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The One Key Shift in Your Supply Chain and Procurement Strategies that can Drive Better Business Continuity and Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

In today’s dynamic and unpredictable business environment, companies face various challenges such as changing consumer demands, global uncertainty, and the impact of natural and man-made events. The urgency of response to a disruption of a Category 1 supplier is of course much higher than that of a Category 4 supplier.

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Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

Steve: Klaus, when we talked, you mentioned Autoliv was already doing digital supplier management, had digital sourcing solutions, and was looking at real-time transportation visibility solutions to provide better predicted times of arrival for inbound and outbound shipments. Klaus: I can´t give too many details for compliance reasons.

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What Could Crush Your Supply Chain and Jeopardize Your Business This Year?

Stord

There are silos responsible for "manufacturing" and "inbound planning" (international/customs). For example, the price of 42# linerboard has gone up 35% in the last 12 months, over the course of 4-5 price increases. This is a huge headwind hindering margin improvements for brands.

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What is a routing guide and what are best practices to create one

FreightWaves SONAR

Of course, that is all subjective and again dependent on market stability within individual locations in origin/destination pairings. What is a routing guide : a set of rules and requirements from shippers that set rules for inbound and outbound shipping. That may include both short-term and annual freight contracts.

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Post-COVID Ecommerce is Booming, But Logistics Issues Abound

Logistics Bureau

The first steps, of course, are to understand the challenges you face, prioritise them for action, and consider the resources and help you need to meet and overcome them. There are, of course, several ways to achieve a logistics knowledge infusion. Of course, as an enterprise grows, it becomes harder to coordinate all the moving parts.

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10 Freight Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Logistics Bureau

You know, the person who receives the retail store’s inbound deliveries, the office administrator, or the guys and girls in the reception. Why is it a mistake to leave freight management in the hands of people who are not logistics professionals and treat it as an unavoidable necessity for running your business?

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Big Hero 6 and Minecraft Teaching STEM & Creating Future Makers & Manufacturing Interest

GlobalTranz

When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to Baymax and transforms his friends into a band of high-tech heroes called “Big Hero 6.” Towards the end of the movie, Hiro goes into his garage and starts tinkering with his tools and computers. It’s great to see!

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