Friday, May 22, 2020 · Keith Hausmann
CPOs that aspire to be change leaders have to leverage all of the resources available to them, including talent, external partnerships and technology.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 · Francesco Stefanelli
When it comes to manufacturing, the question is whether firms are re-shoring manufacturing, or regionalizing supply chains to better serve the customer
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 · John Schulz
In an odd example of unintended consequences, the U.S. government still is collecting as much as 25% tariffs from Chinese manufacturers on face masks and other protective wear for U.S. health care workers on the front lines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monday, April 27, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock
In March, shipping volumes from China approached 94% of pre-COVID volume, a marked improvement from February. But it's a tale of two industry segments.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock
Most companies are in survival mode, but when this is behind us, companies will begin to reassess their supply chain strategies
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
Modex 2020 – the largest manufacturing and supply chain expo of the year – focused on a great many concerns shared by industry leaders, but none so pressing as coronavirus, or covid-19, says Resilience360 chairman David Shillingford.
Monday, February 24, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
As if new newly-imposed IMO 2020 fuel standards and greenhouse gas emissions reduction were not enough, carriers also face fresh costs related to maintenance and insurance.
Thursday, February 13, 2020 · Jeff Berman
January shipments—at 1,026,714—fell 3.6% annually. And containerized freight shipments were off 2.8% annually, with Panjiva noting that it was notable there was a decline even with the earlier timing of the 2019 Lunar New Year. Looking back, for calendar year 2019, total…
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 · Marcin Fic
Globalization drove worldwide economic growth for decades by increasing offshore manufacturing, while spurring low shipping costs, free trade and cheap labor. However, more recently, a substantial shift is being made toward regionalized supply chains, due to higher wages,…
Thursday, May 9, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
According to the 2019 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index, global shippers are more likely to invest broadly around the world in the years to come.
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Atradius, a trade credit insurer based in Amsterdam, recently released a detailed report focused on the performance of 11 key Asian economies, including China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
With the passing of last month's annual Air Forwarders Association conference in Las Vegas, we caught up with the AfA's executive director Brandon Freid for this exclusive interview which first appeared in our sister publication -- Logistics Management.
Thursday, December 13, 2018 · Jim Baehr
Currently, too many Procurement groups go to market with only their inside information in-hand and without much understanding of the outside picture.
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