Saturday, April 13, 2019 · Oliver Gritz, Jeff Ward and Arsenio Martinez
Freight forwarding lacks a certain sex appeal, yet its top performers are even more profitable than Apple.
Thursday, April 11, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
The Port of Los Angeles handled 650,977 TEUs in March, an increase of 12.7 percent compared to 2018. For the first quarter of 2019, container volumes grew 4.6 percent.
Thursday, April 11, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
U.S. growth is slowing, as stimulus wears off. And China's stimulus is likely to remain modest. Meanwhile, world trade is still under threat.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 · Yiyao Li and William Phillips
Urbanization and customer demands are making last-mile delivery optimization increasingly complex and important for retail companies. However, these companies often do not have the tools and/or capabilities to include customer-specific or environmental constrains such as time…
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
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.
Monday, April 8, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Revenue growth remains healthy for all major U.S. transportation sectors, though recent events could level off the rate of growth for some segments in the coming months according to Fitch Ratings in its U.S. Transportation Trends spring report.
Thursday, April 4, 2019 · SCMR Staff
The NextGen Supply Chain Conference is a can't miss for anyone with a leadership stake in the future of the supply chain.
Thursday, April 4, 2019 · APQC
APQC and Supply Chain Management Review collected information in March 2019 from 200 supply chain professionals about the use and planned adoption of blockchain in supply chains around the world.
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 · Jeff Berman
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI– fell 3.6% to 56.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring) in March, following a 3% gain from January to February.
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 · Michael Gravier
Evidence that most leaders don't “get it” is the fact that the top 10% “superstar” companies accrue 80% of the economic value in their industries. Most supply chain leaders don't really understand what's so different about the changes underway thanks to…
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 · LM Staff
March manufacturing output finished on an upswing in the first quarter, according to the monthly manufacturing Report on Business, which was issued today by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The report's key metric, the PMI, headed up 1.1% to 55.3 (a reading of…
Monday, April 1, 2019 · Gary Forger, special projects editor
Leading contract manufacturer details how it coordinates manufacturing and delivery for 1,000 customers across 120 manufacturing sites and 20,000 suppliers
Monday, April 1, 2019 · Gary Forger, special projects editor, Supply Chain Management Review
Digitization requires people to think and work differently. There's nothing simple about that.
Monday, April 1, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
As we enter a new fiscal quarter of 2019, here are a few Supply Chain Management updates to consider.
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