Remove Inventory Remove Michigan Remove Procurement Analytics Remove Transportation
article thumbnail

What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

Like the chicken shortage and other issues surrounding the supply chain crisis , infant formula shortages originated with COVID-19 disrupting the supply chain , triggering the lack of labor , transportation, and raw materials. The CDC typically receives reports of 2-4 infant infections per year. Image source: Sturgis Journal.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (February 27 – March 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). As Tim Higgins reports in the Wall Street Journal : As a legal dispute ensnares Uber Technologies Inc.’s Self-Driving-Truck Startups Race to Take On Uber (WSJ – sub. QuestaWeb Launches TradeGear Product Line.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Dispelling Three Common Myths about Global TMS Deployment

Talking Logistics

For the last couple of decades transportation management systems (TMS) have revolutionized supply chains, helping companies streamline their logistics processes, achieve greater visibility into their operations and save significant dollars on transportation. A lot of the issues centered around localization, which isn’t easy.

article thumbnail

Is it Time for to Move Away from “World Class Supply Chains”?

NC State SCRC

An excerpt from our book “The Procurement Value Proposition” got a nice section of CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly edition this week. As a young assistant professor at Michigan State University, I was part of a group called the Global Procurement Benchmarking Initiative, led by Professor Robert Monczka.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). Michigan Puts Forward Bills to Allow for Public Sales of Driverless Cars (WSJ- sub. The company demonstrated the use of drones to reporters this week at one of its distribution centers.

article thumbnail

Jason Schenker’s Views on 2014 Economic Events

Supply Chain View from the Field

The purchasing manager indices clearly show that last year we had a bottoming out, and we are now breaking through 50, which shows growth moving in the right direction. If interest rates go up as the Fed slows Treasury purchases, this is bad news for municipal bonds. growth next year. China is at about 7.7 to 2% consistently.

BRIC 60
article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (October 23-27, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Kuebix Announces the First Free Multimodal Transportation Management System (TMS). Alphabet looks to snowy Michigan to test self-driving cars (Reuters). Alphabet looks to snowy Michigan to test self-driving cars (Reuters). Manhattan Associates Reports Solid Third Quarter Performance. UPS announces U.S. in September.