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Digitization in the Making – A reflection post-pandemic frenzy!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Imbalances in ocean transport, port congestion and equipment shortages, with surging freight rates became the new normal. During a workshop in the run up to the event attendees prioritized “lack of understanding” and “fear of innovation”. The book author is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI and Nikkei contributor. About the Author .

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Digitisation: Shifting Gears in 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Logistics service providers set up their portals to more efficiently deal with and manage ad-hoc quotations and bookings. A workshop in the run up to the event yielded some other roadblocks. On the company and people side, the workshop attendees prioritised “lack of understanding” and “fear of innovation”.

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Logistics Experts from SSI Schaefer Implement Automated Deep-Freeze Warehouse in Manila, Philippines – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Supplying this urban population with fresh food is difficult due to the tropical temperatures and the overloaded transport infrastructure with frequent traffic gridlocks. With the logistics software WAMAS ® , ORCA has a close eye on stock and ensures that all goods within the warehouse are booked and tracked in real time.

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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals. It’s frustrating when I get a phone call from a department head to say, for example, an already planned workshop can’t go ahead.

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Knowledge is power – Start managing your cargo shipments actively

Global Trade Management

On workshops we sit together with interested parties and discuss their situation and analyze whether and where our services help the most. One platform, one dashboard Based in the heart of Switzerland arviem is about to be a melting pot for global cargo monitoring.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

As part of the journey, the Zevo 600 transported a shipment of Full Circle sustainable cleaning products from its headquarters in New York City to a MOM’s Organic Market location in Washington, DC, a Mid-Atlantic chain of family-owned and operated organic grocery stores. This funding is for the temporary staging of loaded export containers.

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Agile Strategic Sourcing for a Resilient Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

To deal with operational challenges amid any disruptions, supply chain leaders must engage with a diverse pool of suppliers, alternate, transport and logistics providers and explore alternate trading partnerships. Another survey executed by Gartner Inc. Dr Nassar’s main research interest is sustainability and supply chain resilience.