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What’s New in 2015 for the supply chain world? See 2014?s predictions.

Supply Chain View from the Field

Global supply chain footprints will continue to expand. No question the global supply chain is still going strong. While it seemed like many companies would be moving more towards the BRIC countries, global events have proven this uptake to be relatively slow. The solution?

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Why Global Trade Agreements must be part of your supply chain planning: Guest Post by Tim Barnes

NC State SCRC

Tim is a global supply chain executive originally from Australia, who has been studying the evolution of the Trans Pacific Partnership closely, and is writing a book on the subject. So if the TPP is approved, then this creates a different, but equally as critical challenge for supply chain leaders.

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Hanjin Bankruptcy Demonstrates Fragility of Ocean Freight Market Prior to “Black November”

NC State SCRC

Since then a number of actions have occurred to “fill the gaps” Splash 247 reports that South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and compatriot carriers Korea Marine Transport, Sinokor Merchant Marine and Heung-A Shipping have formed a vessel-sharing alliance that plans to fill in for bankrupt Hanjin Shipping.The consortium, named (..)