By Patrick Burnson ·
May 14, 2020
This news comes in advance of our annual magazine feature in June/July on “Top 50 Global & Domestic 3PLs.”
By Patrick Burnson ·
May 13, 2020
Everactive, based in Santa Clara, California, has raised its profile as a pioneer of wireless (and batteryless) technology by introducing its Machine Health Monitoring (MHM) solution, designed to deliver real-time, maintenance-free insights into the health of rotating equipment, such as motors, pumps, fans, and compressors.
By Patrick Burnson ·
May 12, 2020
Cathy Morrow Roberson, Founder & Head Analyst for Logistics Trends & Insights LLC – a boutique market research firm that specializes in global supply chains – recently shared her observations on the current state of the global and domestic Third-Party Logistics (3PL) industry in this exclusive interview with Logistics Management –SCMR’s sister publication.
By Rosemary Coates ·
May 11, 2020
We are in a global crisis. It’s a matter of life and death. There are shortages of supplies and equipment across the world including acute shortages in America, and yet we are supposed to have a national stockpile, and a coordinated government response.
By Patrick Burnson ·
May 8, 2020
FedEx Corp. recently announced the online release of its 2020 Global Citizenship Report (GCR), which details the company’s corporate social responsibility strategies, goals, programs and progress.
By Patrick Burnson ·
May 7, 2020
To collect deeper insights into how businesses are being impacted by COVID-19 and capture their perspectives on international trade developments, DHL conducted a survey of U.S. SMEs, including its customers.
By Alexis Bateman and Ken Cottrill ·
May 7, 2020
Companies have long known that visibility into the workplace practices of far-flung offshore suppliers is an essential component of supply chain risk management. Many enterprises lack that visibility, even though it is gaining in importance across global supply chains.
By Patrick Burnson ·
May 6, 2020
When the 2020 USC Marshall Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit convenes this October, humanitarian supply chains and the challenges of current epidemics is certain to be addressed.
By Michael Gravier ·
May 5, 2020
Everyone’s asking what’s going to happen next with supply chains. There’s a set of writers—mostly non-experts—bemoaning how terrible our supply chains are and how they have let down not just their customers but humanity.
By Patrick Burnson ·
May 4, 2020
At the root of the short supply of PPE for hospitals are several factors. Distributors don’t have inventory, and hospitals don’t have the relationships in place to buy directly from manufacturers. Making matters more difficult, many vendors are requiring down payments of 50% or more.
By Patrick Burnson ·
May 4, 2020
Evan Armstrong, president of the consultancy, Armstrong & Associates, shares his views on the current state of the Third-Party Logistics (3PL) as part of Logistic Management's (LM) feature in June on “Top 50 Global & Domestics 3PLs.” (LM is a sister publication).
By Patrick Burnson ·
May 4, 2020
Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, recently introduced the COVID-19 Impact Index, a new resource - based on client feedback - that addresses the urgent needs of business leaders to better understand the real-time impacts of the pandemic on companies and their network of suppliers and shippers.
By MMH Staff ·
April 30, 2020
Lux Research analysts find warehousing and transport have the most innovation activity, while planning and forecasting platforms have outsized importance.
By Edmund L. Andrews ·
April 29, 2020
As the coronavirus shutters factories in Asia, companies with pre-existing relationships outside their normal supply chain will be better positioned to weather the impending crisis.
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 27, 2020
As part of IBM’s approach to combating COVID-19 with technology solutions that enable more trustworthy information, accelerated discovery, resiliency and adaptation, the company today announced IBM Rapid Supplier Connect, a blockchain-based network designed to help government agencies and healthcare organizations identify new, non-traditional suppliers who have pivoted to address the shortage of equipment, devices and supplies needed for COVID-19 relief efforts.