supply chain management

Inside this edition: Getting ahead of claims, the task force with the hottest acronym, and someone just leveled up.

Import volumes have not realized the dip in shipping orders yet. What does this mean?

Merging technology and talent

Considering multiple options — even bad ones — is something companies should do more of, instead of trying to find the one best solution to a problem in the supply chain, says Michael Schrage, MIT fellow and FreightWaves Future of the Supply Chain keynote speaker.

Supply chain management platform Calico gets a boost from the decorated tennis star’s investment firm, Serena Ventures.

FIVE DAYS. WORLDWIDE IMPACT.

Omicron sweeps across the nation — 73% of United States COVID-19 cases. Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., federal health officials said Monday. Coronavirus is disrupting the Christmas holiday — As people start to travel for the holidays, doctors warn the surge in Covid-19 cases could continue thanks […]

Over the last 20 years, companies have been driving supply chain performance by outsourcing their sourcing and production to low production cost countries. While this strategy has worked well and driven significant benefits to both consumers and companies in the form of reduced costs, it has also made supply chains’ brittle to risks we now […]

CEO Michelle Halkerston steps through Hassett Logistics’ leadership qualities that kept its network active in times of adversity.

Echo Global Logistics’ Mike Mobley and Jamie Petrzelka detail the benefits of leveraging the company’s experts to manage transportation networks.