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…
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The MAPI Foundations – the research affiliate of Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation - notes that supply chain pressures are becoming a transforming influence behind automation.
Thursday, June 23, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
While there is widespread concern about attracting new talent to the supply chain industry, it seems especially acute in the maritime sector.
Monday, June 20, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
With the Panama Canal expansion coming this month, ocean cargo gateways in the Caribbean are investing to position themselves as logistics hubs to attract an ever-growing number of carriers serving this dynamic marketplace.
Monday, June 13, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
A new report from the MAPI Foundation indicates that despite the economic slowdown in the industrial sector over the past year, the incidence of actual and planned automation investment is very high in American manufacturing.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
In the wildly unstable ocean cargo carrier arena, three major consortia are fighting for market share, with some players simply hanging on for survival. Meanwhile, shippers may expect deployment shifts as a consequence of the Panama Canal expansion
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 · Rosemary Coates
Chinese manufacturing is maturing and low-cost, labor-intensive work is moving to other low cost countries like Vietnam, Myanmar and Indonesia while China takes on more advanced manufacturing.
Friday, May 13, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Coupa Software, a cloud-based spend management solutions provider, recently announced Coupa Release 15 (R15), its second major release of the year that delivers enhancements across the platform.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Pangea Logistics Network, an international group of independent freight forwarders based in London, recently presented a cautionary economic forecast for the industry through the remainder of the year.
Friday, May 6, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Trade was a drag on growth in five of the last six quarters, including the last three...
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