Supply chain

Tom Barone, who helped lead e-commerce operations at eBay Enterprise and CommerceHub, joins Stord as the company’s first president.

Digital ledger technology creates more transparency in the freight payment process, reducing disputes between parties and speeding up payment.

Vaclav Smil, author of “How the World Really Works,” joins FreightWaves’ Supply Chain Meets FinTech event to talk about supply chain frictions.

Cloud supply chain logistics firm Stord is adding drayage, reverse logistics and temperature-controlled fulfillment to its software.

As we look to the future of the global supply chain, all businesses and areas of business – from inventory to distribution, suppliers to retailers – need to plan for one thing: uncertainty.

While online sales have long shown an upward trend, the COVID-19 pandemic has expedited this shift. E-commerce supply chains need to move just as fast.

All the pipes of trade are connected. If one pipe starts to have empty-container constriction, container prices will be influenced across the board.

Fully mobile transportation management systems will help the remote workforce be more effective, enabling them to do their jobs from anywhere.

Ocean carrier Maersk is buying three Boeing freighters and outsourcing flying to Amerijet to penetrate the U.S.-Asia air cargo market.

This white paper explores the challenges in the logistics procurement market and the tactics best-in-class teams use to regain control of capacity and cost while ensuring procurement excellence.

Knowing what the customer wants and when was once a relatively easy thing to predict. COVID has changed all that.

Digital twins are all the rage in business because they provide a proactive look at the supply chain.

With all the challenges facing the supply chain, companies can’t afford to have bad delivery experiences for their customers. Visibility into the process helps, if it starts early enough.

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the bullwhip effect on the current retail and trucking environments.

Women in Supply Chain Leadership Roles – year-to-year comparison

Chain.io has raised $11 million in a funding round to help grow its technology and support base as it seeks to create frictionless supply chain integrations.

Inventory growth has forced companies to change their ordering strategy to a more flexible model.

Supply chains can be a differentiator, and even a moneymaker, for retailers willing to embrace change and encourage risk.

Long overlooked, logistics professionals now have the attention of the C-suite, and it is time to use it to rethink operations.

Reducing logistics costs starts by optimizing operations one piece at a time.