Category: Logistics

November 15, 2023

UPS Inc. just opened its largest warehouse, a sweeping 20-acre facility on the outskirts of Louisville, Ky. But don’t expect the break room to get too crowded. The package-handling giant plans to fill the $79 million facility with more than […]

November 14, 2023

Consumers gearing up to buy the latest imported appliances, clothes or electronic gadgets this holiday season might want to spare a thought for the companies that will struggle to make money for the next few years hauling products across the […]

November 9, 2023

The container shipping industry faces a few years of headwinds as low freight rates, a weak European economy and widening geopolitical turmoil cloud the outlook, according to Hapag-Lloyd AG CEO Rolf Habben Jansen. “I’m certainly concerned about the next 24-36 […]

November 8, 2023

Tell us about yourself and your role with TeamViewer. I currently serve as President, TeamViewer Americas, where I focus on developing and strengthening growth across North, Central and South America. Prior to this role, I oversaw TeamViewer’s global human resources […]

October 31, 2023

“We are seeing a strong ramp up of shipments in emerging markets by vendors like Xiaomi and Transsion,” says IDC’s Nabila Popal, “while this is a good sign of approaching recovery, vendors must keep a close eye on sell-through to […]

October 27, 2023

Combining barcode and RFID (radio frequency identification) with a relational database enhances the speed and delicacy of business processes. It can also boost a company’s development by optimizing supply and refining the manufacturing processes. With significant growth in supply chain […]

October 24, 2023

What does it take for a product to become a memorable experience for your customers? It takes a resilient, agile, and hyperconnected supply chain. Sixty-three % of companies surveyed by Bain & Company across different industries rank supply chain resiliency […]

October 19, 2023

The trucking industry is working to overcome employment obstacles amid a tightening labor market and soft economy, a panel of experts said Oct. 16 during American Trucking Associations’ 2023 Management Conference & Exhibition. “The economic outlook is not fantastic, but […]

October 5, 2023

A group of U.S. senators recently urged the Biden administration to address troubling import trends in textile and apparel imports that threaten domestic manufacturers and the jobs they represent. The U.S. textile industry employs approximately half a million Americans and […]

September 27, 2023

Supply chain disruptions are easing. That’s the takeaway from a recent survey of large companies – firms with annual revenues from $500 million to $50 billion – that said their losses attributed to such problems halved in 2022 as compared […]

August 28, 2023

Economists, financial leaders, and central bank officials from around the globe flew into Jackson Hole, Wyoming over the weekend for the annual Jackson Hole Symposium, which examined some of the big shifts happening in the global economy. One of the […]

August 9, 2023

Many supply chain leaders were unprepared when the pandemic hit, and businesses struggled to maintain material supply continuity. Fast forward a few years, and procurement continues to be more challenging than ever. Companies still struggle as geopolitical volatility, natural disasters […]

August 3, 2023

Reuters published a story Thursday examining the increasingly hawkish stance toward China taken by the top GOP presidential candidates on the campaign trail, noting that several of them are now calling for an end to China’s normalized trade status. Now, […]

July 17, 2023

Core Industries plans to invest $8.75 million to construct a processing and storage facility at its port facility in Mobile County, Alabama. The project will support a contract to handle wood pellets for CM Biomass, and create 28 jobs over […]

July 13, 2023

Another call has been made for the U.S. government to reconsider the trade status that grants Chinese imports a lower tariff rate. They’re starting to stack up. This was once the territory of trade hawks, but no more. After two […]

June 7, 2023

As “America’s Logistics Center,” the Jacksonville region sits atop Florida, the nation’s fastest growing state, giving way to 98 million consumers within a day’s drive, amplified by a diversified transportation infrastructure of rail, air, highway and maritime. At the center […]

June 6, 2023

Agillence, Inc., an optimization company, today announced that it has been selected by Toyota Motor Europe N.V./S.A. (TME) to provide proprietary optimization software to support planning parts logistics networks. Agillence Lean Logistics Optimizer (ALLO) software was selected by TME based […]

May 30, 2023

Early last week, China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, after a meeting m Korean Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun, said the two countries had agreed to strengthen dialogue and cooperation on semiconductor industry supply chains. However, a Korean government statement on the […]

May 12, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain shortages that followed exposed just how vulnerable the offshoring of critical manufacturing had left the United States. One of the most frustrating things about those crises was that United States itself was to blame, […]

May 9, 2023

Members of Congress headed to a container ship terminal in Staten Island on Tuesday — “the birthplace of Pete Davidson,” as hometown Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) described it — for a special field hearing to examine how trade is impacting […]