By Patrick Burnson ·
February 26, 2016
More than 80 percent of domestic Fortune 500 companies outsource their logistics operations and most expect to use third party logistics (3PL) providers more in the coming years, according to the University of Tennessee (UT) study sponsored by Kenco.
By Patrick Burnson ·
February 22, 2016
Exactly one year after the devastating West Coast port dispute concluded, the Washington Council on International Trade has released a study that finds Washington state lost $769.5 million in economic activity during that approximately six month period.
By Patrick Burnson ·
February 22, 2016
Election year politics notwithstanding, Alexander Feldman, president and CEO of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council is a strong advocate of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
By Patrick Burnson ·
February 16, 2016
The new center in China will join the global MIT Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) network, which includes centers in Colombia, Spain, Luxembourg, and Malaysia.
By Patrick Burnson ·
February 15, 2016
When Congress passed the overwhelmingly-supported and bipartisan Water Resources and Reform Development Act (WRRDA) in 2014, it established annual incremental increases for Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) funded work.
By Jeff Berman ·
February 11, 2016
The NRF is calling for 2016 retail industry sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants, to see a 3.1 percent annual increase.
By Patrick Burnson ·
February 10, 2016
Operational excellence, particularly in the areas of technological adoption and cost realignment, will be central to the goal of executing through disruption
By Patrick Burnson ·
February 10, 2016
The U.S. Customs & Border Protection announced earlier this week that it will delay the implementation of some parts of its Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) electronic document single window platform beyond the current February 28th deadline.
By Jeff Berman ·
February 4, 2016
While the PMA-ILWU dispute was settled last spring, a new port-related labor issue popped up on the East Coast last week, when a labor dispute on Friday, January 29 occurred when union members of the International Longshoremen Association (ILA), the largest union of maritime workers in North America, walked off the docks at the Port of New York and New Jersey, the largest East Coast port and second largest U.S. port.
By Rosemary Coates ·
February 4, 2016
Hoverboards are new and very popular products and this combination creates a frenzy of manufacturing activity at production sites in China.
By Patrick Burnson ·
February 3, 2016
With the Super Bowl coming to the San Francisco Bay Area this week security is bound to be top of mind that weekend, and you can expect a heightened level of vigilance on the waterfront.
By Josh Bond ·
February 2, 2016
Smart manufacturing technologies and practices can improve uptime, quality, asset management, time to market, supply chain management and agility.
By Patrick Burnson ·
February 2, 2016
This is a time we should be countering the threat of Chinese sea power by ensuring that we have a merchant marine capable of supporting our economic independence, as well as our military forces overseas.
By Patrick Burnson ·
January 29, 2016
Logistics managers seeking yet one more forecast as the year gets underway, may wish to check in with Rodger Howell, PwC’s Strategy& Principal, specializing in strategy and operations. He sees a few key areas that should be central to corporate efforts during 2016.
By Patrick Burnson ·
January 28, 2016
Supply Chain managers may expect more of the same when the next Manufacturing ISM Report On Business featuring the January 2016 data will be released on Monday, February 1.