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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up September 1 2023

Supply Chain Matters

West Coast Dockworkers Ratify New Labor Contract Members of The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) have completed the voting process and have ratified a new six-year labor contract covering 29 U.S. The development is resulting in building multiday backup of ships waiting to traverse the canal. West Coast ports.

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. South Carolina is 11th after years as number one. Chaturvedi: A major question is: What will happen when China is firing on all cylinders, shipping cost come down and COVID is receding in our rear-view mirror.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Procurement will play a key role in monitoring supply base conditions.