Holcomb was a long-time contributor to Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review. Source: logistics Mgmt
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The severe winter weather conditions around many parts of the United States are clearly having an impact on domestic freight transportation operations. That has been…
Locus Robotics, a leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, this week announced $150 million in Series E funding, led by Tiger Global…
For all of 2020, the report stated that total imports—at 22 million TEU—saw a 1.9% annual gain over the 21.6 million TEU recorded for 2019,…
Pete Buttigieg has been overwhelmingly confirmed as the nation’s 19th Transportation Secretary. Let the cheerleading begin for President Joe Biden’s call for a “think big”…
The national average—at $2.716—headed up $.02 cents. Source: logistics Mgmt
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) recently announced that President & CEO Rick Blasgen is retiring from CSCMP as of March of 2021.…
The national average—at $2.696—increased 2.6 cents. Source: logistics Mgmt
Despite crushing unemployment of more than 10 million Americans and historic unrest in wake of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the chief executive of…
Despite a decline in demand for ocean cargo service at the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year, spot container freight rates soon began to…
The national average—at $2.670—headed up $0.03, following a 0.005-cent increase, to $2.64, for the week of January 4. Source: logistics Mgmt
NASA chooses SpaceX as its first vendor for the deep space commercial supply chain. Source: logistics Mgmt
The report, entitled “Automation and Logistics Real Estate #2: How Automation Can Help Navigate Urgent Supply Chain Challenges,” is the second in a series issued…
Top trucking executives are pushing Washington for priority distribution and access to vaccines that the nation is hoping will inoculate workers from the ravages of…
Stamford, Ct.-based Pitney Bowes, a global technology services provider of commerce solutions powering billions of transactions, introduced a new offering, entitled Pitney Bowes Same-Day Delivery,…
With a 2.1-cent increase, this week’s national average came in at $2.462, coming on the heels of a 5.8-cent increase, to $2.441, for the week…
Both freight shipments and expenditures, for the month of October, turned in strong performances and highlighted an ongoing strong run of freight market improvements, according…
Commerce reported that total October retail sales—at $553.3 billion—were up 0.3% over September and were up 5.7% annually. And NRF’s retail sales data, which excludes…
Waterloo, Ontario-based Descartes, a provider of logistics based on-demand, software-as-a-service offerings, recently announced it acquired ShipTrack, a Plantagenet, Ontario-based provider of cloud-based mobile resource management…
If you are manufacturing in China, your supply base for raw materials and parts is most likely also in China. It is important to consider…