Mexico Shipping Supply Chain Risk Management 
Kinaxis
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
states, obvious disruptions to supply chains and supply chain risk management were a given. Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. They would be handling maybe twice as many ships in a typical set of days.
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 15, 2014
As the WSJ article reports, “In one example of that surge in demand, a container terminal operator at Port Metro Vancouver in August told its customers it didn’t have enough railcars to ship Asian goods to the U.S. Midwest and suspended service for a week.”. The bottom line: History keeps repeating itself at the U.S. West Coast ports.
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Talking Logistics
APRIL 5, 2019
Moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Truckers gridlocked at U.S.-Mexico Mexico line as border agents moved (Reuters) Global trade growth loses momentum as trade tensions persist (WTO) Shipping Comes to Terms With $50 Billion Clean-Fuel Bill (WSJ – sub. Mexico Border Crossing Delays.
Supply Chain Matters
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Heading into this year, the global shipping disruptions that impacted transit times related to having to avoid the Suez Canal because of Red Sea terrorist attacks, or reduced water levels in the Panama Canal requiring reduced transit slots were generally mitigated. Global wide manufacturing activity levels as measured by the J.P.
Talking Logistics
JANUARY 12, 2018
From Mexico to the U.S., Under that strategy, employees take items from a physical store and ship it to customers, which allows Target to ship orders faster and avoid some costs related to distribution and fulfillment centers. Hospitals Wrestle With Shortage of IV Bags, Linked to Hurricane (WSJ – sub. Canada takes U.S.
MIT Supply Chain
AUGUST 21, 2014
A CPG firm’s local/national/global response effort was called into action in April this year following an earthquake in Mexico. Second and third alarms activate when carriers do not arrive within a 15-minute window and when a supplier is unable to ship parts. If there is no inventory to make a part, another alarm is triggered.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JULY 16, 2023
Written by logistics leaders who are practitioners in their respective companies, it aims to stimulate thinking on how shippers or BCO’s could view business continuity and risk in the current environment. Risk management is about our attitude towards risk, ability to appraise the situation holistically, and our ability to manage risk.
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