By Patrick Burnson ·
March 11, 2020
Modex 2020 – the largest manufacturing and supply chain expo of the year – focused on a great many concerns shared by industry leaders, but none so pressing as coronavirus, or covid-19, says Resilience360 chairman David Shillingford.
By Patrick Burnson ·
February 24, 2020
As if new newly-imposed IMO 2020 fuel standards and greenhouse gas emissions reduction were not enough, carriers also face fresh costs related to maintenance and insurance.
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 9, 2019
Atradius, a trade credit insurer based in Amsterdam, recently released a detailed report focused on the performance of 11 key Asian economies, including China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 5, 2019
With the passing of last month’s annual Air Forwarders Association conference in Las Vegas, we caught up with the AfA’s executive director Brandon Freid for this exclusive interview which first appeared in our sister publication -- Logistics Management.
By Jeff Berman ·
December 20, 2018
November’s 1,005,001 shipments represented a 1.8% annual gain, with 2018 shipments through November, at 11,288,944, are up 6.1% annually. Panjiva said this tally also includes containerized shipments, which saw a 3.7% annual increase.
By Jim Baehr ·
December 13, 2018
Currently, too many Procurement groups go to market with only their inside information in-hand and without much understanding of the outside picture.
By Rosemary Coates ·
November 16, 2018
While the U.S. was celebrating Veterans’ Day and Europe was celebrating Armistice Day, China was going wild with Singles’ Day.
By Patrick Burnson ·
November 5, 2018
The risk of a “no deal” Brexit is on the rise. Reflecting the tougher outlook, IHS Markit has reduced eurozone real GDP growth rates in 2019–21 by an average 0.2 percentage point a year. The eurozone economy is projected to expand 2.0% in 2018, 1.6% in 2019, and 1.3% in 2020.
By Patrick Burnson ·
November 5, 2018
While a global recession is probably still a year or two away, “there are storm clouds on the horizon,” which are starting to look more than a little threatening, says IHS Markit economists.
By Patrick Burnson ·
October 30, 2018
A no-deal or “hard” Brexit outcome, without an agreement for a transition period, is likely to lead to significant disruption to air services, contend analysts.
By Patrick Burnson ·
October 29, 2018
A.T. Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council has released “Competing in an Age of Multi-Localism,” a new study that notes the tectonic shifts occurring in consumption patterns globally.
By SCMR Staff ·
October 23, 2018
As Oracle OpenWorld is convened in San Francisco this week, supply chain managers were informed that Oracle Blockchain Applications Cloud has been launched.
By MMH Staff ·
October 19, 2018
Global sales value up 21% year over year. United States robot installations increased to 33,192 units in 2017, 6% more than in 2016.
By Patrick Burnson ·
October 9, 2018
The ongoing expansion of tariffed goods by the Trump Administration is putting the container shipping industry in its “crossfire,” says one prominent international supply chain and logistics expert.
By Rosemary Coates ·
October 4, 2018
Each year, the Council of Supply Chain Management San Francisco Roundtable kicks off the fall season with a predictions panel. This year, I was honored to be one of the senior executives on the panel to share my ideas and predictions. Here are three of my predictions for 2019: