Wednesday, May 1, 2024 · Brian Straight
Building resilient supply chains requires trust, and the World Trade Centers is helping foster that with locations around the globe, connecting companies with local resources.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 · Amy Wunderlin
Retailers have generally navigated around the Red Sea cargo disruptions, but trade groups said costs will begin to rise even as they project a growth in imports.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 · Jeff Berman
The Biden administration has announced the Council on Supply Chain Resilience, an effort to engage the secure the nation’s most critical supply chains, including the agricultural supply chain.
Thursday, October 19, 2023 · Unity SCM
Supply chain disruptions happen daily, and some are more problematic than others. With the right data solution and a proactive supply chain strategy, your organization can be better equipped to address supply chain disruptions — from seasonal issues to severe weather events.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 · Carly West, senior director analyst, and Jose Reyes, senior director analyst, Gartner Supply Chain Practice
Generative AI will quickly and significantly alter many aspects of supply chain — from overall strategy to the day-to-day activities of employees and their teams.
Friday, September 1, 2023 · Michael Zimmerman, Korhan Acar and Ansley Marks
When it comes to freight pricing, there’s no excuse for shippers or carriers to fly blind. The capability exists to understand the factors that drive pricing and monitor them in real time.
Thursday, October 27, 2022 · Jeff Berman
The keynote session, which featured Prologis Co-founder and CEO Hamid Moghadam and Dave Clark, Co-CEO of San Francisco-based freight forwarding and customs brokerage services provider Flexport, began with the executives taking a look at what they viewed as the key trends and…
Monday, April 29, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Along with new forwarding players and suppliers, supply chain managers are embracing digital technologies to develop a variety of innovative business models that will dramatically improve the shipper experience and eliminate entrenched operational inefficiencies.
Saturday, April 13, 2019 · Oliver Gritz, Jeff Ward and Arsenio Martinez
Freight forwarding lacks a certain sex appeal, yet its top performers are even more profitable than Apple.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
Logistics Trends & Insights LLC, an Atlanta, Georgia-based consultancy, is conducting its third “Evolving Freight Forwarding Survey, and invites SCMR readers to participate.
Thursday, January 25, 2018 · Darren Prokop
Done right, economies of scale can lower a carrier's average costs and the freight rates charged to their customers. Getting it right is a balance.
Thursday, August 31, 2017 · Patrick Burnson
The global freight forwarding market has grown by 2.7% in real terms since this time last year, but owing to a continuation of excess capacity issues and lower average oil prices, rates continue to fall in both air and sea freight.
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