Pandemic

A panel of industry experts across different areas of the supply chain provided a detailed overview of market trends and themes this week in a session at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE annual conference, which was held in National Harbor, Maryland.

It is hard to find a period in time in which supply chains have seen so much volatility and uncertainty, in various ways as over the last five years. That is nothing new, to be sure, but, at the same time, it does speak to the significance of the industry (whether you may be a shipper, carrier, 3PL, academic, analyst, lobbyist, or anything else along those lines).

Bain & Company’s Dheera Anand explains why changing the mindset around supply chain is a key to market growth.

UPS noted that with this move it is the first global small package carrier in Canada to provide committed Saturday ground residential delivery of shipments from the United States and within Canada at no additional charge.

From December to January, Descartes reported that U.S.-bound container import volumes rose 7.9%, to 2,273,125 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units). And on an annual basis, it found that January volumes were up 9.9%, while posting a 9.6% increase compared to pre-pandemic 2019’s 2,036,393 TEU tally. What’s more, the report noted that the 7.9% sequential increase, from December to January, marked its biggest gain for that period over the last seven years.

Years of geopolitical uncertainty and high US tariffs are driving manufacturing out of China and into new destinations.

After stating in July that it was preparing to cut down on its Sunday delivery services in remote and rural areas of the United States, from 95% to 80% of the U.S. population, Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx is now reducing its Sunday delivery footprint to around 50% of the country, according to various reports.

The ongoing Omicron variant-driven issues that have been plaguing key manufacturing and port hubs in China continue to raise supply chain concerns.

While there is more than a healthy share of uncertainty in logistics and the supply chain, one thing that remains certain, is the ongoing aggressive pace of United States retail sales activity, with consumers continuing to spend on whatever it is they may need, amid record-high gas prices, inflation, fears of a recession, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, among other factors. That was made clear in data issued by the Washington, D.C.-based National Retail Federation (NRF) this week, in...

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Glenn Koepke, GM, Network Collaboration, for Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms. Koepke provided Berman with an overview of the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on North American supply chain and logistics operations, rates, capacity, and other topics.

During this podcast, podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Mike Regan, Co-Founder and Chief Relationship Officer, at TranzAct Technologies.

Late last year, FedEx Logistics, a subsidiary of global freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx, said its FedEx Trade Networks unit, which provides air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and value-added services, was integrating the WiseTech Global’s CargoWise digital platform into its global ocean and air transportation network. LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with FedEx Trade Networks President Patrick Moebel to learn more about this integration with WiseTech and other aspects of the...

A shift to goods consumption has wreaked havoc on supply chains and contributed to goods price inflation.

The trucking industry is blasting President Joe Biden’s vaccine policy for not allowing an exemption from a federal mandate that requires private sector employers with over 100 employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Chicago-based transportation and logistics management and truckload freight brokerage services provider Coyote Logistics, a subsidiary of freight transportation and logistics services bellwether UPS, recently marked its 15-year anniversary. The company's CEO Jonathan Sisler recently penned a blog covering the company’s history and growth over the last 15 years and subsequently provided Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman with an in-depth look at the truckload freight brokerage sector, how the company has become part of the UPS family, and lessons...