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I (Don't) Drive Your Truck: West Coast Truckers Strike Again

Elementum

On July 21, truckers working for the Pacific 9 Transportation company went on indefinite strike, causing further congestion problems and delays at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The trucking industry is hugely important for the United States’ supply chain— 67% of all freight in the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Labor and management work out deal at Port of LA/Long Beach ( Logistics Management ). There are still plenty of problems to fix, but our roads and bridges aren’t crumbling,” said David Hartgen, lead author of the Reason Foundation report and emeritus professor of transportation at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25 – July 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

Cardinal Health starts Zipline drone deliveries of drugs and medical supplies. US port backups are extending into freight rail supply chains. Cardinal Health started air delivery of pharmaceutical products and medical supplies via Zipline drone in North Carolina. a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book?

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Dealing with Supply Chain Uncertainty After Covid: Insights from the Experts

NC State SCRC

A small group of executives enjoyed a particularly interesting set of insights yesterday at our first Supply Chain Resource Cooperative meeting since December, 2019. Rob provided some compelling views on how to re-conceptualize supply chains given the current set of challenges we face in the world today.