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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

Talking Logistics

If they actually follow through on their promise and oil prices continue to rise next year, how will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in response? The size and scope of the potential problem means that OSA presents a critical safety issue for all modes and operations in the transportation industry.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Some of the robots zip around the hulking facility transporting pallets of merchandise fresh off delivery trucks. importers are requesting this type of service more frequently as they move more freight on new routes as a result of the Red Sea diversions and the Panama Canal drought restrictions. A third group are labelers.