Supply Chain news
USPS Will Have New Shipping, Marketing Tools
There have been new shipping and marketing offers for small businesses being rolled out by the U.S. Postal Service. This is indeed being looked upon as a key growth segment that the money-losing organization is targeting as part of its long-term plan to return to profitability.
U.S. Postal Service Pushing Ahead With Closures
The U.S. Postal Service is nearing planned cuts to shut more than 260 mail processing centers nationwide as part of a billion-dollar cost-cutting effort that will slow delivery of first-class mail. The move comes as the U.S. Postal Service lacks financial relief in sight.
B/E Aerospace to Acquire Supply Chain Management Co.
Florida-based B/E Aerospace, aerospace manufacturing industry leaders of aircraft cabin interior products and distributor of aerospace fasteners and consumables in the aerospace industry, signed a deal to acquire UFC Aerospace Corp. for $400 million in cash.
Supply Chain Industry Predictions for 2012
The supply chain industry practitioners do not yet have the depth for creating a war for the supply chain talent. A supply chain industry leader will need flexibility and aggressiveness to respond to changing needs of the supply chain industry. The industry leaders are predicting ‘technology’ to play a vital role in the supply chain industry in 2012.
Distribution Warehouses Under Pressure for Temporary Staffing
The warehousing sector of the supply chain industry is under pressure recently after a series of investigative reporting has uncovered the tenuous situation of thousands of temporary employees. These employees, hired by staffing firms that are several times removed from the big box retailers like Amazon and Walmart, even though these employees unload and move the products sold in these stores. This is a just a small snapshot of what is going on at these distribution warehouses and in these temporary warehouse jobs.
Christmas Couriers Having their Biggest Holiday Season
Christmas is less than a week away, so it’s almost too late, to have your packages at their destination before Sunday. There is only a day or two left to get your packages in to Christmas couriers to ensure that they get there on time. This holiday season is projected to be one of the [...]
DHL To Standardize Warehouse Operations Globally
The world’s largest logistics specialist, DHL, is now working on standardizing its warehouse management system globally. In order to make use of supply chain management technology in all its facilities, DHL has fixed a deal with US software firm RedPrairie Corporation.
Global Shipbuilding Industry Making Changes to Stay Afloat
As the Eurozone crisis rages on, an industry that’s been affected by it, although it hasn’t been in the news, is the shipbuilding industry. Primarily centered in Asia, the shipbuilding industry is seeing changes in competition and in revenue sources as it continues to deal with the turmoil a continent away.
Ford Motor Company Supports Nitrogen Tire Inflation
Nitrogen tire inflation may seem like a gimmick, but the practice does have the research to back up its legitimacy. Ford Motor Company conducted a study in 2004 on the effects of nitrogen inflation on tire aging and performance. The study, which took place over a six-month period, found that those tires completely filled with nitrogen had aged slower than those with a 50/50 mixture of nitrogen and compressed air.
Global Rail Freight Continues to Chug Along Nicely
With all of the changes to transportation that have taken place over the past several hundred years, there’s one mode of transportation that remains relatively unchanged: rail. Global rail freight is pushing full steam ahead as more people in more places are improving current global rail freight infrastructure or are investing in its implementation.
The Parcel Service that’s Cutting Costs by Going Green: UPS
With fuel prices shooting through the roof, there’s been increasing interest expressed by global logistics leaders in developing technology that is likely to help cut costs as well as decrease impact on the environment. United Parcel Service (UPS), the world’s largest logistics corporation is doing exactly this, by starting to test implementation of a technology, [...]
Pan Asia Logistics
They Keep Your Business Flowing A holistic logistics provider for efficient, intelligent and cost-effective logistics solutions across the globe, Pan Asia Logistics offers a complete range of fully integrated logistics services and supply chain solutions through their worldwide network. With uncompromised orientation towards their customers’ needs, Pan Asia Logistics is one of the fastest growing [...]
Antwerp-Chongqing Direct Rail Freight Link Launched
A 5-days-a-week direct rail freight service was launched on May 9th between the Port of Antwerp, Europe’s second-largest port, and Chongqing, the industrial hub located in China’s southwest. A crucial step in the process of developing the Eurasian Land Bridge, setting up this rail freight passage has significantly speeded up the process of transporting freight [...]
DHL’s Green Fleet Introduced in New York
One of the world’s leading logistics company, DHL, introduced a convoy of environmentally-friendly delivery trucks in Manhattan, as part of their “green initiative” towards reducing the impact created by the company’s services on the city’s environment. This initiative by DHL was inaugurated in New York by Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL. Presenting the [...]
UAE seaports set to become bigger and faster
With investments worth billions of dollars pouring in from port industries all over the world, UAE is all set to host the World Ports and Trade Summit (WPTS) from 28 – 30 March in Abu Dhabi. With US$46.5 billion being spent on ports in the Middle East annually, UAE seaports are set to become a [...]
China’s Air Freight Sector foresees low rates;expects consolidation
The contradiction between a lower-than-forecast growth in export demand and significant capacity increases on some routes has caused China’s air freight sector to be looking at low rates and yields according to various air cargo executives. “There is a capacity issue,” said Roberto Gilardoni, Commercial Director at CargoItalia, in a statement. “The number of charters [...]
NZ trucking giant to buy Europe’s Wim Bosman Group
New Zealand’s largest trucking company, Mainfreight, is all set to enter the European market by acquiring Netherlands-based Wim Bosman Group, in what will be the NZ-based company’s largest acquisition. Mainfreight has announced that it will pay at least €110 million for the Dutch transport and logistics provider, with a further €10 million payment if it [...]
Hapag Lloyd
Success has a name For over 160 years the services provided by Hapag-Lloyd have been a hallmark for successful international cooperation between many people and cultures. For a company operating worldwide, tolerance, liberal-mindedness and treating each other with respect are values Hapag-Lloyd takes for granted. The Group aims to be among the industry’s innovation and quality [...]
Kenco. Logistic Services. The Right Way.
Kenco is one of the nation’s leading third party logistics providers (3PL) managing over 100 facilities and 25 million square feet of warehouse space across North America. Kenco’s core competencies include logistic services, transportation, real estate management and material handling equipment. The Kenco family of companies includes Kenco Logistic Services, Kenco Transportation, Kenco Toyota-Lift, Kenco [...]
