United States-bound waterborne shipments in December capped a record-breaking year for global trade, according to data issued this week by global trade intelligence firm Panjiva. December shipments, at 1,053,009, marked an 8.8% annual increase, and full-year 2018 shipments, at…
While the changes occurring within the supply chain are, at times, in tandem with the rapid growth of e-commerce and technology, how companies approach things like their distribution networks and industrial building design is fundamentally changing. That was a key thesis of a…
Steve Durbin, managing director at ISF (Information Security Forum) – a cybersecurity consulting firm, tells Supply Chain Management Review to expect “evolutionary” changes in the risk scenario this year.
Non-manufacturing activity in December finished 2018 with a decrease compared to November, while still maintaining a prolonged stretch of growth, according to the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business, which was issued by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) today.
Manufacturing output for the month of December finished 2018 on a downward slide, according to the monthly manufacturing Report on Business, which was released today by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The report's key metric, the PMI, dropped 5.2% to 54.1 (a…
In 2019, the world economy will enter a third straight year of broad-based growth, but many economists feel that a combination of rising interest rates and ongoing trade protectionism will continue to create unexpected turbulence—and lead to even higher rates. How likely is…
When companies adopt the agile approach, they have greater potential to overcome problems that are intrinsic to more monolithic organizational structures.
Wednesday, December 26, 2018 · Dana Bodnar and Arkadiusz Taraszkiewicz
GDP growth is expected to dip across the board in 2019, and Eastern Europe is not immune from this cloudy outlook. For businesses trading within the region, this isn't so much cause for distress as it is a call to keep a close watch on emerging risks. Here, as in…
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 · Jorge García Castillo
As the number of natural hazards has increased over the last 10 years, supply chain resilience has attracted more attention with respect to mitigating the effects of these hazards
In 2019, the world economy will enter a third straight year of broad-based growth, but many economists feel that a combination of rising interest rates and ongoing trade protectionism will continue to create unexpected turbulence…and higher rates. How likely is this to…
Commerce reported that November retail sales, at $513.5 billion, were up 0.2% over October's revised $512.4 billion and up 4.2% annually. NRF reported that November retail sales increased 0.7% on a seasonally-adjusted basis from November and were up 5% on an unadjusted…
Thursday, December 13, 2018 · Vinodkumar Raghothamarao
Oil and Gas companies operate in dynamic and complex environments, where they face constant challenges especially in terms of supply and demand. Now with the current volatility in oil prices, the time has come to evaluate the supply chain and procurement techniques and costs.
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