North America Sourcing Supply Chain Visibility Warehousing 
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 23, 2022
While conditions have eased in North America, port congestion has gotten much worse in China. China’s stringent COVID lockdown in critical port cities has impacted global supply chains. Is this the visibility shippers so desperately need? Labor shortages have created havoc on end-to-end supply chain operations.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 20, 2022
Cameron Bailey, EVP of Global Supply Chain at VF Corporation, did not disappoint. Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain.
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Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 22, 2023
We’re currently on the cusp of a big incremental change in the industry’s transformation journey, as the value of real-time supply chain data is increasingly being felt far beyond transportation logistics. The entire supply chain industry was caught flat-footed by the seismic disruptions wrought by the pandemic.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 2, 2023
And a FourKites survey of 350+ supply chain leaders tells us that the past few years of supply chain disruptions — including COVID-19, market volatility, global political conflict, material shortages and extreme weather events — drove 73% of respondents to begin investing in supply chain visibility, with 46% planning to invest more in 2023.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
And what is sitting in the warehouse. Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility. Real-time visibility into “static goods” — wherever they may be — is the foundation for managing through volatility. And at the cross-dock. And in the rail car.
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Diversity of sources (carriers + vendors + customers). Elaborating on my earlier point, viewing a supply chain network solely through the lens of the carrier component is severely limiting. A supply chain data network needs to aggregate and share data from and with customers and vendors, too. Data integrity.
ShipBob
DECEMBER 25, 2023
The thing is, it doesn’t necessarily take a global pandemic for supply chain operations to falter. It can happen simply due to ineffective planning, risk management, warehouse use, or sourcing strategies. So, what can you do to strengthen supply chains?
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