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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

This is leading to an inventory pile-up of processors and memory chips used in PCs. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. The companies building their inventories are looking to ensure they have items on hand at the right moment. Walgreens takes its delivery service round the clock.

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Global Vendor Management: What It Is & Why It’s Essential for Your Shipping Strategy

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Imagine you are at your desk in Houston and you need to determine whether a completed order left the warehouse in China. To get the information you need involves several languages, time zones, software programs, and much more. That means the company never handles the shipments, or has to put them into inventory or reship the freight.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

AI will be able to survey an area or room and create an accurate inventory in seconds, including weights and volumes, and determine damage on items. They can provide alerts and notifications of key information, driving action for stakeholders of throughput solutions. Marc Tuinier. Abbas Dhilawala. Christoph Seitz. David Armerdariz.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

Since startup, more than 850 cumulative cargoes of LNG originating from Cheniere have been delivered to 32 countries and regions worldwide. Bill H: “We have two trade zones in Oklahoma and Houston, and are under construction to produce one in Corpus Christi. Cheniere is the “smallest” of the Fortune 500 companies.

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