ASCM: Emerging with Supply Chain Strength – The Ports & the State of Logistics with Jon DeCesare
The Ports & The State of Logistics
Supply Chain Disruptions Causing a Constant State of Evolution
In recently talking with the US Glass Network, the constant state of supply chain disruption was in the forefront. In fact, the White House launched a supply chain dashboard to track progress. However, if you are hoping the supply chain will realign on its own anytime soon, unfortunately, it [...]
Beware of New Data Law in China & Its Impacts
January 31, 2020 According to the Epoch Times and International Business Attorney, John Tulac, China's new cybersecurity law poses a big risk for anyone doing business in China. In essence, if you send data to or from China, your data can be audited at any time. It certainly [...]
The Global Logistics Landscape
January 29, 2019 In the past two weeks, I attended the CSCMP State of Logistics event, am preparing for the Future of Supply Chain & Logistics reception event as part of the leadership team and have debriefed with LMA Associate, Elizabeth Warren who attended the State of the L.A. [...]
Imports & Exports: Which Companies Dominate? Related Impacts?
May 25, 2018 According to the Journal of Commerce, the U.S. imported double the amount of its exports (measured in TEU). In 2017, imports increased 6% whereas exports increased 1% which is quite an accomplishment since China (the top market for U.S. exports) announced an importation ban last year [...]
Top Importers & Exporters… E-Commerce Impacts
June 1, 2017 According to the Journal of Commerce, the top importers were impacted by e-commerce and that trend is expected to continue. Imports grew by 8% last year (2.2 million TEU) whereas exports grew by 3% (just under a million TEU). The rankings are showing signs of a [...]
Manufacturing Gains
February 7, 2017 As one of the panelists at the Manufacturers' Summit last week said, "Have you ever seen manufacturing in the news more than it has been lately?" Quite an intriguing point.... The Summit had an expert panel on the future of manufacturing - and what the Trump [...]