Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping will have supply chain managers scrambling for transport alternatives during Peak Season, as global seaports also struggle to find ways of mitigating the impact of this colossal event.
Monday, August 29, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The 2016 Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) Global Cold Storage Capacity Report showed that cold storage capacity has experienced steady growth since 2014, the last time the survey was conducted.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The 3PL arena is booming. But what does that mean for today's supply chain manager. C. John Langley Jr., Ph.D., who serves as a director of development at the Center for Supply Chain Research at the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University shares his…
Monday, August 22, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
FM Global, one of the world's largest commercial and industrial property insurers, today broke ground on the construction of a new loss prevention training and operations center, located in the Singapore Science Park
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Global Shipper Forum (GSF) members have joined forces and announced a plan to put a stop to shipping surcharges.
Monday, August 15, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Declining freight volumes and reconfigured container vessel deployments may give Asia's ports time to regroup, say industry analysts, who add that investment in infrastructure is badly needed.
Saturday, August 6, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
While many managers feared that post-Brexit anxiety would erode consumer confidence, global markets continue to grow with existing trade agreements taking hold. Will free market forces simply prevail without any new ones?
Thursday, August 4, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The use of outsourcing is steadily increasing, driving a growing need for the sharing of risk and performance reporting between outsource service providers and customers.
Monday, August 1, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
According to new research report published by Allied Market Research, titled the global third party logistics market is expected to reach $1,110 billion, registering a CAGR of 5.16% during the forecast period 2016-2022.
Monday, August 1, 2016 · Joe Zito
Service levels are low and the sales force “complains” that customers are moving business elsewhere. Pressure is put on the Supply Chain group to provide some relief, so they work with sales to increase forecasts, adjust inventory planning parameters to hold additional…
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Extreme wet or dry conditions can affect buildings, machinery, data centers, transportation networks, supply chains, people and sales.
Monday, July 11, 2016 · Peter Liston
Brexit took a big bite out of the British economy and roiled financial markets across the globe. Market and regulatory uncertainty dampens the outlook for investment and growth, and unfortunately, we can expect a sustained period of uncertainty once exit negotiations begin.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 · Rand Stille and Sriram Narayanan
As conditions change in some emerging markets, companies that once outsourced some of their manufacturing and distribution processes are thinking about bringing them back in-house. We look at the five key considerations a company should explore before pulling the trigger on…
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Container freight rates are forecast to rise modestly over the next 18 months from the all-time lows reached recently, but this will not be sufficient to rescue the industry from substantial losses in 2016, according to the latest Container Forecaster report published by…
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