Supply Chain

Big Box, High Velocity: Five Trends behind the Industrial Real Estate Bullet Train

Friday, October 18, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Inaugural Jones Lang LaSalle Big Box Velocity Index reveals distribution corridor winners, losers

Brighter MAPI Business Forecast

Friday, October 18, 2013 · SCMR Staff A sense of optimism for manufacturers

Food and Beverage Supply Chains to Ramp Up

Friday, October 18, 2013 · SCMR Staff Food and beverage producers expect growth during next 12 months

More on “Market Power”

Thursday, October 17, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Supply chain managers should avoid legal entanglements, but not sever trade relationships with all suppliers in the affected regions.

Supply Chain Managers Must Leverage “Market Power” for Security and Profit

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Supply chain managers arguably have no peer in understanding the complexity of the global economic and regulatory environment. In like manner, they’re among those best positioned to expedite a cutting-edge approach to public-private security cooperation that boosts economic…

Global Logistics Rents to Grow More than 5 Percent Annually

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 · Patrick Burnson New Prologis report points to structural drivers, recovery in operating fundamentals as key catalysts of rent growth

AAPA Observes Florida’s Supply Chain Advantages

Monday, October 14, 2013 · SCMR Staff As the Caribbean Basin gains more attention as a logistical hub, Florida’s ports will become key business partners.

Supply Chain Managers Can Justify Risk Avoidance Investments

Thursday, October 10, 2013 · Patrick Burnson How do you put a value on avoiding a problem that seemingly no longer exists because you’ve already spent money on eliminating it? This is the classic Catch-22 dilemma faced by many corporate security managers when trying to justify further investments in steeling the supply…

Ocean Carriers Return to Core Competencies

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 · Patrick Burnson The combination of financial necessity and commercial reality is further forcing ocean carriers to shed their logistics offerings and return to their core competencies.

ISM Manufacturing Numbers Under Scrutiny

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 · Patrick Burnson According to IHS Global Insight economists, the manufacturing sector is looking better, but not that good.

More on Intra-Asia Trade Compliance

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 · Patrick Burnson China is working on its own version of a 24-hour rule and is implementing it already in several ports.

SCM World Survey Finds Supply Chain Managers Still Under Pressure to Deliver

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Fourth annual survey of 750 executives finds that, having gained board-level attention and a wider remit, supply chain leaders need to invest in talent to ensure they can meet heightened expectations.

APIC Reinvents Itself

Monday, September 30, 2013 · SCMR Staff APICS announced that it is rebranding itself as a supply chain organization.

U.S. Supply Chain Managers Must Get Up to Speed on Intra-Asia Trade Next Year

Monday, September 30, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Trade Tech chief executive officer Bryn Heimbeck looks at Japan’s new advanced filing requirements that come into effect early next year.

Tiananmen Square vs. Red Square

Monday, September 30, 2013 · Rosemary Coates The message seems to be tops-down with leadership and power at the pinnacle and the people at the bottom.