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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

million vehicles cross the bridge annually, or about 30,000 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. Walmart Canada is piloting an automated receiving solution. Retail groups this week are applauding a U.S. The bridge is part of the heavily traveled Interstate 695 linking Baltimore to Washington, D.C.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology support. Our last full edition was published on February 14. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

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Analyzing Supply Chain Risk

Enterra Insights

Supply chains are a mess, inflation is on the rise, the pandemic lingers, natural disasters are intensifying, fraud is growing more prevalent, and global tensions are increasing. James Johnston ( @JamesA_Johnston ), Regional Vice President at Cloudera, notes, “Supply chains can be considered the lifeblood of the global economy.

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Big, Bulky & Rural with Grafton Elliot

The Logistics of Logistics

Grafton is the Founder and CEO of Onward, a big and bulky shipping network that helps retailers offer local like delivery service, to their customers located in suburban and rural zip codes. A nationwide big and bulky brokerage based in Maryland. A massive underutilization of capacity that lead him to start Onward!

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Extreme weather is risky business for supply chains

Resilinc

Climate change and the extreme weather events it causes are becoming larger concerns for supply chain managers, their C-suite bosses, corporate boards, and major investors. And for OEMs in virtually every manufacturing industry, supply chains are where much of their climate change risk lies.

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Partnering is a Win-Win-Win: Meet Len Ostroff

crisp

Len joins as SVP of Partnerships to expand Crisp’s data reach and build new solutions for CPG brands and retailers. We sat down with Len to discuss his background, his newest role as Crisp’s SVP of Partnerships, and the opportunity he sees to connect the dots across the retail landscape. A partnership pro. Expanding the reach of data.

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Amazon News Cycle Accelerates With a Purpose

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a series of recent Amazon focused developments that likely have interweaving themes relative to changing business strategies. . The news cycle focused on retail platform and web infrastructure services provider Amazon has accelerated these past few weeks. Let’s focus on some of the highlights.