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NEWS

23 Feb
La-Z-Boy ramps production to shorten up to 9-month lead times
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The furniture company reported order backlogs and a “long tail” of production and deliveries.
23 Feb
Tyson to improve time management for truckers through dwell data
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Data is helping Tyson identify its highest dwell times by facility — its own and those belonging to customers — as well as informing what mitigation actions to take.
22 Feb
Amazon hands over delivery data to researchers for MIT route planning contest
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Participants will take into account driver know-how for route planning algorithms that fit modern, last-mile delivery environments.
22 Feb
Pfizer set to double weekly production of coronavirus vaccine
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The drugmaker will expand its production network and work to reduce manufacturing timelines from 110 days to an average of 60 days.
22 Feb
Unilever finds short-term sustainability costs lead to long-term savings
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Company leaders credit savings of $1.5 billion since 2008 to sustainable sourcing and operations, and say ongoing sustainability practices will produce more cost benefits over t...
19 Feb
Winter storm slams Texas food supply chains, logistics networks
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Even with road conditions improving, logistics managers may find challenges encountering capacity — and delayed shipments when they do find it.
19 Feb
Walmart says its automated supply chain is ‘ready to scale’
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
There’s a limit to how much the retailer can pick, fulfill and ship from stores, the CEO said. Walmart is banking on automation to change that.
18 Feb
Gartner: 77% of companies invest in deeper supplier relationships for resilience
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Nearly a year into the pandemic, the buyer-supplier relationship is key to keeping goods flowing and ensuring companies have supply chain transparency.
18 Feb
Gone fishin’: Lack of succession planning is a supply chain risk
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Supplier disruptions can happen almost overnight. A buyer could be left with a sourcing nightmare, but one that should have been anticipated.
18 Feb
Shipper, trucker groups applaud FMC on ‘strongest step’ to demand container information from carriers
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The release notes that failing to follow the agency’s interpretive rule on detention and demurrage “might constitute a violation of” the Shipping Act.