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This year’s Supply Chain Outlook Virtual Summit gives attendees the strategies, technologies, and automation tools required for ongoing success in modern logistics, transportation, and supply chain management environments.

In this podcast, LM Group News Editor interviews Mark Baxa, President & CEO of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).

Roberto Isaias, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Mattel, shares insights from his more than 30 years of leading change

One key topic was the ongoing freight recession, which has now persisted for more than two years, with inventories still high, over-the-road capacity leaving the market, and demand levels remaining below expectations.

Registration for annual NextGen Supply Chain Conference is ongoing.

Having the ability to quickly adapt to things like change management, emerging technologies such as AI, and meeting consumer expectations are front and center—for both shippers and 3PLs. That could well be viewed as the chief takeaway of the annual 2024 29th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study, entitled “Navigating Change: Insights Into Evolving Dynamics in Supply Chain,” which was released today at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE Conference in Nashville.

Companies will be recognized for their innovative supply chain efforts at upcoming NextGen Supply Chain Conference.

Agility Robotics, Westfalia Technologies, AutoScheduler.AI, and Waites Sensor Technologies will be honored at upcoming conference

Agility Robotics, Westfalia Technologies, AutoScheduler.AI, and Waites Sensor Technologies will be honored at upcoming conference.

Sessions on women leadership in supply chain, change management and building supply chain resiliency require pre-registration.

Discounted registration is only available until September 6 for Chicago supply chain conference

Leaders from supply chain, consultancy and academia scheduled to speak at October NextGen Supply Chain Conference.

Johnson & Johnson’s Luis Roman will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming NextGen Supply Chain conference. Don't miss him and other industry leaders. Register today.

Springer will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming NextGen Supply Chain Conference.

In a wide-ranging presentation at the SMC3 Connections conference, which was recently held in Colorado Springs, Co., Satish Jindel, principal of Pittsburgh-based SJ Consulting Group, took a deep dive into the current state of the less-than-truckload (LTL) market. Jindel addressed various aspects of the LTL market, including the impact of Yellow’s exit roughly a year ago, industry supply and demand, and opportunities for shippers, carriers, other stakeholders to work together, and changes in the parcel sector posing a threat...

Amid a mixed economic outlook, three less-than-truckload (LTL) executives examined various business drivers, in terms of how they are impacting LTL market and economic conditions, at SMC3 Connections conference, which was recently held in Colorado Springs, Co. The session’s panelists included: Dennis Anderson, Chief Strategy Officer, ArcBest; John Luciani, COO, LTL Solutions, A. Duie Pyle; and Kent Williams, EVP, Sales and Marketing, Averitt.

When looking at inventory-to-sales ratios, Prather stressed that they are typically viewed at a “high level,” for things like total business, manufacturing, retailers, or wholesale trade. But he cautioned that is not enough, because one needs to take a deeper look at individual sector indices, especially when it comes to the less-than-truckload (LTL) sector.

LM Group News Editor interviewed Jay Silberkleit, CIO, for Greenwich, Conn.-based national less-than-truckload (LTL) services provider XPO, in a leadership session at the SMC3 Connections conference in Colorado Springs, Co. this week. Silberkleit provided an overview of how XPO approaches and views the role of technology within LTL operations, including things like using AI, data analytics, and vetting emerging new techologies, among others. 

Roman leads a diverse set of teams at Johnson & Johnson, but the goal is the same: promote continuous operational and supply chain improvements.

MHI’s Modex 2024 saw a record-shattering number of registered manufacturing and supply chain professionals, reaching a total of 48,733. The event, held March 11 to 14 in Atlanta, saw attendees engaged with 1,200 exhibitors showcasing the latest supply chain technology and innovation across three halls and 580,000 net square feet at the Georgia World Congress Center. This was the largest Modex event to date for MHI, with 32% more registered visitors than Modex 2022. Here’s a look at some of what our editors saw at the...