Thursday, October 22, 2015 · By Audrey Ford, Senior Manager, Program Development, Consero Group
A procurement department's supplier relationships can vary widely. In some cases, the relationship is strong and productive. In others, the relationship can be tense, fraught with disagreement, or fully dysfunctional.
The Pacific Coast Council of Custom Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association, Inc. stages its annual conference – WESCCON – at this time of year to bring supply chain managers up to date on the latest ocean freight trends and practices. It also gives industry experts a…
The Paris-based consultancy, Alphaliner, provides the volume rankings of today's leading ocean cargo carriers, but the numbers only tell half the story. With the planned merger of two of China's largest players, and the pending sale of Singapore's NOL, the whole…
Shipping lines in the U.S. export trade lane to Asia are attempting in enforce an across-the-board increase in freight rates during the current Peak Season.
According to new report issued by The International Transport Forum – an intergovernmental group with 54 member countries within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – there are cost savings of mega-ships, but these are decreasing and might not…
Thursday, October 15, 2015 · Supply Chain Outlook Summit Staff
Supply Chain Management Review announces program sessions for the Supply Chain Outlook Summit being held on November 2-3 at the Rosemont Hilton, in Chicago, Illinois.
Commerce reported that September retail sales at $447.7 billion were up 0.1 percent compared to August, following a 0.2 percent July to August increase, and were up 2.4 percent compared to September 2014. And the NRF reported that September retail sales, which exclude…
Yossi Sheffi talks about his new book, The Power Of Resilience: How The Best Companies Manage The Unexpected, and how the best companies are balancing the risks involved in new products, new markets, and new processes—all crucial for growth—and the resilience created by…
Friday, October 9, 2015 · Chris Carr and Dan Harris
A well crafted and reasonable liquidated damages provision is one of the best leverage tools out there for preventing your Chinese counterparty and supplier from breaching their agreements. That's the primary reason for having a written contract in the first place.
While many auto executives (42.3 percent) expect more industry recalls in 2015 and 2016, just 8 percent use advanced predictive analytics to help prevent, prepare for, and manage recalls, according to a recent online poll from Deloitte.
Operational excellence to expedite delivery of “cool” cargoes has been embraced by supply chain managers as they concentrate their efforts to capture market share in the topsy turvy world of temperature-controlled transportation.
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