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The Logistics & Supply Chain of Thanksgiving

GlobalTranz

The turkey is out of the oven. per pound for turkey might seem like an expense, but that cost and bird reflects more about the supply chain’s functions than you realize. The Thanksgiving Turkey’s Plight. Frozen turkeys make up 90 percent of Thanksgiving sales, explains Chris Cunnane of Logistics Viewpoints.

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The Supply Chain is Suffering Labor Pains

Enterra Insights

Currently, however, the supply chain, like many other economic areas, is suffering from a different kind of labor pain — a pain unlikely to result in much joy unless companies can attract a new generation of supply chain professionals. Labor Woes are Contributing to Supply Chain Woes. Desperately.”[1]

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Supply Chain Disruption: What Will Happen with the Holidays?

QAD

The COVID-19 pandemic , extreme weather events and trade issues have crippled the global economy and brought the world’s supply chains to their knees. The trouble is, manufacturers and the supply chains they rely on can’t keep up. It’s not that the pandemic and other trends broke the global supply chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

This year, with the LA Rams being Super Bowl champs, Good360 said it will ship thousands of “unsellable” Bengals-branded hats, T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, COVID-19 masks, and scarves to struggling people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. New wave of contracts will lock in much higher shipping rates.

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World’s Fifth Fastest Growing Retailer Automates Replenishment Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

lu, the Director of Sales Operations and Supply Chain at A101. A101 is the largest retailer in Turkey with over 10,000 company owned stores and 48 regional distribution centers and one E-commerce fulfillment center. The company’s supply chain planning and automated replenishment solution comes from Solvoyo.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Very positively, these topics have not only been discussed at COP26 but multiple initiatives were launched with some of them having the potential to significantly contribute to decarbonizing the global supply chain network. The second Z – Zero emission shipping routes: the Clydebank Declaration.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Instead of shipping a new smartphone to someone’s house and having it left on the front steps, one of Enjoy’s delivery workers will personally deliver and set up the phone, and then sell additional services. Bigger turkeys are back as Sam’s Club bets on larger holiday gatherings. Stop & Shop kicks off Express delivery.