Rising fuel costs are only one of many challenges confronting supply chain managers reliant on motor carriers in 2019. While this transport sector remains robust, increasing driver wages and insurance costs are eroding profits. Furthermore, note analysts, costs associated with…
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…
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…
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.
The most pricing pressure for the carriers is on the bulky, oversized, pieces some which require additional handling. The two big integrators are in “a race to see who can be the most expensive,”
Despite recent episodes political turmoil, analysts for Global Kuehne + Nagel Indicators (gKNi) say World trade experienced a slight upswing in recent months and reached a new high in November.
Effective demand management is critical to the financial performance and health of an organization. However, to be successful companies must overcome the common pitfalls that have evolved from decades of insufficient demand planning and management.
With this week's release of A.T. Kearney's Global Business Policy Council (GBPC) predictions for the coming year, one particular forecast is especially prescient, the trade war “truce” with China.
Strength in employment and income, solid gains in household net worth and elevated consumer sentiment have generated considerable momentum just as tariffs on some $200 billion of imports from China have gone into effect.
This year's logistics trends are pointing to a single scenario for 2019: a steep grade ahead. As demand outpaced supply in every sector of logistics, carriers have been in control. A variety of factors—from high fuel costs to constricted labor markets—will conspire to…
When the “3PL Value Creation/North America Summit 2018” convenes in Chicago this month, shippers will hear from a diverse group of industry experts on how to drive the best deals with their lead providers in both the global and domestic arenas.
While President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping a have agreed a truce in the US-China trade war for a period of 90 days, many Pacific Rim supply chain managers may still feel they are living on borrowed time.
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