Fighting Amazon’s Supply Chain Takeover
Amazon’s investments in freight forwarding and air transport present new competition to logistics providers, here’s how freight forwarders and air cargo companies can adapt and survive.
Why More High Profile Technology Players Want to Position Themselves in Automotive Supply Chains
There continues to be significant merger, acquisition and strategic product development activity involving automotive supply chains and the stakes involve which company and which advanced technologies will ultimately control and benefit from the movement of more technology being embedded into automobiles. If readers have not been up to speed with industry focused news, two recent […]
Rising U.S. Retail Numbers May Lead to Rate Hike
On Tuesday, according to new numbers, U.S. retail sales rose more than expected in October, pointing to sustained economic strength that could allow the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month, the Commerce Department added in a report that…
Supply Chain News on GE Makes Major Strides in 3D Printing, as Advances in Metals Based Composition Opens Up Many New Applications
GE Success and Acquisitions Likely has Other Manufacturers Scrambling to Build their Own Capabilities. Printing Process is Slow, but Still Often Much Faster than Casting and Machining
Global Supply Chain News on As Ocean Container Carriers Finalize Alliance Plans, Shipper Group Warns about Impact of Alliances and Megaships
Alphaliner Details Alliance Share by Major Trade Lanes, While New Report from Global Shippers Forum Says Alliances, Megaships Not Good for Shippers
UPS Airline Maintenance Workers Vote to Strike- Monitor Ongoing Developments
Airline maintenance workers who maintain UPS’s fleet of aircraft announced yesterday that they have authorized a labor strike affecting the global parcel carrier after contract talks remained deadlocked over the issue of health-care benefits. Right now, it does not seem likely that a labor strike will occur during the upcoming crucial holiday fulfillment period. However, […]
Logistics – This Is Thailand
Did I manage to get enough bananas on this time?
Revisiting Supply Chain Matters 2016 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part Three
While industry supply chain teams continue to work on achieving 2016 year-end strategic, tactical, operational line-of-business business and supply chain focused performance objectives, this is the opportunity for Supply Chain Matters to reflect on our prior 2016 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains that we published just before the start of the year. Our […]
