With COVID-19 forcing the majority of the population to change their buying habits, DHL eCommerce Solutions has identified five categories where they have seen the greatest volume growth since late February.
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…
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…
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.
Thursday, May 7, 2020 · Alexis Bateman and Ken Cottrill
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.
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.
In an odd example of unintended consequences, the U.S. government still is collecting as much as 25% tariffs from Chinese manufacturers on face masks and other protective wear for U.S. health care workers on the front lines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
The report's key indicator, the NMI, fell 10.7% to 41.8 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring), coming off of March's 52.5 reading, which stands as the highest reading in the last year. It is the lowest reading since the 40.1 recorded in March 2009…
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 · John V. Gray and Finn Wynstra
The Coronavirus has upended many aspects of life. Here, we focus on some key lessons for managers in manufacturing firms in charge of strategic sourcing decisions. That is, managers responsible for selecting and managing upstream suppliers.
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…
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