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Adexa is Recipient of 2023 Top Supply Chain Projects Award

Adexa

About Supply & Demand Chain Executive Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the only supply chain publication covering the entire global supply chain, focusing on trucking, warehousing, packaging, procurement, risk management, professional development and more.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor. The port of Los Angeles shows a slowdown. Does this solve the problem? When I get this question, I swallow hard.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor.” The port of Los Angeles shows a slowdown. Does this solve the problem? When I get this question, I swallow hard.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Well, according to Czinger, a Los Angeles-based boutique hypercar manufacturer, that is about to be a possibility. The company has faced sourcing constraints as a result of the war in Ukraine, causing the company to rely on second sourcing capabilities for its mustard procurement.

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Supply Chain Matters COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict News Capsule Update- October 25 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Reportedly, the queue of container vessels waiting to unload at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was just four vessels last week, compared to over 100 ships in January. It is becoming clearer that supply chain procurement and logistics teams elected to route import shipments thru either U.S. West Coast port operators.

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U.S. West Coast Dockworkers Enacting Multi-Day Job Actions

Supply Chain Matters

Reportedly, one terminal at the Port of Los Angeles cancelled cargo movement operations on Monday of this week while two terminals at the Post of Long Beach closed. Other actions occurred last week including a reported labor shortage at the Port of Oakland’s international terminals on Friday of last week.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-up- February 13, 2023

Supply Chain Matters

TEU volumes at the Port of Los Angeles reportedly fell 7 percent in 2022 from the prior year, the largest drop since the Great Recession. Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka indicated to Bloomberg that ports risk losing even more volume to other regions without a new labor contract being agreed to.