Deloitte’s InSightIQ team analyzed consumer spending data from the first three weeks of October to better understand consumer behavior and help shine a light on how consumers are making their holiday purchases this year.
Thursday, November 12, 2020 · Jennifer Miller, Senior Director, Operations, DHL Supply Chain and Bob Tyrrell, Senior Solution Architect, DHL Supply Chain
Dedicated fleets enable organizations to grow relationships and protect against a volatile open market, and advances in transportation technology maximize their performance and efficiency.
The advent of sophisticated technologies, such as blockchain, IoT, and cloud computing have helped to significantly improve operations of 3PL providers.
COVID-19 has impacted the entire food and beverage (F&B) supply chain, from farm field to consumer. It has upended the sector’s operational capacity in its entirety, including production, processing, packaging, and distribution.
As Gartner’s Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo Americas comes to an end this week, analysts noted that While supply chain organizations have a variety of internal metrics in place, supply chain leaders must also take into consideration the customer experience.
The coronavirus pandemic has put chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) under pressure to adapt and prepare their networks for an uncertain future, according to Gartner, Inc. Supply chain leaders must adapt their strategies, investment and leadership style to ensure long-term…
U.S. supply chain managers will be closely tracking ongoing regulatory issues with China and Southeast Asia, as well as the looming showdown between the United Kingdom and the European Union over Brexit.
Monday, November 2, 2020 · Ann Marie Uetz and Vanessa Miller, Foley & Lardner LLP
A new survey suggests a potentially drastic shift in the way manufacturing executives think about their supply chains: from a primary focus on minimizing lead times and cost to one that prioritizes more stability and resilience in the face of disruption.
In its monthly Manufacturing Report on Business, ISM said that the report’s key metrics, the PMI, hit 59.3 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), which topped September’s 55.4 by 3.9%, while growing at a faster rate for the fifth consecutive month, while the overall…
A panel of security experts convened by San Francisco-based Prologis this week addressed a variety of issues related to COVID-19 and its impact on the global supply chain workforce.
Oakland, California-based Navis recently unveiled new survey findings that explore the strong, growing interest among customers in moving IT operations to the cloud.
The CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the largest containership in the world with a capacity of 23,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent containers) and powered by LNG, has arrived in Malta, her first port of call in Europe.
BSI recently announced the latest findings from its quarterly review and outlook of the top global supply chain security, business continuity, food safety and fraud, and corporate social responsibility threats and trends.
Accenture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are co-developing a supply chain resilience stress test for assessing operational and financial risks created by major market disruptions, disasters or other catastrophic events.
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