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This Week in Logistics News (August 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

However, for one man in Maryland, none of that matters. The 65-year-old Accekeek, Maryland man bought 15 identical tickets for the same lottery drawing. Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2019)

Talking Logistics

I received a few questions yesterday about Indago , our new market research community for supply chain practitioners that benefits charities. We investigated two questions with our members this week: “How often is risk considered in your supply chain decision-making discussions?” The common denominator is technology.

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Supply Chain Risk: It’s Not Whether Severe Weather, but When

Enterra Insights

As supply chains continue to garner negative headlines — thanks to snarled transportation systems, closed factories, and product shortages — supply chain professionals are facing a future in which severe weather will continue to give them headaches. ” Supply Chain Climate Change Risks are Rising.

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The Dynamo Story with Santosh Sankar

The Logistics of Logistics

Santosh is a Co-founder & Managing Partner of Dynamo Ventures , a supply chain and mobility investor, focused on pre-seed and seed-stage opportunities, and invests only in enterprise (B2B and on occasion, B2B2C) business models. Santosh Sankar and Joe Lync h discuss the Dynamo story. About Santosh Sankar .

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Big, Bulky & Rural with Grafton Elliot

The Logistics of Logistics

A nationwide big and bulky brokerage based in Maryland. During his time at CDS, Grafton had the opportunity to open and run several final mile warehousing + delivery operations, where he learned from a grassroots level how tough it is to run a big + bulky final mile operation.

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COVID-19 Drives Push for Supply Chain Efficiency with Mobile Barcode Data Collection

RFgen

Pandemic-related disruptions and delays have put a new spotlight on the global supply chain. Digitization and automation initiatives increase efficiency for the warehouse, shop floor and the entire supply chain. Disruptions and delays have put a renewed spotlight on the global supply chain.

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Find the Money – How a Transportation Spend Diagram Can Help

Talking Logistics

People, process, and technology: those are three elements that leaders focus on when looking to make impactful changes in their organizations. If you have a transportation management system (TMS), you can find useful spend information there, depending on how you use the tool. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.