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Winter Weather Alert: First Nor’easter of 2021

GlobalTranz

Portions of central, northern, and northwest New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania are under a winter storm warning until 1300 (EST) Tuesday, February 2nd. Portions of northern New Jersey and east central and northeast Pennsylvania are under a winter storm warning until 1300 (EST) Tuesday, February 2nd.

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The Zergratran Story with Byron Bennett

The Logistics of Logistics

Byron holds a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The Panama Canal bottleneck is causing supply chain disruptions worldwide and constraining global trade. About Zergratran.

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Putting Supply Chains on Autopilot with Ali Raza

The Logistics of Logistics

Ali joined his first tech startup while still an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. Since then, he has been eliminating one global bottleneck after another, with his current focus on optimizing supply chains that extend to Mars. Learn More About Putting Supply Chains on Autopilot.

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Analyzing Supply Chain Risk

Enterra Insights

The scale of supply chain disruptions has reached new heights in recent months.”[1] The supply chain is way too complex. Analysts from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business explain, “Globalization can bring numerous benefits, but these come with risks. Footnotes. [1]

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10 Disruptive Issues in the Supply Chain

American Global Logistics

Most recently, on February 21, 2024, cyber criminals attacked Cencora , a drug distributor in Pennsylvania. Supply Chain: Shipping capacity creating disruptive issues Shipping capacity is the amount of cargo that ships can transport. Causes are increasing fuel costs, labor shortages, and global supply chain disruptions.

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Labor Strike Targeting U.S. Automakers- Update Five

Supply Chain Matters

Upwards of 4,000 UAW workers at Volvo’s Mack truck manufacturing facilities in Florida, Maryland and Pennsylvania went on strike after rejecting a tentative five year contract agreement that included a reported 19 percent wage increase. Parallel Developments Other parallel developments have occurred since our last update.

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

” Three ways organizations can prepare for supply chain disruption are: 1. The Forbes report said that part of why organizations can be ready for a disaster is that many businesses will establish plans for what they will do if their supply chain is disrupted. The question that remains is “how?”