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Overcoming The Current Supply Chain Labor Shortage

ShipLilly

A Wall Street Journal article in April indicated that storage and warehouse operators had hired 8200 people in the previous month. in the US in the previous year, such a business strategy would have been impossible. These workers would be deployed in its order fulfillment and package delivery departments. Wrapping Up.

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Maersk’s “Transformation” Under Scrutiny

247 Customs Broker

Moller-Maersk, the company intends to “transform” its logistics and supply chain model to compete with package delivery behemoths like UPS and Fedex. A more realistic scenario, said Finley, would for Maersk to concentrate its “last mile” strategies in U.S. Article Topics. Subscribe to Logistics Management Magazine!

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This Week in Logistics News (September 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

We’ll have to wait and see what happens in Florida and along the east coast in the coming days, but one thing is certain: transportation networks will experience more disruptions, which means trucking rates will continue to rise and capacity will continue to tighten in the days and weeks ahead. compared with the previous week.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

One of the most popular articles we’ve ever done is our look at analyst group Gartner’s annual ranking of the Top 25 Supply Chains. Department of Transportation to ban the product from air transportation. Intel sees its supply chain as a crucial component of its strategy to enter new markets. Printer-friendly version.