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What the Super Bowl Can Teach Us about Supply Chain Risk Management

Enterra Insights

Both teams (the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks) sport a 14-4 … Continued The post What the Super Bowl Can Teach Us about Supply Chain Risk Management appeared first on Enterra Solutions. Best Practices Big Data Risk Management Supply Chain Business'

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Enabling Supply Chain Flexibility: Two Important (But Often Overlooked) Factors

Talking Logistics

If you’re predominantly an ocean shipper, for example, make sure you [also develop relationships with] airfreight providers…make sure you keep your pricing up to date, make sure you understand the routing and transit times involved if you were to use different modes and carriers.

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Prediction- Added Labor Activism Among Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

According to a published report from Bloomberg , during prior labor talks that occurred in 2016, the labor union representing Boeing production and engineering workers was forced to agree to freezing fixed pension plans along with 4 percent cumulative pay raises over the life of the extended contract.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up: March 4 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Last week Supply Chain Matters alerted readers to a potentially major cyberattack incident involving a top tier third-party logistics services and global freight forwarding services provider.

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Supply Chain Management:Lubrication Management - An Integral.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

| Main | Gamification - An EAM perspective » Lubrication Management - An Integral part of Asset Management - Part I. There was an incident where Alaska Airlines (flight 261) flying from Mexico to Seattle airport plunged into the Pacific Ocean. Enterprise Asset Management: IT Asset Management (59). March 2014.

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Airbus and Boeing Q1-2023 Operational Performance- Differing Supply Chain and Production Challenges

Supply Chain Matters

Long time Seattle Times aerospace industry reporter Domenic Gates tweeted that it is believed that this problem may date back four years and possibly affect most of the planes built since the original grounding of the aircraft in 2029.

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U.S. West Coast Dockworkers Enacting Multi-Day Job Actions

Supply Chain Matters

Bloomberg reported similar disruptions observed in ports in Tacoma and Seattle. End to end logistics visibility technology provider projet44 provided Supply Chain Matters the below chart depicting median import and export dwell times for the Port of Los Angeles that depicts the actual daily impacts.