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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

Driver shortages have become even more of a reality in the supply chain industry for a number of reasons, chief among them being the sharp rise in demand. The journey was bracketed with a human driver handling pick-up and delivery of the shipment, while an automated driver took the long-haul segment in between.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 29 – November 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Canoo to build battery manufacturing facility in Oklahoma. Logistics industry growth slowed in October. The industry must recruit nearly 1.2 A deceleration in fundamentals during late September was notable in responses to a monthly supply chain survey.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

In this regular edition of our featured column, Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , we provide highlights of two noteworthy supply chain management focused technology development efforts which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based multi-industry supply chain readership.

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Downturn in the Oil and Gas Industry: An Opportunity for Supply Chain Improvements

Talking Logistics

“Most people who look at the Oil and Gas industry right now are likely to characterize the market as ‘challenged’.”. Robinson, earlier this year on Talking Logistics. Looking at some recent news, it seems like the industry remains challenged. So stated Kent Stuart, Director of Oil and Gas at C.H. Accessorials is another example.

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ThroughPut Inc. Appoints Retired Brigadier General Ronald Jolly, U.S Air Force, to Advisory Board

ThroughPut

the Industrial AI Supply Chain pioneer, today announced the addition of retired U.S Today, amidst rampant supply chain disruptions, U.S. We are looking forward to learning from General Jolly’s expertise, especially on how software can further assist with relief and rescue efforts. PALO ALTO, Calif.,

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. The industry term is DIF, for “destroy in field.” “Home Depot and Lowe’s let you return dead plants, for a year.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

TMS technology. TMS. ,” says Bart De Muynck, Gartner’s research vice president, transportation technology to. Logistics Management. “In In fact, in 2018 we saw investments go up across the entire supply chain technology spectrum.” TMS technology. “It usage by industrial companies.