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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended the installation of such technologies in all new passenger vehicles. Retailers are reviving an old playbook to manage their inventory levels after four years of struggling to find the sweet spot of holding enough merchandise but not too much. 18 to $3,860.

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Supply Chain Risk Management in 2024

American Global Logistics

Disruptions in transportation infrastructure and evolving consumer demands pose additional challenges that require proactive management. To achieve agility, resilience, and antifragility , your business must diversify suppliers and transportation routes. The shipping environment is prone to disruptions.

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Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

How you manage the transformation and transportation of assets in that supply chain ultimately determines the value you create for the world. Plus, sharing sales and inventory data and shipment information erases stoppages and uncertainty, which equals a more efficient supply chain. These contracts execute automatically. Ali Hasan R.

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

This is why supply chain managers are always stressing over demand forecasts — something that tops the list of most critical inventory management practices. In fact, activities associated with transportation and logistics account for anywhere between 10% and 12% of global GDP. Once cargo has shipped, there are no “backsies.”

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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

Coronavirus has led to a new reason for societal division and discrimination, in order to preserve what nations value most: the trillions of dollars of wealth tied up in their supply chains, which until now, have all been enabled by the operations people taking risks to maintain uptime, quality, and inventory deliveries.

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Navigating the Red Sea Crisis with Blue Bonder’s Control Tower Insights

BlueYonder

Since mid-November, Houthi rebels in Yemen have intensified their assaults on commercial shipping vessels navigating through the lower Red Sea, in response to situation in Gaza. Some analysts predict that repercussions on oil transported from this region may have long-term consequences.

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Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

How you manage the transformation and transportation of assets in that supply chain ultimately determines the value you create for the world. Plus, sharing sales and inventory data and shipment information erases stoppages and uncertainty, which equals a more efficient supply chain. These contracts execute automatically. Ali Hasan R.