California Declares State of Emergency After Floods Wash Out Part of Interstate 10
Flood damage on Interstate 10 in California, leading to a state of emergency and significant disruptions to traffic and supply chains.
The Amazon Effect: Why We Must Pay Attention to Our Customers
Two thirds of manufacturers and distributors have customer service gaps when compared to Amazon and mega-distributors like Amazon.
Why Ports Delays Could Cost Billions
Whether you have supplies or products waiting at the port, I'd take this as an opportunity to be strategic in thinking about supply chain design.
UPS Notes E-Commerce Boom
According to today's Wall Street Journal, UPS had robust growth in the third quarter, which was strongly influenced by the e-commerce boom. E-commerce now accounts for about 45% of U.S. packages. Is e-commerce on your radar? I'm on the flight back from Phoenix as I went to meet with [...]
Outsourcing, In-sourcing, Near-sourcing?
Explore the advantages of outsourcing, insourcing, and nearsourcing to meet strategic goals, control costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Transportation Trends: Avoid Weak Links in Your Supply Chain
Stay on top of the latest transportation trends to avoid weak links in your supply chain.
Transportation Trends
Here are five trends in the transportation industry.
The Resurgence of Manufacturing – it’s up to you!
Resurgence of manufacturing is occurring if we choose to take hold of it!
Is Outsourcing Dead?
As the cost advantages for outsourcing dry up more companies are bringing manufacturing back to North America. Re-shoring may increasingly be your best bet for improving customer service levels without going broke.
Emerging Hot Topic – Transportation
With the price of fuel rising 30% from January to early June, transportation costs are rising in importance again. According to 80% of the finance chiefs interviewed by the Duke University/ CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook survey, high oil prices are hurting their business.