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Warehouse contingency plans: You hope you’ll never need them; but without one, you’re stuck. As even the mighty Amazon is forced to grapple with COVID-19 outbreaks, warehouses everywhere are forced to pivot in order to cope with stay-at-home mandates, labor…

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has taken a serious toll on businesses across all industries, and supply chain companies are no exception. According to a recent survey from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM), nearly 75% of companies report supply chain…

Global travel restrictions, and recent requests by local and state governments asking people to stay home are causing employees to question whether they should, or even can come to work. What We Do is CRITICAL to Winning this Battle with…

When you think about the supply chain process, it’s easy to imagine it as a single, unbroken entity starting in the warehouse and ending at the customer’s doorstep. However, there are several critical pieces of the logistics puzzle that —…

We all watched it happen… It started with the global trade boom of the 1990’s and early 2000’s; trailed by significant investment from steamship lines in an effort to ramp up capacity in the late 2000’s – only to be…

Thursday, March 30 – The long-awaited ocean carrier alliance reorganization is set to rollout April 1, 2017. Here is an overview of the soon-to-be former alliance structure compared to the reorganized structure: Ocean Carrier Alliance Overview Infographic. (*when the infographic appears, click on it to…

Volatility continues to define international logistics Two things are certain these days for an international logistics manager: volatility of price & capacity, and complexity across the supply chain. Gone are the days of predictability & stability: you could argue today’s logistics manager…

Aug 31, 2016 – Today, global transportation giant Hanjin Shipping filed for bankruptcy protection, a day after the company’s creditors discontinued financial support. The South Korean shipping company is the world’s 7th largest steamship line by volume, and has been…

Recently, The Journal of Commerce posted an article on the state of trans-pacific ocean transportation as shippers head into their busy peak season. The article points to growing concern among U.S. importers due to tightening ship capacity, an increase of carrier-rolled…