Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 7, 2025

Products Before Talks Photo: iStock/Rat0007 June 7, 2025 Bloomberg RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Global Trade & Economics Regulation & Compliance Apparel High-Tech/Electronics Related Articles CP Rail Agrees to Buy Kansas City Southern for $25 Billion Sartorius to Buy French Biotech Polyplus for $2.6

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Freight Waves

JULY 2, 2025

The six Class I carriers – Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC ), CSX (NASDAQ: CSX ), Canadian National Railway ( CNR.TO ), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE: CP ), Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP ), and BNSF Railway (owned by Berkshire Hathaway) – collectively control the entire long-haul network effectively as regional operating duopolies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 23, 2024

I thought this was a very topical introduction to this week’s Supply Chain and logistics news Canadian Railroad Work Stoppage Threatens U.S Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National railroads, the country’s two largest railways, are in disputes with the Teamsters Union.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

I jeopardized the release date of the book by taking an extra three months to finish the Supply Chain Index work. He is trying to figure out the answer to these questions: What defines supply chain excellence? Since supply chain can be a bit boring, I made it into a narrative. Who has done it best?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. planning offers an alternative to swinging the pendulum and as the strategy that provides the supply chain resilience leaders seek.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 5, 2024

Dan is the Co-founder of Linkage Logistics and the Broker-Carrier Summit , which will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, April 22 – 24, 2024. Dan Lindsey and Joe Lynch discuss building strong carrier relationships. About Dan Lindsey Dan Lindsey is the Co-founder of Linkage Logistics and the Founder of the Broker-Carrier Summit.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

Over these 10 years+ I have learned a lot about supply chain and logistics through conversations with end users, suppliers, and my colleagues. Department of Transportation (DOT) has added three major West Coast ports to its data-sharing supply chain platform. according to the Walmart Marketplace website.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 8, 2024

Glenn also delves into the challenges faced by the cold chain industry and how her company’s flexible, customizable solutions can help businesses reduce waste, protect their brand, and optimize their supply chain. Nicole and her hosts amplify the voices of trailblazing women in supply chain and logistics.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Are you attending the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference later this month (September 25-28 in Orlando, FL)? Many products are within the category of optimizers for supply chain needs. in Series A to Bring Real-Time Visibility to the Supply Chain via APIs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2022

Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Supply Chain Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Kate Luby of Kansas City Takes Home the Prize with a Great Caption

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 11, 2021

Who will Win Kansas City Southern Bid, as CP Ups Price Amid Rising Labor Costs, Walmart DC Workers can Get Big Bonuses. Massive Amazon Air Hub Opens. Judge Rule Swift did not Poach CRST Driver.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2023

Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 17, 2023) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. I arrived at the office expecting to start a research project related to the semiconductor industry (where I had spent most of my career at that point, and what I had been hired to do).

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 12, 2015

Ecommerce is going to be a bigger part of future supply chain services. It also increases our market share with small businesses and significantly expands our presence in the Kansas City market. The acquisition brings a talented employee base and large customer portfolio to C.H. These benefits are just the beginning.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited and Teck Coal Limited signed a steel-making coal transportation agreement that runs through the end of 2026.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

For 17 years he paid his dues as an assistant coach – first at the University of Minnesota, then with the Steelers, followed by the Kansas City Chiefs, and finally back to Minnesota. I think Dungy would make a fantastic supply chain project manager who’s mandated to implement a new planning system, like Flowcasting for example.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its Supply Chain Matters outreach blog highlights a recently published survey sponsored by Accenture that provides findings indicating that companies are indeed investing in supply chain resiliency capabilities to mitigate business disruption. supply chain activity.

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AIMMS

JULY 10, 2018

Angel Flight West is in Santa Monica, one of the other groups is in Kansas City, and there are others in Long Island and Florida who will use it. I’m currently training the coordinators at Angel Flight West and other groups. Eventually, a dozen people will use the AIMMS platform. What kind of data do you process in the App?

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters March 23 rd edition of our COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict News Capsule, we provide updates to ongoing industry supply chain developments and disruptions of concern to our reading audience. based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year.

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 17, 2021

Canadian National Seems Likely to Win, but some Analysts Say Money there for Canadian Pacific to Make Higher Bid

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights an ongoing threat of a rail service disruption occurring across Canada and North America transport routes. The development present yet another disruption for multi-industry supply chains to mitigate. In addition to the looming threat of a labor stoppage across U.S. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Digest

APRIL 21, 2021

Big Rival Bid for Kansas City Southern. Suez Canal Holding Beached Cargo Until Ship Owner Pays Up. Prices for New and Used Shipping Containers Surging. Dollar General Bets on Brick and Mortar Sales

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Those, combined with the supply chain disruptions caused by the hurricanes, have led to tight capacity in southern Idaho, and outbound rates continue to climb out of Twin Falls. Chicago to Kansas City also had a big increase at $3.48/mile, That’s led to higher reefer rates on the West Coast and in the Midwest.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Planes, Cranes, and Barges: How America Is Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos. s industrial heartland is dotted with examples of how some links in the supply chain have been adapted to keep the wheels of commerce turning while others seized up. Businessweek. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. Brendan Murray.

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Stord

APRIL 7, 2019

For example, Kansas City Southern has accepted trains from other lines that it usually wouldn’t have to accommodate. True Value is investing $150 million in upgrades to its supply chain that will cover a new distribution center in Pennsylvania, ordering software, and more.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2022

Allege Canadian Pacific Railway will Divert Containers from US to Canadian Ports

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Supply Chain Digest

MARCH 22, 2021

CP to Acquire Kansas City Southern for 25 Billion Dollars, Create Extensive North American Nework

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2024

Supply Chain Matters updates readers and multi-industry supply chain teams on the implications of today’s development of a nationwide Canadian rail freight transport disruption. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Digest

MARCH 5, 2018

Volumes Up Big for Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern, Flat or Down at CSX and Union Pacific

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 23, 2016

Kansas City Southern has Great Quarter, while Old Dominion Slows but Still ar Outperforms Rivals Rail Carriers Continue to be Far More Profitable than Truckload or LTL Sectors.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 3, 2021

As companies look to restructure their global supply chains in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and other disruptive forces, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has an opportunity to become the next manufacturing and logistics hub. The region could capitalize on the nearshoring trend given its nearness to US markets.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 8, 2016

Kansas City Southern Only Carrier to See Profits Up in Quarter Rates are Up Marginally on Lower Volumes.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2024

The order calls for the Canada Industrial Relations Board , a termed independent body, to impose binding arbitration on both Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. Both railways were ordered to resume operations while the arbitration process initiates.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. supply chain activity. imports peaked at 21.6 percent in 2022.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart Explores Mexico’s Supply Chain. Despite these drawbacks, Walmart is continuing to bank on Mexico’s supply chain. After the improvements are finalized, Ruiz de Teresa claimed that Mexico’s intermodal supply chain will feel like “one port with different doors.”. Mexico’s $5 Billion Port Facelift.

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Vinculum

OCTOBER 24, 2019

LSCR warehouses are actually one of the most renowned warehouse spaces in all of Kansas City, providing all the basic needs of a warehouse for renters. 3PLs are links in the entire supply chain to which brands can outsource only a segment or the whole business’ distribution and order-filling services.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2023

Joe Oliaro is the Vice President of Sales and Chief Real Estate Officer at Wagner Logistics , a leading provider of supply chain solutions. Joe is a force to be reckoned with in the world of logistics and supply chain strategy.

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