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Virgin Atlantic Cargo Resuming Daily Flights From Cape Town, South Africa

November 27, 2012

Virgin Atlantic Cargo

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has resumed its winter season flights from Cape Town, South Africa.

U.S. Celebrates Re-shoring, But Mexico Crashes the Party

November 26, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

On its way back to the U.S. from China, might manufacturing take a detour into Mexico? Does our neighbor south of the border stand ready to quash the Great American Industrial Revival?

The Indispensable Supply Chain Leader

November 26, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Stanley Fawcett, visiting professor of global supply chain management at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, discusses five key qualities that make a supply chain leader indispensable to an organization and offers tips on how companies can identify and nurture these employees.

U.S. Celebrates Re-shoring, But Mexico Crashes the Party

November 26, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Logistics Clusters Drive Value and Growth

November 21, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Professor Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, describes the development of logistics clusters and their considerable economic advantages, which include the creation of steady, well paying jobs for both blue- and white-collar workers.

UPS Introduces Cloud-Based Technology Platform for Supply-Chain Management

November 21, 2012

UPS

As part of its Supplier Management program for global ocean and airfreight forwarding, UPS has introduced Order Watch, a cloud-based technology platform.

Growing Beyond Mexico, Wal-Mart's Internal Probe Into Foreign Corruption Goes Global

November 20, 2012

The New York Times

Wal-Mart Stores reported that its investigation into violations of a federal anti-bribery law had extended beyond Mexico to China, India and Brazil, some of the retailer's most important international markets.

Is This the Unlikeliest Place to Put a Manufacturing Plant?

November 19, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

What does it take to convince a manufacturer to locate a plant in the U.S.? How about in California, one of the most highly regulated and difficult states in which to operate? (It ranked 40th in CNBC's latest survey "America's Top States for Business." What about the San Francisco Bay Area, with its prohibitive cost of living, high population density and even more onerous regulatory environment?

Is This the Unlikeliest Place to Put a Manufacturing Plant?

November 19, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

CargoSmart Launches Newsletter on Ocean Shipment Delays

November 15, 2012

CargoSmart

CargoSmart Limited, a software-as-a-service shipping and logistics solutions provider, has launched a monthly, complimentary e-newsletter designed to provide shippers, logistics service providers, and ocean carriers insight about cargo delays around the globe.