A conversation with leaders in logistics and transportation management, as well as academia, about the capacity crunch vehicle OEMs feel as manufacturing and sales sometimes threatens to outpace the ability to get product to market efficiently or on time.
The world's largest designer and retailer of maternity apparel saw the need to revamp its warehouse and fulfillment systems to reflect the modern-day needs of omnichannel customers. A brand new, automated facility was the result.
Leaders from global shipping firms, freight forwarders, brand owners whose products are counterfeited and organizations representing both industries recently signed a joint Declaration of Intent to Prevent the Maritime Transport of Counterfeit Goods in Brussels.
Half a decade after American Airlines filed for bankruptcy and workers were forced to take massive cuts to keep their positions, many U.S.-based airlines are posting record profits. The turn in fortunes is now turning up the heat on carriers to heed the demands of workers seeking compensatory treatment after years of sacrifice. One by one, carriers seem to be responding.
Emerson Healthcare teams with logistics service provider Geodis to level the playing field for its roster of small to medium-sized manufacturers. The program makes it possible for them to compete with big suppliers for space on retail shelves.
A Johannesburg startup is set to become the first company ever to manufacture smartphones in Africa, taking advantage of low costs and growing local demand to build handsets, tablets and other devices based on Google Inc.'s Android system.
Meeting mandates to protect the pharmaceutical supply chain from counterfeit drugs is no easy task, but Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain has found a way to do so well before U.S. legislation kicks in and while reining in costs.
Logistics and supply chain managers are partly responsible for the unfairly low profile that their operations have in the overall corporate structure. - By Stephanie Miles of Amber Road
American Airlines announced the launch of a 787-9 service between Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Madrid Barajas (MAD) in Spain. The widebody jet provides capacity for up to 36 LD3 positions, or 12 pallets.