Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 6, 2021
If you’re a manufacturer who builds products to order, you’ll also need to ensure visibility into your manufacturing planning systems, allowing you to know when the next production run is going to kick off and when your customer’s product will be ready to ship. This is crucial to your ability to promise the customer a reliable delivery date.
The Logistics of Logistics
MARCH 31, 2023
Peter is Vice President, Journal of Commerce, the Maritime, Trade & Supply Chain division of S&P Global , a global data, analytics and business intelligence organization serving sectors including maritime, energy, automotive, petrochemical and financial. the world’s largest container shipping conference, now 23 years old.
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Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The fourth quarter is typically a busy one for retail and logistics service providers, but as Paul Berger reported on August 29 in the Wall Street Journal, “this year’s peak shipping season is arriving with a whimper as merchants and consumer-goods suppliers continue to burn off excess. 3 quarters down, 1 to go in 2023.
Supply Chain Matters
JULY 29, 2024
Current published reports and available industry data reinforce indications that the peak both in volume and in ocean container shipping rates may have been reached. Once more, current longer term industry trends imply a period of excess global container vessel ship capacity by 2026. The authors indicated that 478 ships, totaling 3.1
The Logistics of Logistics
AUGUST 22, 2022
In his role Peter leads The Journal of Commerce, the historic New York City maritime newspaper founded in 1827, today a team of specialized business journalists focused on the end-to-end international shipping supply chain including shipping, ports, airfreight, trucking, rail and home delivery, addressed to the needs of shippers.
Unleashed
MAY 14, 2023
Always account for inventory shrinkage in your journal entries. While most are harmless mistakes, some suppliers will attempt to fraudulently ship a lower quantity than was ordered with the expectation that the purchasing business won’t count the products upon receipt. This is done in an inventory accounting journal entry.
Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
In December 2013, the Wall Street Journal reported that Home Depot planed to spend “at least $300 million on supply chain, technology and online improvements in the fiscal year that begins in February [2014], including building new fulfillment centers and overhauling its warehouse technology systems” to enable same-day shipping and delivery of orders. (..)
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