Talking Logistics
AUGUST 8, 2022
Over halfway through 2022 we are still dealing with significant risk and uncertainty in supply chain management. And if you’re an importer or exporter moving goods via ocean carriers and ports around the world, it’s safe to say that every day is a new adventure. What special challenges are companies facing today? Which trends should. Read more International Supply Chain Trends and Challenges.
Enterra Insights
AUGUST 8, 2022
If geopolitics, inflation, and climate change aren’t enough to worry about, there are now warnings that there could be a shortage of Halloween Candy. The first company to sound the alarm was Hershey. Journalist Mehr Bedi reports, “Hershey Co said on [28 July] it would fall short of meeting demand for the all-important Halloween and Christmas holiday seasons this year, blaming a scarcity of raw ingredients and difficulties in securing suppliers.”[1] The following day journalist
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Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 8, 2022
Most supply chain suppliers have solutions that are very similar to each other. Occasionally, a cool vendor emerges – a vendor solving an important problem in a new way. Emerge is that kind of company. Emerge has an interesting new platform to deal with the problems shippers are having procuring truck capacity. There is a need for a more nimble, continuous bidding process.
Supply Chain Game Changer
AUGUST 8, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Automation Helps Selling Food Online! The pandemic saw the restaurant industry face challenges like never before, with most being forced to close for a substantial period and, when allowed to re-open once more, having to operate under new restrictions, ensuring social distancing was being maintained for example.
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
Cathy Roberson
AUGUST 8, 2022
(Photo credit: Depositphotos.com) Congratulations to the Atlas Air folks that will get a big payout upon the acquisition of Atlas Air Worldwide. Note, though, that payouts do not include any Atlas Air Worldwide pilot. Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. In fact, if you read the press release , there’s no mention of the pilots – without them, there would be no Atlas Air Worldwide. “We believe this transaction
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Americold
AUGUST 8, 2022
Cheese is not only delicious, it’s a multi-billion-dollar market valued at USD $120.63 billion globally and growing. [1] Manufacturers produce cheeses of varying flavors, appearances, and tastes, and work with trusted partners like Americold to store, age, and move their product through cold storage facilities and the food supply chain. As you’ll read, cheese that’s moving through the food supply chain requires very specific temperatures to maintain product form and promote the aging process whe
Supply Chain Brain
AUGUST 8, 2022
The push by consumer-goods suppliers to reach shoppers directly is opening a new market for supply-chain technology providers, says The Wall Street Journal.
IT Supply Chain
AUGUST 8, 2022
By David Jinks M.I.L.T (pictured). Head of Consumer Research, ParcelHero. The post Retail returns to default settings as the Covid online bubble bursts appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Supply Chain Game Changer
AUGUST 8, 2022
Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 5 Reasons to Choose Professional QA Staffing Services! Every business is doing their very best to tighten their belts right now. It has become impossible to ignore the headlines about the rising cost of living, the supply chain issues, and the unpredictable markets without professional help.
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.
IT Supply Chain
AUGUST 8, 2022
By Trevor Dearing (pictured). EMEA Director of Technology at Illumio??. The post NHS cyberattack – the need for proactive methods to be implemented to avoid these situations in the future appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Silvon Software
AUGUST 8, 2022
Supply chain challenges stemming from the pandemic and other global events continue to plague manufacturing and distribution companies. Logistics disruptions, production delays, an over reliance on 3 rd parties, and labor market shortages are just some of these challenges. Plus, changing consumer behaviors and demands are leading businesses to adopt newer technologies and innovations so they can adapt and evolve at a faster rate.
IT Supply Chain
AUGUST 8, 2022
By Jamie Moles (pictured). Senior Technical Manager, ExtraHop. The post It’s time to think beyond the prevention box when it comes to phishing appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
All Things Supply Chain
AUGUST 8, 2022
Starting in 2020, the supply chain world was disrupted in ways previously unheard of. A pandemic shut down everything.
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IT Supply Chain
AUGUST 8, 2022
By Sion Lewis (pictured). GM EMEA, GoTo. The post Staff can choose to work from home as another heatwave is on its way appeared first on IT Supply Chain.
Supply Chain Matters
AUGUST 8, 2022
Supply Chain Matters highlights two additional indices of global and US supply chain volatility relative to July 2022 global supply chain activity levels. In a prior published Supply Chain Matters commentary, we provided highlights of the various July 2022 PMI indices across select global supply chain regions. The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturi
Intelligent Audit
AUGUST 8, 2022
With retailers bursting at the seams with school supplies, the average consumer has shifted their purchasing habits from pleasure to purpose. While the U.S. retail supply chain undergoes this minor peak in consumer demand in August, carriers and shippers are working behind the scenes to prepare for the most significant peak of the year — the winter holiday season.
Supply Chain Matters
AUGUST 8, 2022
Published reports indicate that logistics orchestration platform provider Slync.io has fired its CEO. Logistics industry media web site Freightways reported on Friday , along with other sites including Business Insider, that the CEO of logistics start-up Slync.io , Chris Kirchner, has been dismissed and has also been removed as chairman of the company’s board of directors.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Prophetic Technology
AUGUST 8, 2022
How can the Packaging industry leverage Smart Financing procedures to upgrade digital technologies in the pursuit of sustainability?
Supply Chain Digest
AUGUST 8, 2022
One Large Contractor Says as Many as One Third could Go Under
DELMIA Quintiq
AUGUST 8, 2022
Transportation & Mobility has seen rapid change over the past several years. With developments in electrification and autonomy, expanded functionality and new features being introduced, manufacturers are pressed to adapt and make their own transformational changes swiftly. Keeping up with such innovations is a challenge in itself—not to mention the need to balance managing industry growth and capturing market share, which means being first to market, delivering high-quality and low-cost prod
Supply Chain Brief Submitted Articles
AUGUST 8, 2022
Constraints in the global food supply are real. Read here for a review on how the war in Ukraine is impacting the global food crisis.
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Multichannel Merchant
AUGUST 8, 2022
The head of a renegade association of FedEx Ground contractors said those businesses have a strong case to be reclassified as franchisees, which would challenge the very contractor model the unit is built upon. Spencer Patton, founder of the Trade Association for Logistics Professionals (TALP), said many contractors could meet the three-pronged test to determine their reclassification as franchisees, giving them more legal rights and benefits.
Supply Chain Brain
AUGUST 8, 2022
A.P. Moller Maersk A/S agreed to by a Danish project logistic company Martin Bencher Group, as the transport giant spends some of its windfall from surging container rates to expand its land-based operations.
The Logistics of Logistics
AUGUST 8, 2022
Doug Estrada and Joe Lynch discuss Walmart transportation. Doug is a Senior Director of Supply Chain at Walmart , the largest retailer in the world. About Doug Estrada. Douglas Estrada is a Senior Director of Supply Chain at Walmart Stores Inc. A graduate of Doane University in Crete, NE. Doug Estrada has 30 plus years of experience in Supply Chain with the last 20 years of supporting Walmart Stores, Inc.
Supply Chain Brain
AUGUST 8, 2022
While it may seem that the solution to the truck driver shortage is simply to recruit more drivers, this overly simplified tactic may be contributing to the problem. .
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.
PLS Logistics
AUGUST 8, 2022
Freight brokers act as liaisons between your business and the carrier to ensure all your shipments arrive at their destination.
Supply Chain Brain
AUGUST 8, 2022
With pay talks deadlocked, it seems increasingly likely that the Port of Felixstowe will be closed by strike action toward the end of August, warns project4.
Supply Chain Digest
AUGUST 8, 2022
Zebra Pays Large Sum to Settle Scanner Patent Suit by Honeywel. Impinj Stock on Recent Tear.
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