article thumbnail

Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

After all, the more you know about an item’s origin — and what it takes to get it to your warehouse — the easier it becomes to identify any middlemen that might be artificially elevating the price of goods. This isn’t to say you should avoid international sources for goods. Ali Hasan R. is the co-founder and CEO of ThroughPut Inc. ,

article thumbnail

Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

Sourcing and procurement departments exist to mitigate this issue, but input bottlenecks remain common. Not to mention that time-sensitive goods such as chemicals and food can spoil as they sit in warehouses. Supplier issues can bring production to a halt. Throughput issues are similar. According to research from the U.N. Ali Hasan R.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

Sourcing and procurement departments exist to mitigate this issue, but input bottlenecks remain common. Not to mention that time-sensitive goods such as chemicals and food can spoil as they sit in warehouses. Supplier issues can bring production to a halt. Throughput issues are similar. According to research from the U.N. Ali Hasan R.

article thumbnail

Top 8 Industries Affected by The Red Sea Crisis in January 2024

Resilinc

struck more than 60 targets at Houthi positions in Yemen, aiming to halt attacks on merchant ships. imposed sanctions on two companies based in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates for their involvement in financing commodity shipments benefiting Yemen’s Houthis. On January 11, the U.S. The next day, the U.S.

article thumbnail

Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

Sourcing from far-flung countries such as China is leading to growing uncertainty about the actual supply of purchase orders. Integration with warehouse mechanisation and production equipment guarantees that the optimal plan will be executed in practice. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. Uzbekistan. Western Sahara.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart in the news: Walmart launches pilot program for customers to recycle reusable shopping bags Walmart Canada says robots are coming to 2 Ontario warehouses, but jobs not at risk Amazon has become the largest private EV charging operator Biden calls for steep hike to tariff on Chinese steel S. And now on to this week’s logistics news.