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Looking Back at Our Most Popular Blog Posts of 2021

GlobalTranz

Anticipating a rebound from COVID-19, this blog post highlighted insights into how supply chain leaders were thinking about their supply chain in the context of the pandemic, macro industry trends, and as they planned for the year ahead. #2. 7 Tips For Building Supply Chain Resiliency.

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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 Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes (Q3 2017)

Talking Logistics

5 Key Trends Driving Supply Chain Innovation. Unlearning Supply Chain Management. On-Time In-Full (OTIF) and the Growing Demand for Real-Time Freight Visibility. The Evolution of the Direct-to-Consumer Supply Chain. Supply Chain Risk Management: Visibility is the Key.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 23-27, 2014)

Talking Logistics

In other news… Supply Chain Risk Management Now a Priority for Most Businesses ( Accenture ). April 2014 North American Freight Numbers. Several reports have been published in recent years underscoring the growing importance of supply chain risk management.

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Life Sciences and the Journey to Supply Chain Resilience: A Q&A with Craig Fix

Resilinc

I’ve seen an increase in the number of large and medium-sized Life Sciences companies that are investing in supply chain risk management. Before, these companies did not have robust analytical solutions for creating visibility and managing suppliers. How is the Life Sciences industry different post-COVID?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 23-27, 2015)

Talking Logistics

DHL launches next phase Resilience360 risk management tool to help customers avoid global disasters. December 2014 North American Freight Numbers. These trends, in turn, are putting tremendous pressure on supply chains to not only meet the more stringent expectations of consumers, but to do so profitably.

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What I Learned at the CSCMP Annual Global Conference 2014

Talking Logistics

I learned that cloud-based solutions are gaining traction across a broader spectrum of supply chain applications, including areas where many analysts were originally skeptical about adoption, such as warehouse management systems (see LogFire ) and supply chain planning (see Solvoyo ).