Remove San Antonio Remove Sourcing Remove Supply Chain Remove Transportation
article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

I read earlier this week that pressure on the supply of critical materials will continue to mount as road transport electrification expands to meet net-zero ambitions. In a recent report, IEA indicated that global battery and mineral supply chains need to expand ten-fold to meet projected critical minerals needs by 2030.

article thumbnail

Church's Chicken is Reinventing the Supply Chain

Elementum

Excellent supply chain management is the key to both. Being able to handle product development, sourcing, production, logistics, and information systems well is what makes a business’s supply chain successful. In turn, only 8% of companies with secondary or ordinary supply chains achieve above-average growth.

article thumbnail

Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2015

Talking Logistics

Last January, I shared 5 New Year’s Resolutions for supply chain and logistics executives to improve as leaders. As I wrote last year: According to leadership expert Ken Blanchard, “when you stop learning, you stop leading,” and this is especially true in supply chain management.