Unleashed
APRIL 11, 2024
US manufacturing activity expands for first time since 2022. The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report registered an unexpectedly high 50.3% Baltimore bridge disaster adds new stress to global supply chains. When shoppers to spend more on each purchase it has a desirable effect on your profits. in March – up 2.5%
Supply Chain Matters
MAY 22, 2024
The incident of the container ship Dali striking and destroying the Francis Scott Key spanning the Port of Baltimore falls within two of these categories. This will reportedly include a mix of strategies to improve energy efficiency, the adoption of alternatively fueled vessels, along with added innovation in ship design and propulsion.
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Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 17, 2013
Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The gravy train is coming to an end. Each time that they are published, the Shaman sighs and chuckles in her little apartment in Baltimore. They are step change requiring either the redeployment of existing technologies or the purchase of new platforms. The acronyms keep coming….
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 18, 2013
BMW to Mazda Imports Slowed as Strike Shuts Baltimore Port ( Bloomberg ). Onshoring: Manufacturers capitalise on goods ‘made in the USA’ ( Financial Times ). Decaying Bridges, Highways Raise Costs for Truckers, Manufacturers ( Wall Street Journal ). Free-Shipping Offers Abound This Holiday Season, According To Shop.Org.
Enterra Insights
MAY 2, 2019
David Sparkman, head of David Sparkman Consulting, reports, “Empty stores and shopping centers are increasingly being converted into warehouse and e-commerce distribution centers, according to the global industrial real estate firm CBRE, which examined in detail two dozen such projects ranging from southern California to Baltimore.”[2]
CH Robinson Transportfolio
APRIL 17, 2019
Specifically discussing how the internet of things will impact supply chains, he said: The internet of things provides companies the ability to source parts and inputs, and sell, globally. Environmental Protection Agency holds up a shipment at the port of Baltimore because they are understaffed, it impacts supply chains across the nation.
MIT Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
In the maritime example I cited above, the lack of a centralized management strategy for our nation’s port system puts us at a competitive disadvantage. There are many other areas where a centralized strategy is needed. Manufacturers have responded to these efforts by stepping up the production of PPE.
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