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New Balance Has Plans for Added U.S. Manufacturing

Supply Chain Matters

Athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance has advanced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear manufacturing facility within the United States. Once more, the footwear provider has plans to double an existing U.S. sales, the supply network has domestic value of 70 percent of greater.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last year’s supply chain program include two days of sessions by practitioners – executives from companies like Ahold Delhaize, AGCO, and Radwell International– on the real-world problems associated with the digital transformations they have gone through and continue to go through. SVT Robotics Raises $25 Million in Funding.

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How Building Product Manufacturers Can Bounce Back in 2021

USC Consulting Group

That’s according to a recent report from ResearchandMarkets.com. This, in turn, has led to higher purchase prices for developers. In addition to lumber being more expensive to purchase, it’s also harder to come by. This is something that Jeffrey Luter of Fulcrum Associates has done and plans on continuing.

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Multi-Carrier Shipping Software Solutions for 2021

ShipBob

While most business owners would rather spend their time building a business strategy, planning creative marketing campaigns, and launching new products, they often get caught up in the intricate web that is shipping. From there, you can purchase and print labels, add shipping insurance , track orders, get ahead of returns, and more.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

This was certainly another interesting year from a logistics and supply chain standpoint, as we saw the emergence of generative AI take center stage. We also saw a lot of technological advances in transportation, warehousing, supply chain planning, robotics, and last mile delivery, just to name a few.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 10-14, 2014)

Talking Logistics

We normally do our Talking Logistics episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but we have one today at 12 ET with Alaster Love from Transplace, where we are going to discuss “ Big Data and Analytics in Oil and Gas Transportation.” UPS plans bundled deliveries to cut costs (FT.com – sub.