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Auto Supply Chain Prophets Podcast Wrap-up: Eps. 1-5

QAD

With each podcast episode, we talk with automotive industry experts about a range of insightful topics, all focused squarely on the global automotive supply chain and its challenges. As a purchasing temp at Borg Warner, she tells us: “I walked onto that shop floor. The whole idea of manufacturing – I got it, it was in my blood.

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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. The industry consensus right now is that container volumes will decrease upwards of 2.5

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Ferguson’s Commitment to Supply Chain Excellence Drives Customer Satisfaction

Logistics Viewpoints

The company sources goods from 36,000 suppliers out of 30 nations. But we recognize that the industry is moving to even more speed! We opened our first market distribution center in Denver, our second one in Phoenix, and our third in Houston. 22,000 containers move annually through 52 ports.

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How Retailers and CPG companies are benefiting from next-gen Control Tower and S&OE

o9 Solutions

By Vikram Murthi and Dr. Stijn-Pieter van Houten, both Vice President, Industry Strategy, o9 Solutions. For CPG manufacturers changing volumes from modern trade (hyper/supermarkets) to e.g. discounters, e-Commerce. For CPG manufacturers changing volumes from modern trade (hyper/supermarkets) to e.g. discounters, e-Commerce.

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Building the Business to Consumer Superstar: Getting to the Promised Land with Supply Chain Control Towers and S&OE

o9 Solutions

By Vikram Murthi and Dr. Stijn-Pieter van Houten, both Vice President, Industry Strategy, o9 Solutions. For CPG manufacturers changing volumes from modern trade (hyper/supermarkets) to e.g. discounters, e-Commerce. For CPG manufacturers changing volumes from modern trade (hyper/supermarkets) to e.g. discounters, e-Commerce.

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Is It Time to Concentrate on Climate Adaptation?

Enterra Insights

degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels will likely be permanently out of reach in nine years, the study found.”[1] we’d watch places like Houston, San Francisco, and New York City — not to mention the entire state of Florida — slowly disappear into the sea.” And in the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Impact of Hurricane Harvey Could Be Worse than Expected

Material Handling & Logistics

to the region of Texas that was affected by Hurricane Harvey, and 300 of them are in the Houston vicinity. Second, Texas’ chemical industry is a foundational block of the interconnected global supply chain. Every product used or manufactured today relies in some way on these chemicals and chemical intermediates.