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This Week in Logistics News (February 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

We have all seen the math, and even with her concert in Tokyo on February 10, she still has time to get to Las Vegas for kickoff thanks to the magic of the international date line. In a strange twist, all the parking spaces for private planes in Las Vegas are currently booked, according to the Associated Press.

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How Brands Can Navigate Peak Season Supply Chain Challenges

Stord

Rising container rates, shortages of truck drivers, limited warehouse capacity” are impacting companies across the board as reported by CNBC. Other markets like Reno, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and surrounding markets are filling up rapidly, with leases and warehouse space going away quickly.”

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

The World’s Oldest Supply Chain Analyst Report (Elemica Executive Lunch). JDA Software : Focus 2017 , April 25-28, Las Vegas, NV. Manhattan Associates : Momentum 2017 , May 8-11, Las Vegas, NV. MercuryGate : MercuryGate 2017 User Conference , October 1-4, Las Vegas, NV. SMC3 Connections 2016).

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

Logistics Viewpoints

It ran from April 11 th through the 13 th at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas. This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. Building a new factory or warehouse takes time and is capital intensive.

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Explaining the Bottleneck: The Champagne Shortage of 2021

o9 Solutions

As reported in Fortune : “Champagne sales were up 88.5% Moët Hennessy—which includes Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon, Ruinart, and Veuve Clicquot within its Champagne portfolio—reported a 22% rise in Champagne sales for the first three months of 2021 compared with the first quarter of 2020.”

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 11.5-11.9

Freight Plus

Hospitals overpaying by $25 billion on their supply chains according to report. Even with ongoing efforts to improve supply chain processes and product utilization, it’s clear that significant savings opportunities remain for many hospitals and health systems,” said Rob Austin, Navigant’s director of health systems, in the report.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 9-13, 2016)

Talking Logistics

On Wednesday Hyperloop One (one of several companies, including Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , focused on bringing this idea to life) conducted a test of its propulsion system in North Las Vegas. I’ll just restate what I wrote back in August 2013 : Do we really need Hyperloop?