The Logistics of Logistics
JANUARY 7, 2022
Winning the Logistics Talent War with Radu Palamariu. Radu Palamariu and Joe Lynch discuss winning the logistics talent war. Radu is the Managing Director Asia Pacific & Europe of Alcott Global and the Global Head of Supply Chain & Logistics Practice. Alcott Global provides Executive Search solutions for the world’s top companies in eCommerce, supply chain, logistics, and tech in transportation.
Talking Logistics
JANUARY 7, 2022
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2022! (Or is it 2020 too?) I woke up this morning to a foot of snow outside — the first significant snowfall of the season here in Boston. And it’s still snowing. Before I go find my snow pants and boots, and bring out the snow shovels from the garage, Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 7, 2022).
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Enterra Insights
JANUARY 7, 2022
In his very interesting book The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts, and Cultures , Frans Johansson ( @Frans_Johansson ) writes about the value of creating a space in which people from diverse fields of expertise can gather to exchange ideas. The exchange of information is a time-proven way of making things better.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 7, 2022
The highly contagious omicron virus variant is disrupting already stressed food supply chains, sickening so many workers that more shortages at grocery stores are all but certain.
Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller
As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe
Ware2Go
JANUARY 7, 2022
Recent supply chain disruptions , including images of cargo ships stuck off the West Coast , have led eCommerce shops to rethink their just-in-time and just-in-case inventory strategies. . In a November survey , 87% of merchants shared that they already were affected by increased freight costs. At that time, 31% had raised prices on end consumers to offset the negative impact.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JANUARY 7, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Cloud Telephony! How to Set up a Small Business Phone System! Mobile phones article and permission to publish here provided by Carol Trehearn. What does a business need in order to succeed? A solid business plan? Sure. Good staff? Absolutely. A tenacious owner at the helm? Of course.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 7, 2022
Megan Preston Meyer was enjoying a highly successful career as a supply chain expert for numerous companies. Something was missing, though — what she calls “the stories that data doesn’t tell.
All Things Supply Chain
JANUARY 7, 2022
Amazon and Stellantis set to join forces to roll out smarter and greener vehicles Collaboration is on the cards for Amazon.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 7, 2022
Over the past 18 months, labor shortages within the supply chain industry have become a growing concern for a multitude of reasons.
Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.
Vinculum
JANUARY 7, 2022
E-commerce fulfillment entails, in a nutshell, the supply chain of items that are sold online. Whenever a customer orders a product, be it from a seller’s website or through an online marketplace, the procedure that begins with the order placement and finishes with the delivery of the order at the buyer’s location is known as e-commerce fulfillment.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 7, 2022
Emerging manufacturing-as-a-service (MaaS) platforms are presenting an opportunity for adding agility back into the supply chain.
SupplyShift
JANUARY 7, 2022
The concept of forced labor is not new. It’s been newsworthy since at least the mid-’90s when reports of sweatshops in apparel became commonplace. Forced labor in industries such as agriculture and apparel have continued to be a problem over the years, with prevalence in commodities such as palm oil, cotton, cocoa, coffee, and sugarcane, to name but a few.
Ware2Go
JANUARY 7, 2022
Recent supply chain disruptions , including images of cargo ships stuck off the West Coast , have led eCommerce shops to rethink their just-in-time and just-in-case procurement strategies. In a November survey , 87% of merchants shared that they already were affected by increased freight costs. At that time, 31% had raised prices on end consumers to offset the negative impact.
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ShipBob
JANUARY 7, 2022
Online brands continue to thrive thanks to the ecosystem of services and technology available. At every stage of the ecommerce supply chain , there’s a solution — from order processing to ecommerce fulfillment. Ecommerce technology has allowed businesses to take their brands from zero to retail hero. But developing the right technology stack can be tough.
SupplyShift
JANUARY 7, 2022
The concept of forced labor is not new. It’s been newsworthy since at least the mid-’90s when reports of sweatshops in apparel became commonplace. Forced labor in industries such as agriculture and apparel have continued to be a problem over the years, with prevalence in commodities such as palm oil, cotton, cocoa, coffee, and sugarcane, to name but a few.
Supply Chain Digest
JANUARY 7, 2022
Graphic Packaging Bets Big on Green. US PMI for January Strong Again. McDonalds Japan French Shortage.
Parade
JANUARY 7, 2022
Parade’s new feature helps brokerages find carrier capacity in every quote, even the ones they don’t use. For most freight brokerages, collecting quotes from carriers is simply a means to an end, with the ‘end’ in question being getting the load covered on time and on (or below) budget. The other quotes, the ones the broker representative opted not to use?
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Supply Chain Digest
JANUARY 7, 2022
See who was up and who was down
Parade
JANUARY 7, 2022
Parade’s new feature helps brokerages find carrier capacity in every quote, even the ones they don’t use. For most freight brokerages, collecting quotes from carriers is simply a means to an end, with the ‘end’ in question being getting the load covered on time and on (or below) budget. The other quotes, the ones the broker representative opted not to use?
Logistics Middle East
JANUARY 7, 2022
The DP World investment is part of a recent agreement signed by the government of Dubai and its Indian counterpart to develop the region’s infrastructure, with over $1 billion allocated for multiple projects in Kashmir.
SCMDOJO
JANUARY 7, 2022
The goal of any network security strategy is to protect your data, network, and organization from any cyber threats. According to research, application vulnerability and human errors are the most common causes of data breaches online. While most organizations plan to combat these threats, they often lack the proper tools to monitor and respond to. Continue reading.
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Logistics Middle East
JANUARY 7, 2022
Over the past two years, Sprint reported 90 per cent of successful transactions, serving nearly 3.000 customers across the e-commerce sector.
Freight Plus
JANUARY 7, 2022
In this episode of Consulting Logistics, FreightPlus subject matter experts provide a detailed analysis of the transportation market for the month of December 2021. They break down: Pivotal events from the month. Different Transportation Modes. Indicators for what's to come. Download the December Market Report. Audio only version. Jessica Apostolou LinkedIn.
Loginext
JANUARY 7, 2022
LogiNext appoints ex-Lumen & Tata Communications veteran Keyur Shah to lead global marketing Keyur will be responsible for driving strategic marketing initiatives as LogiNext looks at aggressive growth NY, USA and Singapore, 6th January 2022 LogiNext, a global technology company that offers a SaaS Vehicle Routing and Last Mile Delivery Platform, today announced […].
HICX Solutions
JANUARY 7, 2022
As we roll into 2022, we would love for Procurement to own the mandate of championing supplier relationships, through three main focus areas: unlocking data, removing friction and unearthing what really makes suppliers tick. 1. The most meaningful, data-based corporate initiatives. Our first wish is for procurement to become the reporting center for all corporate initiatives.
This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 7, 2022
Welcome back! And while a new year has donned, the same supply chain issues and trends continue to unfold as we enter 2022. One of the biggest trends and areas of interest is around autonomous vehicles (see the TuSimple news below). The technology that is driving autonomous vehicles continues to improve, and as my colleague Steve Banker asked earlier this week, “ when does a technology really grow?
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