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From Hurricanes to Overthrown Governments to Potholes: Transportation and Supply Chain Resilience

Talking Logistics

We know transportation plays an important role in the supply chain – it’s the line in a flow diagram between the little buildings and smoke stacks – and transportation disruptions happen on a daily basis. Visibility. The ability to oversee the activities and events associated with your shipments is the first step.

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7 Challenges ERP Helps Electronics Manufacturers Overcome

OptiProERP

The electronics industry changes at a fast pace with constant innovations. Electronics are used in consumers’ everyday lives, both at work and at home. Electronics manufacturers have many revenue opportunities, but also many challenges to overcome to be competitive. Electronics manufacturers must adapt to many emerging trends.

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4 Benefits Shippers Realize when Transportation EDI is Utilized in a TMS

GlobalTranz

According to a research study from Forrester, EDI continues to prove its worth as an electronic message data format. As a shipper in today’s growing market, there are many advantages to shifting to the use of transportation EDI with your transportation providers or 3PLs. EDI isn’t a new technology in and of itself.

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RS Group releases report on its activities and strategy for Environmental, Social and Governance

Synovos

It has also reduced its Scope 3 transportation emissions intensity by 28% since 2019/20, thereby achieving its 2029/30 goal seven years early. We stock more than 750,000 industrial and electronic products, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers, and provide a wide range of product and service solutions to 1.1 million customers.

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SYNOPSlS: Unlocking Greater Value in Your Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This roundtable was presented by LogiSYM, in collaboration with Samsung Electronics. Great start to our first on-ground event of the year and thanks to our partner Samsung Electronics for hosting it. On the ground and in person with supply chain industry professionals networking and learning in a safe environment.

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Chronic Risks for Electronics: Human Rights and Forced Labor

EcoVadis

Though we don’t typically consider the production background of the electronics we buy, it might come as a shock to know many of these devices are created in environments where exploitive labor practices are unfortunately commonplace across the supply chain. Why is it that electronics companies struggle when it comes to human rights?

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Lessons Learned for Supply Chain Pandemic Planning Part 1: Governance and Risk Assessment

NC State SCRC

At that time, I wrote a study for the IBM Business of Government, titled “ Planning for the Inevitable: The Role of the Federal Supply Chain in in Preparing for National Emergencies ” that laid out important trends that were apparent as a result of the avian and H1N1 flu viruses that occurred in the global economy.