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Don’t Procrastinate This Holiday Season

BlueYonder

And did we mention that many retailers are scrambling since factories in Vietnam are shut down or operating at very limited capacity due to COVID outbreaks. Many retailers who rely on merchandise produced in Vietnam are re-evaluating what they can get to showrooms in time for fall and winter. s freight system.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 20-24, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Lots of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to the items that caught my attention: Amazon now ships to your Audi’s trunk ( USA Today ). Robinson Expands Asian Operations to Vietnam. Amazon Reveals Just How Huge the Cloud Is for Its Business ( Wired ). JDA “Writes the Book” on Supply Chain.

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The Age of Agility: Building Resilience in the Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Feature Article by Anthony Beavis, Managing Director APAC at Körber Supply Chain. Border controls, China’s zero-covid policy and global shipping costs and energy prices is putting increasing pressure on supply chains throughout the Asia Pacific region. Another crucial software system is the transport management system (TMS).

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A Chat with Katie Kinraid

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Closed borders, quarantine restrictions and social distancing requirements for staff combined with an explosion in delivery demand from online retail sales made for a tough period of shipping delays and warehouse backlogs across the globe. Transport management systems are more important now than ever before.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 26-30, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Supply chain reaction: trade war refugees race to relocate to Vietnam, Thailand (Reuters). Easyship, a Stripe for global e-commerce shipping, raises $4M (TechCrunch). Here are some highlights from the press release: Transportation Management — Version 19.0.0