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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

The definition of agility and resilience will continue to evolve. The creation of a new digital ecosystem has enabled these and other changes that will shape the definition of supply chain agility and resilience in the 2020s and beyond. There are Also Commercial Reasons. The Road to Agility and Resilience.

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New Year’s Resolutions for 2018: What’s Your Personal Challenge?

Talking Logistics

Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions for 2018? And if you didn’t stop doing these four things in 2017, you should definitely stop doing them this year: Supply Chain and Logistics Resolutions for 2017: 4 Things to STOP Doing This Year. Here’s an excerpt from the article: [Max] memorized the order of a shuffled deck of cards.

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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

Another Statista study indicated that 44% of retailers expect delays and 40% expect inventory shortages given coronavirus disruptions on the supply chain. According to a 2018 Statista survey, visibility into that chain is a significant organizational challenge for 21% of supply chain professionals.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

An acceptable, modern, definition of national support might also be accompanied by clarity with respect to terms such as ‘force scaling’, ‘force expansion’, ‘mobilisation’, ‘surety’, ‘preparedness’ and even ‘strategic logistics’. [14] So too have a range of commentators, in an array of articles and across different media. 3] Marles, R.,

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JLL’s Dr. Walter Kemmsies Talks Economics, Supply Chain, NAFTA before Jump Start 2019 Conference

247 Customs Broker

November 30, 2018 ·. Thinking about 2018, how would you characterize the economy, and how have supply chain stakeholders been impacted by the economic decisions coming out of Washington? Register here by today , November 30, 2018, to take advantage of early-bird pricing. Globalization and the Domestic Logistics Industry.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

As bribery is one of the more common forms of unethical or even fraudulent procurement practices, it is worth examining a case study to understand how it typically takes place, but more importantly, how the consequences of what to some may simply be seen as ‘greasing the wheels of business’ are increasing in seriousness. This is true.

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Taking cover from the heat

Automotive Logistics

More recently, in June 2018, a Honda plant in Celaya, Mexico, was flooded. Insurance industry statistics document a definite increase in storm losses, with the frequency of loss-related natural disasters almost tripling since 1980 and registered insurance losses increasing by about 25% over the last five years,” he notes. “For