The Supply Chain Matters blog welcomes new readers and provides a background of what this blog is about, the focus of our content coverage areas and topics. We especially welcome new visitors during the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic seeking added knowledge and insights on industry and global supply chain impacts and implications.
Read MoreThe Supply Chain Matters blog surveys recent financial and operational performance of some bellwether companies’ indicative of ongoing industry supply chain disruption. We focus on indicators of how certain industries, companies, key services providers and customers are faring during this unprecedented 2021 global supply chain surge of activity. In this blog we focus on container shipping industry leader Maersk.
Read MoreThe Supply Chain Matters blog surveys recent financial and operational performance of some bellwether companies’ indicative of industry product demand and supply networks trending. Our goal is to share indicators of how certain industries, companies, key services providers and customers are faring during this unprecedented 2021 disruption.
Read MoreIn this Supply Chain Matters blog commentary we share perspectives on the ongoing post Suez Canal disruption impacting multiple-industries, and how today’s Cloud based logistics and WMS technology capabilities can aide in mitigation. We include highlights of a conversation with an Oracle WMS technology executive.
Read MoreThe Supply Chain Matters blog highlights April 2021 global manufacturing and supply chain activity level reporting and current trending relative to product demand and supply network activity levels. The message remains that global supply chain activity is now at full throttle and disruption abounds.
Read MoreThe Supply Chain Matters blog shares highlights and perspectives regarding Amazon’s latest quarterly financial and operational performance and its implications.
Read MoreThe Supply Chain Matters blog features our latest This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech, a synopsis of noteworthy technology focused investment developments. Providers mentioned in this update include: DSV Panalpina, Lineage Logistics, Kuehne+Nagel, PlusAI, Arrive Logistics and Walmart.
Read MoreThe Supply Chain Matters blog provides commentary to the latest quarterly financial performance of global parcel carrier UPS and its implications to small and medium businesses.
Read MoreThe Supply Chain Matters blog updates readers to added developments in efforts of two separate Canadian railroads, Canadian Pacific and Canadian National, seeking to merge with a smaller U.S. rail carrier, Kansas City Southern. The stakes are a transcontinental North South rail network.
Read MoreThe Supply Chain Matters blog updates readers n the latest development relative to the on again, off again plans for the Foxconn Wisconsin manufacturing complex in the United States.
Read MoreThe Supply Chain Matters blog highlights for readers that indeed, and contrary to other indications, supply chain planning applications provider Blue Yonder will be acquired by Panasonic for a reported $7.1 billion.
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