A few centuries ago, Shakespeare, using the Gloomy Dane as a mouthpiece, noted, “the readiness is all.” And for logistics, for supply chains moving across borders, we’ll take another quote from Hamlet: What can they strive to be — or not to be? Payments will provide...
OMP, which offers supply chain solutions, has announced it will be teaming with Ernst & Young (EY) in order to improve supply chain planning, a press release from OMP said Monday (July 11). The partnership will accelerate supply chain transformations, add to capabilities and build...
Anecdotal evidence is enough to show just how bad supply chains really have become. Consider the fact that in just the last few weeks, supply chain dynamics — or lack thereof — have pushed the prices of cars up double-digit percentage points. The average new...
As grocers struggle with supply chain shortages, finding it increasingly difficult to keep shelves stocked and meet demand for popular products, retailers are seeking out new approaches to inventory. Arizona-based grocer Sprouts Farmers Market, for one, which has about 380 stores across 23 states, is...
Cross-border digital trade company Nuvocargo has launched a platform designed to help motor carriers streamline payments and invoicing. As the company said in a news release Wednesday (June 29), the launch follows the December debut of Nuvocargo’s first carrier product, QuickPay for Carriers. “After talking...
What debatably began as an overly hot summer in Canada’s vast (we imagine) mustard plant fields is putting the world’s hot and spicy habit on rations, if recent reports are to be believed. The baby formula shortage was bad enough, but fun food fact: Nobody...
Trax, which helps companies manage their shipping spending, and Truckstop.com, which operates a marketplace for shippers and companies with items to move, on Wednesday (June 22) announced a new collaboration they said will help shippers, brokers and carriers work with each other more effectively. Trax...
Getting goods from point A to point B has become a real threat to margins. Particularly for the Main Street small to midsized businesses (SMBs) that are the bedrock of the U.S. economy. A report released Tuesday (June 21) from the trade group, the Council...
B2B freight transportation services company XPO Logistics and Google Cloud have partnered on a multi-year deal to “further innovate how goods move through supply chains,” according to a Monday (June 6) joint press release. XPO will use Google Cloud’s expertise in artificial intelligence (AI), machine...
