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Supply Chain Risk Management with Barry Conlon

The Logistics of Logistics

He moved from Ireland to Texas and became a citizen in 2011 About Overhaul Founded in 2016 and with offices around the world, Overhaul is the only device-agnostic supply chain visibility and risk management software company. Customers include Microsoft, Bristol Myers Squibb, and many others.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last month, Target said it will rollout its drive-up with Starbucks program across the country and offer customers freshly made Starbucks coffee and food items among other things. They have pushed through annual general rate increases of more than 30% from 2019 to 2024, and are often nearly lock step on pricing.

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Brexit Impacts for US Export Shipments Beginning January 1, 2021

Intelligent Audit

That was a relief for businesses that feared four years of politically charged negotiations could end without a trade pact, resulting in tariffs on goods for both sides. But despite the reprieve, for the first time in almost half a century, food, motor vehicles and other goods moving between the EU and U.K. will from Jan.

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The State of Digital Freight: The 4×4 Blueprint for Freight 2020

Freightos

Kuehne+Nagel was one of the first big freight forwarders to have price quotes and self-service directly on their homepage. Not to mention price quotes and other paperwork, customs forms, certificates of origin. Monitoring container temperature and humidity in a cost-effective way is becoming more cost efficient by the day.

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How To Build Supply Chain Resilience in a Connected World

ShipBob

The primary benefit to splitting inventory across multiple fulfillment locations is to expand customer reach geographically while reducing shipping costs and speeding up transit times. . For instance, ShipBob’s locations cover every region of the US, as well as international fulfillment locations in Canada, Ireland, the UK, and more.

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New: Global Trade Map 2016

Supply Chain Movement

According to Aberdeen Research, “international shipments cost twice as much, take five times as long and have five times more variability than domestic shipments.” It lays the foundation for gradual alignment of norms and standards, including on food safety and technical regulations. Getting to grips with EU trade agreements.

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Expand Your Business to Europe: How to Do It Successfully With an Online Shop

ShipBob

Rules, regulations, and laws for selling in different European countries continuously change, and there are a lot of unexpected costs that can occur if you’re not paying close attention. . A tariff is a tax on imported or exported goods, which raises the price of an imported good. billion in 2019.

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