New Survey Concludes Supply Chain Managers Have too Many Priorities to Be Proficient
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New Survey Concludes Supply Chain Managers Have too Many Priorities to Be Proficient

ByVincent Po

Hitachi Consulting is a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, and operates the global IT services and management consulting services for the company’s clients. Recently, Hitachi Consulting conduced a survey of companies operating in nine different countries around Europe. The survey identified a serious disconnect between the upper management of these companies and the workers who are in charge…

ATA Calls on Lawmakers to Work Harder for Transportation Industry This Year
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ATA Calls on Lawmakers to Work Harder for Transportation Industry This Year

ByVincent Po

As Congress resumes sessions in Washington for the New Year, the American Trucking Association issued a press release on Wednesday asking lawmakers to move forward on many of the unaddressed issues that still plague the transportation industry. Some of the requests revolve around completing tasks already underway, and others bring up other longstanding issues, which Congress has…

Study by University of Tennessee Predicts Customers Will Pay for New Trucking Regulations
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Study by University of Tennessee Predicts Customers Will Pay for New Trucking Regulations

ByVincent Po

Trucking associations and carrier companies have consistently fought the new truckers’ hours of service regulations implemented last June by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration. These regulations cut the number of hours truckers are able to work, thereby further limiting the ability of carriers to transport all of their loads in…

U.S. Manufacturing on the Rebound, but Looks Much Different Today
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U.S. Manufacturing on the Rebound, but Looks Much Different Today

ByVincent Po

Over the past 30 years, U.S. manufacturing has undergone a tremendous loss because jobs were outsourced or moved overseas, where labor was cheap and readily available. However, the new resurgence in U.S. manufacturing is underway, as labor costs in the States becomes competitive with other parts of the world and the energy revolution allowed by newly developed…

Coast Guard Struggles to Keep Shipping Lanes Open in Great Lakes
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Coast Guard Struggles to Keep Shipping Lanes Open in Great Lakes

ByVincent Po

The massive polar vortex, which has brought temperatures of below zero degrees Fahrenheit to regions stretching from Canada through the Deep South, is causing the earliest freeze of the shipping lanes in the Great Lakes since the 1930’s. Since freightliners are unable to break through these massive bodies of ice on their own, the Coast Guard…

Delivery Companies Take Heat for Late Christmas Packages, But Aren’t the Only Ones to Blame

Delivery Companies Take Heat for Late Christmas Packages, But Aren’t the Only Ones to Blame

ByVincent Po

UPS, and to a smaller degree FedEx, have fallen under fire by both consumers and retailers for failing to meet Christmas delivery deadlines. However, they were in fact victims of a perfect storm of problems that made on time deliveries impossible. According to industry sources, retailers and the weather conditions contributed to other problems, such as…

UK Receives Funding to Build Nuclear Power Facilities
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UK Receives Funding to Build Nuclear Power Facilities

ByVincent Po

Following a 30-year lag in nuclear power plant building around the world, mostly due to environmental and political concerns, the U.K. nuclear supply chain has received a £13 million investment in order to construct the first nuclear power plant in the United Kingdom in 20 years. The money is coming from Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and a number…

Number of Women in Supply Chain Leadership Roles Still Quite Low

Number of Women in Supply Chain Leadership Roles Still Quite Low

ByVincent Po

A recent poll conducted by SCM World surveyed Fortune Global 500 companies and determined that just 10 percent of the leadership positions within the supply chain are held by women. Part of the reason for this disparity is due to the roots of the supply chain, which lie in manufacturing and transportation, traditionally industries that did not…

2014 Trends in the Food Supply Chain
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2014 Trends in the Food Supply Chain

ByVincent Po

Just as consumers are clamoring for the latest and greatest in industries such as technology, automobiles, home appliances, and electronics, they are also looking for newer and more interesting things to eat. In order to predict what’s going to be hot (and what’s not) for this year, the National Restaurant Association conducted a survey of…