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Ken Chadwick, vice president analyst with Gartner Inc.'s Supply Chain practice, speaks at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo in Orlando, Florida.

Supply Chain Officers Must Face Five ‘Urgent’ Risk Areas, Gartner Says

June 8, 2022 Freight-Forwarder Miami to Caribbean News, Logistics, Supply Chain No Comments

By: SupplyChainBrain ORLANDO—From nature to military operations, the ability to offset weaknesses against predators is a key survival strategy. Today’s supply chain leaders should take note. That was the opening message Monday at Gartner Inc.’s Supply Chain Symposium, where analyst Ken Chadwick called on attendees to prepare offset strategies for five “urgent challenges”: cognitive overload, customer experience, accelerating […]

Three Small Supply Chain Improvements That Can Greatly Increase Monthly Profits

November 4, 2022 Freight Forwarding Miami, Freight-Forwarder Miami to Caribbean News, Logistics, Logistics Services Miami, Supply Chain, Technology, Transportation, Truckload No Comments

By Nathan Liao According to a January 2022 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Report, 68% of supply chain leaders have constantly been responding to disruptions since the beginning of 2019. It’s hardly news that we need to build greater resiliency into our supply chain management str In light of today’s era of inflation and a possible […]

Five Ways to Avoid, Absorb and Recover from Supply Chain Disruptions

September 10, 2022 Freight Forwarding Miami, Freight-Forwarder Miami to Caribbean News, Logistics, Logistics Services Miami, Supply Chain, Technology, Transportation, Truckload No Comments

Sponsored by Logility According to a January 2022 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Report, 68% of supply chain leaders have constantly been responding to disruptions since the beginning of 2019. It’s hardly news that we need to build greater resiliency into our supply chain management strategies. But what is resiliency, exactly? Supply chain resiliency is the […]

Shipping Costs Soar as Russian Fallout Upends Global Fuel Flows

June 27, 2022 Freight Forwarding Miami, Freight-Forwarder Miami to Caribbean News, Logistics, Logistics Services Miami, Supply Chain, Technology, Transportation, Truckload No Comments

By: Bloomberg The dislocation of global fuel markets after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has boosted the cost of shipping products such as diesel by sea. Rates to haul fuels such as gasoline and diesel, known in the industry as clean tanker freight, have more than doubled this year to the highest since April 2020, according […]