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You’ve decided to outsource your logistics, and you’re being courted by several 3PLs. Each promises everything under the sun: the latest technology; the fastest cost savings; the most sustainable improvements. Your team is excited – these promises will yield results.…

Wednesday, June 8th – The Panama Canal is set to open its two newest locks this month after nearly 10 years of constructions. Many of North America’s major ports have been in a race to be prepared for the world’s…

April 11, 2016 – The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) has amended its convention to mandate “Container Weight”. The mandate requires the weight of cargo loaded containers be certified before loading on a vessel. Cargo…

January 22, 2016 – Ports America announced on Tuesday that they are terminating their 50 year lease in the port of Oakland. They want to focus their attention on their other US ports to prepare for the arrival of mega-ships.

Company Overview A global conglomerate organization is in the top 10 largest companies in the US and top 25 in the world. Success of this large company is based on seizing opportunities. That is exactly what transpired when this organization…

Only 38 percent of supply chain executives are confident their organization has the required competencies, reveals our ebook “Keeping Up with the Retail Consumer: 6 Supply Chain Disciplines Retailers Must Master.” Such low levels of faith in their existing employees…

“There’s so much change going on in supply chain today,” asserts Adrian Gonzalez, president of Adelante SCM. “The big challenge we have is keeping up with the rapid pace of change.” Could data be the answer? Collected at every point…

Formerly an annual-at-most exercise in response to a significant organizational change, the emerging discipline of supply chain design is infiltrating the on-going operational processes of supply chain management.

Undeniably, retail can be risky business. Potential for supply chain disruptions lurks around every corner. Supply chain risk management allows retailers to anticipate upheaval and rapidly recover from turmoil. Although retailers recognize the importance of supply chain risk management, many…

Supply chain visibility is among the most critical disciplines for successful supply chain management, according to industry experts in our popular webinar series: Are You a Supply Chain Leader or Laggard?: Part 1 – “6 Critical Disciplines to Becoming a…

An attempt to know the unknowable, to predict the future, to anticipate responses to the unforeseen – it’s the power of supply chain visualization. A necessary part of any retailer’s repertoire of supply chain best practices, supply chain mapping and…

In Q4 of 2015, four container terminals at the Port of Oakland will use a program called OakPass to operate their terminal gates on Saturdays. With Saturday hours the Port of Oakland is hoping to reduce weekday import cargo congestion.

Most companies know how common, and more importantly, how costly retail chargebacks can be. Chargebacks can be assessed for a number of reasons such as incorrect package labeling, incomplete order data transmission, improperly attached hang tags, and the list goes…

June 12, 2015 – The Panama Canal expansion project, or as it has been dubbed, the Third Set of Locks Project is intended to double the capacity of the Panama Canal by early 2016.