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Supply Chain Nightmare: The Baby Formula Shortage
Supply Chain Nightmare: The Baby Formula Shortage Just as the world began to emerge from our COVID pandemic supply chain woes, it hit. What happened to all the baby formula? From mothers and infants crying on social media to live camera reports from aisles at Target...
The Friday Report: May 20th, 2022
Fast Delivery a Favorite Among E-Commerce Consumers A recent survey from LaserShip shows that paying more for faster order fulfillment is favored by e-commerce consumers. Almost 60% of respondents paid for faster delivery, and 69% of those paid extra for next-day...
The Friday Report: May 13th, 2022
Freight Transportation Capacity Trends Upward as Prices Fall According to Bloomberg, the Logistics Managers Index fell to its lowest point since January 2021, showing that the U.S. economy is returning to an expansionary level as inventory and warehousing metrics...
How the New Infrastructure Law Impacts 3PLs and the Supply Chain
How the New Infrastructure Law Impacts 3PLs and the Supply Chain Huge infrastructure investments reduce congestion and ease supply chain Amid the dark clouds of supply chain woes, inflation and political upheaval, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was finally passed...
The Friday Report: May 6th, 2022
U.S. to Spend $3 Billion On Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing In March, President Joe Biden stated that he would be utilizing the Defense Production Act to aid in the assembly of batteries for electric vehicles. The Cold War-era Act will be used to support the...
ALL THINGS AMAZON
ALL THINGS AMAZON Amazon, Leader of Online Shopping, Innovation and Now Healthcare? Originally developed to sell books, Amazon now sells products as diverse as electronics and video gaming to health and safety and baby products online and excels in the collection of...
The Friday Report: April 29th, 2022
Innovation in Way Alcohol is Shipped Can Reduce 60% to 90% of Carbon Dioxide Consumers are pressuring brands to develop circular supply chains, that is models adapted to reuse materials so that waste and pollution can be decreased. Singapore-based company...
An Overview of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
An Overview of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Help the Supply Chain On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Public Law 117-58, also commonly known as the “Bipartisan...
The Friday Report: April 15th, 2022
New Ohio Intel Semiconductor Factory Will Be the World’s Largest When Intel announced plans to invest $20 billion on building a Columbus Ohio factory to make computer chips, it did so with the intention of growing it to become the world’s largest semiconductor...
E-Commerce Fulfillment and Last Mile Delivery
E-Commerce Fulfillment and Last Mile Delivery The impact of technology and distance on last mile delivery Let’s try a little experiment. If I said the words “e-commerce fulfillment” to you, what comes to mind first? For me, those words make me immediately think of...
The Friday Report: April 8th, 2022
Hydrogen, Fuel of the Future: Nuclear Fusion Energy Production an Achievable Goal Scientists are trying to duplicate an amazing natural process, the sun acting as a fusion reactor, generating tremendous carbon-free energy. This provides the warmth and light which...
Oil and Gas Fast Facts and How the Oil Supply Chain Works
Worried about rising oil and gas prices? Go behind the scenes and see how the oil supply chain works Today, as oil prices have become precipitously high, consumers dread heading to gas stations and seem less interested in climate change concerns. Unlike...
The Friday Report: April 1st, 2022
Innovative Girl Scouts Partner with Door Dash to Sweeten Cookie Sales Girl Scout Cookies have embraced the e-commerce last mile delivery trend. During the pandemic, Girl Scouts adapted and replaced their on-site selling booths with fresh, innovative options. ...
The Basics: FDA DSCSA and the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
The DSCSA final deadline is looming: Is your pharma business ready?Countries across the world have expressed their concern for patients by taking action to prevent counterfeit drugs and safeguard the prescription drug supply. Brazil, China, India, and the EU...
The Friday Report: March 18th, 2022
Walmart Boosts Pay and 401K Benefit The world’s largest company by revenue in 2021, according to August Fortune 500 rankings, Walmart announced that it is continuing as planned to hire 50,000 more workers by May 1st. In September 2021, Walmart pledged to hire...
The Friday Report: March 11th, 2022
Target to Invest $5B in New Distribution Centers Target recently announced its plan to continue investing in its future growth. To continue scaling operations in 2022, Target will invest up to $5 billion. Over the past few years, Target invested billions of...
How the Ukraine Russia War Impacts Global Trade and China’s Vision
The Ukraine-Russia War has played out with live updates on screens across the world, from BBC News to ABC News and beyond. It seems as if most of the news on television and the internet either focuses on decisions by U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Ministers...
The Friday Report: February 11th, 2022
Renewable Energy Growth Continues Despite Supply Chain Disruptions The winds of change continue to blow. Deployments in the renewable energy sector picked up from 2020 to 2021 and the trend is anticipated to continue to keep pace, despite supply chain challenges....
The Friday Report: February 4th, 2022
The America COMPETES Act Supply Chain Boost Bill Passes House The U.S. Congress is moving ahead to bolster the supply chain, support American manufacturing, strengthen the economy and increase the country’s ability to compete favorably with China by passing the...
The Friday Report: January 28th, 2022
Pandemic Re-Engineering of Retail Supply Chain Prior to the pandemic, retailers tended to concentrate their efforts on bolstering profitability, throughput, and overall efficiency within operations but now priorities have shifted. Agility and resilience are now...