Monday, July 16, 2012 · Jeff Berman
Total container volume—at 696,847 Twenty-foot Equivalents (TEU)—were up 8.75 percent annually and was below May and April, which hit 731,352 TEU and 707,182 TEU, respectively.
Monday, July 16, 2012 · Jeff Berman
Data from both Commerce and NRF showed that retail sales decreased on a sequential basis in June for the third consecutive month. This marks the first time retail sales have fallen for three straight months since late 2008.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 · Rosemary Coates
Any electronic gadget or equipment, automotive parts, industrial goods and other products might include some counterfeit parts, and the counterfeiters are getting better and better at it.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
After slow but steady improvement over the first half of this year, small business optimism soured considerably in June, said analysts at IHS Global Insight.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 · Jeff Berman
An ongoing trend of the economy flattening out was apparent in the most recent edition of the Cass Freight Index Report from Cass Information Systems
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
China, at the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) meeting on 10 July 2012, said it was not in a position to accept the establishment of a panel requested by the United States, the European Union and Japan regarding its measures related to the exportation of rare earths, tungsten and…
Monday, July 9, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
The expansion of the Panama Canal will have major implications for industrial real estate in the U.S., particularly in the Southeast.
Monday, July 9, 2012 · Robert A Rudzki
Something happened in major league baseball recently that begs for comment because of its relevance to the world of business, and in particular to the world of procurement and supply management.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 · Jeff Berman
Non-manufacturing activity in June was down slightly from May but still at a healthy level overall, according to the June edition of the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business.
Monday, July 2, 2012 · Thomas S. Davis and Robert A. Novack
The right supply chain metrics can help you answer three key questions: Where do we want to go? How do we get there? And how do we know when we’ve arrived? The ability to answer these questions—in an accurate and timely manner—can lead directly to superior business…
Monday, July 2, 2012 · Kate Vitasek and Karl Manrodt
Want to improve your outsourcing efforts? This article unpacks the lessons of five “Big Thinkers” in the world of economics and shares how their insights can help you improve the way you outsource.
Monday, July 2, 2012 · Pierre Mitchell
Much of the analytics effort to date has focused on the demand side of the supply chain equation. Yet analytics can be applied just as effectively to the supply side to assure reliable and cost effective inventory, capacity, and supplier capabilities. The insights here can…
Monday, July 2, 2012 · Jayanth Jayaram and Balram Avittathur
India is a highly attractive market for multinational companies. But to successfully source or sell products there, they need to realize that conditions may differ greatly from the more developed economies they are used to. This is especially true when it comes to the supply…
Monday, July 2, 2012 · Mike Ledyard
Things will get better. But before the economic turnaround is finally completed, supply chain professionals will continue to be tasked with doing more with limited—and in some cases fewer—resources. Impossible? Not if you take advantage of tools available that can improve…
Monday, July 2, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
A flurry of major service provider deals captured mainstream headlines in recent months, but the consequence of this activity has yet to be measured by domestic and international shippers. Meanwhile, the EU flounders, Asia remains strong, and emerging nations may represent the…
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