Thursday, May 2, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Shippers may have been cheered by last month’s manufacturing report issued from the Institute for Supply Management, but other key indicators suggest caution.
Thursday, April 25, 2013 · Jeff Berman
UPS reported today that first quarter revenue rose 2.2 percent year-over-year to $13.43 billion, with operating profit up 0.7 percent at $1.58 billion.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
With what it describes as “an organic expansion,” FedEx Trade Networks, has announced it will ramp up its operations in Brazil and other parts of Latin America.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Another indication of resurgence in the third-party logistics (3PL) marketplace surfaced yesterday, as a leading industry consultancy entered the executive recruiting sector.
Monday, February 11, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
In its preliminary fourth quarter “Report on Productivity and Labor Costs,” IHS Global Insight U.S. economists suggest that both hiring and productivity will move upward…but at a snail’s pace.
Monday, February 11, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
According to a new survey from Deloitte, global executives are increasingly concerned about the growing risks to their supply chains and costly negative impacts such as margin erosion and inability to keep up with demand.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
San Francisco-based Prologis, Inc. a global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, announced its inclusion in the 2013 “Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World” list at the recently-concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 · Rosemary Coates
We are globalizing far faster than we realize. As supply chain professionals, we move goods everywhere and understand bits of culture and how countries work.
Monday, January 21, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
The unconventional oil and gas revolution has dramatically changed the global energy landscape, and in its wake is altering the world’s competitive manufacturing and industrial panorama, according to a new report from IHS, a leading source of global information and analytics.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Last week we noted that retailers were expressing relief that the “fiscal cliff” had been avoided. The impact of such a threat, however, has yet to be measured.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
The National Retail Federation today welcomed an agreement reached between the White House and Congress on a plan to avoid the fiscal cliff.
Monday, December 17, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
A potential labor strike by longshoremen along the US East and Gulf Coasts at the end of the year could have devastating economic consequences as inventory depletion, rerouting, hoarding, and price speculation ripple through supply chains of global companies, Marsh warned in a…
Friday, December 14, 2012 · SCMR Staff
IDC Manufacturing Insights recently hosted a series of webinars highlighting its Top 10 Predictions for for manufacturing and the supply chain in the year ahead.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
While Air cargo volumes have crept along at a snail’s pace during most of 2012. The year is apparently going to end without a push for last minute electronics and other higher value retail goods to fill the space on cargo planes to capacity.
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