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The Green Corridor: Green Global Trade

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Protectionism, populism, nationalism is to a large degree attractive to many people today just because of this purely price oriented foundation of trade. In lieu of enlightened environmental scruples on the international trade negotiating level – activists have had to step in to try and create transparency and responsible practices.

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

Freightos

The journey to digitize freight, while initially off to a slow start, has gained momentum in the last two or three years. They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. Online freight booking. They’re coming.

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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The government simply ran out of foreign currency to buy imported fuel. When fuel runs out at gas stations in Malawi, black market fuel smuggled into the country quickly appears but at double the price. There are even websites where you can purchase carbon offsets as an individual or small business.

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Supply Chains Continue to Be Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered

Enterra Insights

A refrain from a Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart song from the Broadway musical “Pal Joey,” could be a tune sung nightly by today’s supply chain managers. He stated, “Strong consumer demand has outpaced supply chain operations since late last year and could remain a challenge as the holidays approach.

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Green Corridor: Counting Carbons

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

If you purchased trucks for your shipping fleet, how much carbon was emitted in making those vehicles? At DHL eCommerce’s first Asia Pacific Head of Go Green, he put in place various programs, including carbon footprint management, sustainability training, illegal wildlife smuggling monitoring training, and employee engagement.

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The Beginning of the Beginning: A Progress Report on the Digitisation of Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Is this true for the supply chain industry? What seems to be clear by now is that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities and risks of today’s global supply chain networks. This is also true for states and research institutes through advanced supply chain design and management expertise and capabilities.