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Sustainability: Moving Toward the Mainstream

Wednesday, December 23, 2015 · Patrick Burnson The role for sustainability for business warrants a more nuanced dialogue. Taking a supply chain management perspective, it is crucial to not only “sell” the societal importance for pursuing sustainability but also to help companies translate sustainability into a…

Supply Chain Managers Encouraged to Voice Opinions on California’s Ports

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 · Patrick Burnson The Pacific Coast Council of Custom Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association, Inc. stages its annual conference – WESCCON – at this time of year to bring supply chain managers up to date on the latest ocean freight trends and practices. It also gives industry experts a…

Supply Chain Sustainability is Key to Strategic Growth

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 · Patrick Burnson Ethical Corporation – the nine year old London-based business intelligence company for sustainability – notes in a new report that supply chain management's role in sustainability is becoming more key to strategic growth for most global companies.

Eco-efficient “Wind Vessel” Now in Development

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 · Patrick Burnson While Maersk and a few other innovative titans of the ocean carrier industry are at work developing more fuel-efficient and “greener” vessels for the future, the most striking plan to date has come from a Oslo, Norway where a ship design company is incorporating…

BSR’s “Sustainability”  Report Addresses Climate Change for Supply Chain Managers

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 · Patrick Burnson New standards and maturing market approaches provide tools to manage some of the biggest uncertainties and trade-offs of alternative fuels.

Change the Incentives, Engage the Whole Organization: A Q&A with Andrew Winston

Thursday, September 18, 2014 · Bob Trebilcock In a fundamentally changed world, your approach to strategy, and your supply chain, must also change. Andrew Winston, author of The Big Pivot, discusses how business can profit from this fundamental change.

Apple’s Supply Chain May Steal Developer’s Thunder

Monday, June 2, 2014 · Patrick Burnson This week opens Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. This is generally a forum to announce new products, but the company is also likely to build upon its recent advances in supply chain visibility

“Study of Studies” Examines the Successes and Shortcomings of NAFTA

Thursday, May 8, 2014 · Patrick Burnson The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) released a meta-analysis of research on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), revealing the state of knowledge about the landmark trade agreement’s impacts on trade, energy and the environment.

BSR Launches Sustainable Trucking Guide for Supply Chain Managers

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 · Patrick Burnson The report is designed to help fleet operators and their value chain partners comply with new and future regulations.

Accenture Says Supply Chain Managers Still Struggle to Address “Climate Risk”

Thursday, January 30, 2014 · Patrick Burnson Does “regulatory uncertainty” discourage corporate investment in sustainable supply chains? When it comes to addressing climate risk, a new study suggests that the answer is yes.

Private Sector Partnerships Sought for Port Dredging Options

Monday, January 27, 2014 · Patrick Burnson Seaports across the nation are confronting one similar challenge: how to develop a sustainable strategy for distributing dredged materials.

Fuel Volatility a Given for 2014

Monday, January 13, 2014 · Patrick Burnson Forecasting fuel rates has never been more difficult for shippers, maintains Derik Andreoli, Ph.D.c., a senior analyst at Mercator International LLC and Logistics Management’s popular Oil & Fuel columnist. When planning for 2013 energy fluctuations, logistics managers…

Prologis Wins Praise from World Economic Forum for Sustainability

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 · Patrick Burnson San Francisco-based Prologis, Inc. a global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, announced its inclusion in the 2013 “Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World” list at the recently-concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Port of LA Lays Groundwork for Major Supply Chain Enhancements

Thursday, November 15, 2012 · Patrick Burnson When the NITL’s 105th annual meeting & TransComp exhibition convened in Anaheim earlier this week, there was considerable attention paid to the pending expansion of the Panama Canal. Shippers learned that West Coast ports will not remain complacent.

USPS Expecting Record Holiday Season Shipping Volumes

Saturday, November 10, 2012 · Patrick Burnson Like the duopoly of UPS and FedEx, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is calling for a very active holiday shipping season, expecting 385 million packages to be shipped, which represents a 20 percent annual gain and would be a USPS record.