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LOGISTCIS STRATEGY
Worldwide Logistics Under Transformation The development of China as a consumer market and the increase in global trade is opening up massive opportunities but also leading to increased difficulties in logistics, according to Walt Rakowich, the president & COO of ProLogis. more... STRATEGY ISSUES Speed Is The Key For Boston Consulting The issue of port congestion on the west coast of North America is looming. For George Stalk, senior vice-president at The Boston Consulting Group, it may be a situation that is already beyond redemption. more... INDUSTRY NEWS US Logistics Costs Rise A new study suggests that the cost of storing and shipping goods within the boundaries of the United States has gone up, contributing, inevitably, to a rise in inflation. more... SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES Three-Pronged Approach Can Pay Off According to Dr Bob Willard, author and former IBM executive, many organisations throughout the world are confusing sustainability with the environment. Green issues are of the utmost importance, but are only one part of the picture here. more... ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Scientists Dredge Up Trouble For Port Development Development of seaports stands accused of land erosion in the United Kingdom. The professor of coastal studies at the University of Ulster, Andrew Cooper, has told the BBC he is convinced there is a link between dredging at ports around the coast and disappearing beaches and sand dunes. more... GLOBAL TRADE The Rise of the Internal Trade Compliance Team Smart companies all over the world, in a hundred different industries, are pushing the borderless trade concept relentlessly. They want clients in every geography to be able to choose them over in-country suppliers, and for this to involve no extra risk and no extra work. more... LOGISTICS STRATEGY Time for ‘T-Shaped’ Companies And People Professor Alan Waller, president of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, said recently that the supply chain no longer lay with an individual company. Instead, we now have global networks cutting across countries and organisations. more... Establishing a Global Distribution Network Global trade Driving Complex Supply Chains Poor Logistics Costing Industry £3 B John Allan ’No Looking Back’ ITC Global Supply Chain Report 10 Tips for Reducing Supply Chain Costs 21st Century Supply Chain Unprepared for Supply Chain Disruption Click on Link to Read Story |
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
Supply & Demand Gap - The Last Great Silo To bridge the gap between the revenue-generating side of the business and the supply side is consuming a great deal of attention amongst smart companies. more... INTERMODAL DEVELOPMENTS CN Sees Double Opportunity As Trade With China Grows The Canadian National Railway Company (CN) is famous for thinking big. It gives its name to the famous tower in downtown Toronto, which, at more than 500 metres high, claims to be the tallest free-standing building in the world. From the top, on a clear day, you can see all the way across Lake Ontario to the tall buildings of Rochester, New York. more... FINANCE ISSUES Vancouver’s Unfair Tax Burden The most recent projections suggest that ports on the west coast of North America will have to turn business away — perhaps as soon as next year — rather than go searching for it in the years ahead, as demand for container services outstrips supply. more... INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Part Of The Answer To The Bullwhip Effect At the start of June, research firm The Hackett Group released details of a new study that found that the top 2000 companies in the US and seven European countries have, in total, more than $1 trillion unnecessarily tied up in working capital. more... GLOBAL SOURCING E-commerce Applications: An Acquired Taste The swelling belief that there has to be a better way for companies to manage their IT set-ups than buying expensive software licences, and establishing a resource-heavy internal IT department, has played into the hands of hosted solutions providers. more... SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY Spread A Little Happiness IBM believes we’re just at the emergence of a new corporate model — the globally integrated enterprise. It’s this that is making it, not just feasible, but advisable, for companies to produce their goods “wherever it makes sense”, rather than as close as possible to the selling market. more... STRATEGY ISSUES How To Avoid The Dangers Of The ‘Priceberg’ All the clever people in supply chain circles insist that one of the best ways to reduce working capital and inventory is to divide your product range into distinct segments and develop a coherent strategy for managing all categories. more... Just-in-Time for JAL Removing Risk from the Supply Chain No Longer a Back Office Activity Understanding Freight Payments Shipping Overhaul Due Click on Link to Read Story |
