With its eye on further expanding its rapidly growing global healthcare business, UPS announced today it has agreed to purchase Pieffe Group, an Italy-based pharmaceutical logistics company.
Even though the calendar says it is November 30, this atypical balmy weather in the Northeast is making me feel it is more like May 30. And given this unusual, but welcome, climate, it seems appropriate that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is…
In what could possibly viewed as a late in the year jump-start for the economy, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said that Thanksgiving and Black Friday holiday spending—in stores and on the Web—hit historic highs.
The 2011 GCI found that the 10 most connected countries are the Netherlands, Singapore, Ireland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Belgium, Hong Kong (China) and Malta
A detailed country-by-country analysis of the flows that connect the world indicates that globalization is still not as advanced as most people believe
The Port of Los Angeles and the International Association of Ports and Harbors plan to develop incentive program strategies to participate in the Environmental Ship Index Program starting next year.
Demand for warehousing space around major U.S airports has ramped up, according Jones Lang LaSalle’s third annual Port, Airport and Global Infrastructure report
Although most U.S. exporters may not need specific licenses to take part in the President’s? National Export Initiative, determining if that is the case can be very expensive.
The ongoing flood in Thailand represents another example of the need for adequate risk management as an integral part of supply chain management, said a technology provider
Rosslyn Analytics, a data discovery and business intelligence software developer, has revealed its technology predictions for procurement executives in 2012.
Analysts at Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers, indicated that global trade activity showed a bit of a “leveling off” from September to October
A new UPS-sponsored survey suggests that high-tech manufacturers may be the first to decrease their dependence on China for sourcing
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