , but if you tuned in, he raised a couple of points related to supply chain and logistics. Trucking Leaders React to the State of the Union. Reid Deals Body Blow to Obama on Trade ( WSJ – subscription ).

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Winner of last quarter: The Netherlands as a logistics base

Supply Chain Movement

The Netherlands is the best region for a logistics base according to the ‘VerkehrsRundschau Markenstudie ImageRanking’. The market study by VerkehrsRundschau (a leading German magazine with a website about transport and logistics) assessed the attractiveness of the countries close to Germany as a base for logistics activities.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: AMR's Top 25 Highs and Lows

Supply Chains Rock

One company I am glad to not see in the list this year is Zara, the Spanish clothing retailer. I still have bitter memories of all the T-Mobile shops in Austria running out of iPhones on the launch day. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog. Latin American Logistics. Manufacturing Central.

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ToolsGroup/Engage Alliances Summit 2023 Launches New Era for ToolsGroup and Its Global Partners 

ToolsGroup

BOSTON – December 19, 2023 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, welcomed members of its partner ecosystem to the ToolsGroup/Engage Alliances Summit 2023 in Vienna, Austria. Our thriving customer base relies on the innovations born of this partnership,” said Amnon Rasner, CEO.