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EY Announces Brian Kempisty of Port X Logistics as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 New York Award Finalist

The Logistics of Logistics

BUFFALO, April 24, 2023 – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Brian Kempisty of Port X Logistics was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 New York Award finalist. Port X Logistics offers a variety of services, including drayage, transloading, trucking, project cargo coordination, and more. and Canada.

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The Day a Cyber Attack Brings the World’s Supply Chains to a Halt

Talking Logistics

So reads a section from CyberStorm , a book by Matthew Mather about “what a full scale cyber attack against present-day New York City might look like from the perspective of one family trying to survive it.” Cyber risk and security is getting more attention from the ocean shipping community too.

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The Best Supply Chain Conferences of 2019

GlobalTranz

It is up to your organization to decide which conferences to attend and how you will leverage the information presented. Conferences exist for a variety of purposes and supply chain specialties, including cold chain storage, transportation management , omnichannel best practices , and much more.

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The Beginning of the Beginning: A Progress Report on the Digitisation of Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Hackathons, in various setups, have become, more present, for example in the maritime sector during the last five years , and just recently, one was concluded for the ports of Morocco. Actors themselves need to overcome their resistance to new business models. Conclusions—the need to look beyond digital technologies.

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A Year In Events: Looking Back At 2016 (US Edition)

EcoVadis

Ethical Sourcing Forum (New York, NY). Presentations on successes achieved improving labor conditions in China were subsequently followed by the challenges of doing business in the very new – and inherently risky – labor market of Myanmar. BBB Forum on Corporate Responsibility (New York, NY).

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Supply Chain Complexity and Technology

Enterra Insights

New York Times ‘ columnist Thomas Friedman once stated, “We were promised a simpler life, and technology has only complicated our lives.” To mitigate the challenge presented by this shortage, he argues companies need to optimize production of their fleet. Technology in the supply chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 5-9, 2015)

Talking Logistics

It was a relatively quiet week for industry news, but here are the items that caught my attention… JDA Reinvents the Omni-channel Experience with a Re-visioned, Persona-based and Mobile WMS User Experience. Uber’s Latest Experiment Is Uber Cargo, A Logistics Service In Hong Kong. UPS Worldwide Express Freight Expands.