Supply Chain

Demand For Supply Chain Leadership Will Only Get Stronger

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 · Juan D. Morales A volcanic cloud descends on Europe, disrupting flight plans. A tsunami in Thailand ripples across the Pacific and affects port activity in California. Forest fires in Los Angeles close highways for days. Threats of a terrorist attack in Brussels halt all transportation.

Supply Chain Managers Face New Shift in Leading Ocean Cargo Gateways

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 · Patrick Burnson As noted in yesterday's report, Jones Lang LaSalle’s Seaport Index suggests a new definition of "Top Ports" in the U.S.

Supply Chain Managers May Slowly Be Ramping Up Staffing

Monday, July 8, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Seasonally adjusted employment data released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that staffing firms added 9,500 new jobs from May to June (up 0.4%).

International Field Service – Nerve-racking Logistics

Monday, July 8, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Field Service Management is one of the toughest jobs in the supply chain logistics world because managers must deal with complex rapid-response situations every day, said Rosemary Coates, President of Blue Silk Consulting

Competition Rising for Premium Industrial Space at Top Seaports

Sunday, July 7, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Jones Lang LaSalle’s Seaport Index traces port success to infrastructure improvements, connectivity, availability of distribution center space, and proximity to population density

Pharma Supply Chain Enhanced by New Services

Wednesday, July 3, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Two new and innovative services for U.S. pharma shippers using both air- and ocean-cargo modes were unveiled this week

Reconfigured Global Supply Chains Create Demand for New Real Estate

Wednesday, July 3, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Cushman & Wakefield has released a comprehensive white paper entitled “The Changing World of Trade” that indentifies winning strategies for adapting to the new “demand economy.”

Transpacific Supply Chain May Become Costlier

Wednesday, July 3, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Ocean carrier cartel anticipates seasonal demand

Global Supply Chain May Be “Stuck in Mud” Too

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 · Patrick Burnson While supply chain managers may note that the ISM purchasing managers’ index (PMI) has bounced back over 50 to 50.9 in June from 49.0 in May, some economists maintain that such surveys may not mean much.

3PLs: Going Global

Monday, July 1, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Supply chains start when someone, somewhere reaches for their wallet. Increasingly, this will happen outside the U.S. in “mega cities,” observes Alan Amling, UPS global director contract logistics marketing.

Pacific Rim Supply Chain May Soon Become More Air-Centric

Friday, June 28, 2013 · Patrick Burnson If the moribund air cargo industry is to finally stage a turnaround, the Pacific Rim will play a major role.

U.S. Surging to Top Destination for Expected Foreign Direct Investment

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 · Patrick Burnson A.T. Kearney says this is a "first" since 2001

Two Major International Firms Partner to Measure Supply Chain Carbon Management

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 · Patrick Burnson First Carbon Solutions, (FCS) and CDP have announced their expanded partnership to increase services that measure supply chain carbon management and extend sustainability scoring to CDP’s climate change program in the Nordic and Benelux regions, Australia, New Zealand and…

Vessel Charter Company Thrives Amid Marketplace Disruption

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 · Patrick Burnson Box Ships Inc., the Athen’s-based container vessel charter company led by chairman and CEO, Michael Bodouroglou, has been doing something remarkable over the past three years…making money

Manufacturing and Retail Supply Chains in Flux

Monday, June 24, 2013 · Patrick Burnson In five years, global retail supply chains may be unrecognizable from the infrastructure that exists today