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Supply Chain Risk Management : The Challenges Driving Increased Interest in Managed Service

GlobalTranz

Any discussion on supply chain risk management and applying managed transportation to help prevent risks from coming to fruition is incomplete without touching on the pandemic to overcome supply chain disruption. Market Volatility Continues to Undermine Supply Chain Risk Management.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: 7 Challenges Driving Increased Interest in Managed Service

Logistics Viewpoints

The survey also found that 9 in 10 supply chain leaders are seeking 3PLs with a consulting offering that provides guidance in setting up their company’s supply chain. These are the top challenges that are driving increased interest in and demand for consulting and managed services. Cybersecurity Concerns Remain.

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Supply Chain Risk Management Highlighted by a Tiny Computer Chip

Enterra Insights

.” Aside from national security implications, the main lesson to be learned here is how vulnerable companies are to risks associated with their supply chains. Smith insists, “The business case for supply chain risk management investment needs to be made convincingly and robustly to justify investment.”

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Cargo Theft Continues to Rise

Logistics Viewpoints

In fact, much of the increase is due to ongoing shipment misdirection attacks, a kind of strategic cargo theft in which actors use stolen motor carrier and logistics broker identities to obtain freight and misdirect it from the intended receiver so they could steal it. Cargo Theft Tactics Cargo theft comes in many shapes and sizes.

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Retail giants crush the rush with charters, air freight

Resilinc

In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Customers use their modular, SaaS solutions to route, schedule, track, and measure delivery resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; rate, audit, and pay transportation invoices; access global trade data; file customs and security documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous other logistics processes.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Our latest update features discernable supply chain consulting along with supply chain technology acquisition developments. According to the announcement, Spinnaker CEO John Sharkey and his team will serve as the foundation of a new digital supply chain practice at Publicis.