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October 28th – 31st Supply Chain & Logistics News

Logistics Viewpoints

This increase in spending is not due to candy prices rising, the results from the survey show an overall candy prices only increased 0.9% Scientists link these events to climate change, which is also behind the increasingly high temperatures and droughts in Spain.

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Hurricane Milton Poses ‘Big Ripple Effect’ for Supply Chains

Blue Grace Logistics

Port Everglades’ landside operations resumed Thursday morning and waterside operations are expected to resume Thursday, pending channel and berth damage surveys. Last-mile on-time outbound shipment performance to consumers and retailers is even lower than during Helene, at 73 percent prior to Milton’s landfall.

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What Does 2023 Have In-Store for Global Supply Chains? Resilience, Efficiency, Responsiveness, or Widespread Dysfunction?

Logistics Viewpoints

Recent events have elevated supply chain to a top priority for CEOs across the globe. The Conference Board ( conference-board.org ), a well-known, global business membership organization, conducted its C-SUITE OUTLOOK survey in the fall of 2021. What supply chain resilience tactics will be utilized over the next year?

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The Weekly Freight Report for March 4th, 2021

FLS Transport

FREIGHT CHART OF THE WEEK: If you look at one chart this week, make it the outbound tender volume index. This hasn’t been a two day event, it’s turning into a two week… plus… event. A new survey from IBM says that’s about to change. The hottest stories in freight can be found here, in the Weekly Freight Report: 1.

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Mastering Profitable Omni-Channel Logistics, Despite Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

The answer lies in identifying supply chain disruptions — from a big event, like a port closure, to smaller day-to-day performance exceptions — at the earliest possible moment. As disruptive events occur along the digital thread, the entire organization can act in a fluid, connected manner to optimize costs, service levels and other outcomes.

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Transportation Management System ROI: What Other Business Areas Can Benefit?

GlobalTranz

In addition, how much are these events or incidents costing your company overall? A 2017 survey of shippers found that up to 40 percent are concerned over continued delays and failure to deliver products on time and as expected. Both Inbound and Outbound Logistics Benefit From Implementing a TMS. The Big Picture.

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The Weekly Freight Report for November 19, 2020

FLS Transport

Experts are calling it now…”Thanksgiving is going to be a bigger shopping event than previous years.” Outbound tender rejections are at 27%, near all-time highs. Outbound tender volumes & tender rejects soar. proves to be simple to navigate. Food retail sector prepares for high holiday volume.

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