In a recent story, the Wall Street Journal wrote about Amazon’s efforts to address unprofitable products. The company has a great name for those items that it deems are not profitable: CRaP, or “Can’t Realize a Profit.” Every company has products
Imports at major U.S. container ports are leveling off after retailers' months-long rush to bring in Chinese merchandise before higher tariffs hit, according to a retail trade report issued on Tuesday.
Ecommerce continued to grow at record levels and there didn’t appear to be the slowdown that many were predicting. There was considerable global trade instability and the focus of many companies was to determine what strategies they needed to put in
The adoption of supply chain management (SCM)software grew significantly in 2017, according to research firm Gartner, and the growth is reflected in the performance of the Top 20 vendors in the space.
When peak season rolled around each year, workers at Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe’s DC struggled to keep up with orders. Automated equipment and robotic pickers have changed all that.
Rising fuel costs are only one of many challenges confronting supply chain managers reliant on motor carriers in 2019. While this transport sector remains robust, increasing driver wages and insurance costs are eroding profits. Furthermore, note
My colleagues and I have been writing periodically about the current global trade environment. How could we not? Remember the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? That topic seems like ancient history.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Imports at major U.S. container ports are leveling off after retailers’ months-long rush to bring in Chinese merchandise before higher tariffs hit, according to a retail trade report issued on Tuesday.
With lower oil prices and solid, albeit slower, economic growth, there is a sense of cautious optimism among the air cargo industry stakeholders for 2019. Trade war tensions between the US and China, could weaken wider momentum in world trade.
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