Steve Ahern: Supply Chain Strategist
Profile of Steve Ahern, manager of supply chain operational design with BASF, a leading chemical company
Capacity Crunch
The perfect storm is here: between the back-to-back hurricanes of 2017, the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate going into effect, and the ongoing driver shortage crisis, the transportation industry is experiencing a critical capacity crunch.
The Son Also Rises
Profile of Ryan Wall, president and CEO of FHI (Freight Handlers, Inc.) in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
Digital Supply Chain: What's Your Reality
What does the digital supply chain mean for your company? More integration, better visibility, a single version of the truth, a clearer view of the future—and maybe a few flying robots.
How Leadership Training Can Improve Company Culture
Use this advice to implement a leadership training program.
5 Ways Your 3PL Can Help Meet E-commerce Challenges
A 3PL could offer benefits worth exploring to help you accommodate e-commerce growth.
Teamsters in heated talks with UPS over new contract
The Teamsters union, never without internal squabbles and internecine power players, is showing some internal rift in its opening weeks of negotiations with UPS, the union’s largest employer. With job preservation and security top of mind for the union, the Teamsters last month submitted an 83-page opening demand in its National Master contract that covers…
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Reverse Logistics Association examines the ‘Circular Economy’
“Circular Economy” was the theme addressed by The Reverse Logistics Association’s (RLA) at its annual conference and expo in Las Vegas last week. With the flourishing of e-commerce, product returns have become even more nettlesome for today’s global supply chain managers. At the same time, however, new revenue streams are being created in the 3PL…
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Port Tracker report expects decent gain in imports for first half of 2018
A strong wind is expected to continue blowing on the economic seas in the first half of 2018 but could recede for the full year, based on the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report, which was released late last week by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates.
White House rolls out new infrastructure plan as part of 2019 budget
The long-awaited national infrastructure plan was rolled out today by the White House as part of its fiscal year 2019 budget. Entitled, the “Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America,” this plan is comprised of various ideas and themes that have been echoed by the White House since Donald Trump took over as President in…
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