It has been called the “largest takedown of a cargo theft ring in U.S. history.” In March 2010, thieves broke in to an Eli Lilly warehouse in Connecticut, and made off with over $75 million in pharmaceuticals. A subsequent series of investigations that led federal and local law enforcement agents to virtually every corner of [...]
The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM), based in Tempe, Arizona, released its monthly Report on Business yesterday summarizing US non-manufacturing activity for the month of April, 2012. The news is met with mixed reactions in financial markets. Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector at a national level expanded in April for the 28th consecutive month, but [...]
Supply & Demand Chain Executive (S&DCE) today announced its Top 100 Awards for 2012, highlighting 100 Great Supply Chain Projects. The annual award recognizes supply chain solutions providers, consultants, and other organizations that have helped lead the way in transforming customers’ supply and demand chains. According to today’s edition of S&DCE: The complexities of the [...]
The Institute of Supply Management (ISM), based in Tempe, Arizona, released its monthly Report on Business yesterday summarizing US manufacturing activity for the month of April, 2012. The news is encouraging. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector at a national level expanded in April for the 33rd consecutive month, as the overall economy grew for [...]
Amazon is big. And it looks as though it is about to get a lot bigger. Already an enormously successful eRetailer, this month Amazon announced the launch of a new venture it calls Amazon Supply. Michael Kanellos postulates for Forbes Magazine that recent moves by Amazon signal not only a desire to broaden its product [...]
Reporting for Reuters News Service, David Milliken and Fiona Shaikh this morning confirmed the bad news for the British economy, and for the governing coalition led by Prime Minister David Cameron: it has fallen back into its second recession since the global financial collapse of 2008. Britain’s economy contracted 7.1 percent during its 2008-2009 recession and [...]
“Reshoring.” This is a term that is sure to be promoted into the world’s major dictionaries in very short order. And it is thanks to passionate individuals like Harry Moser that it has exploded onto the Western economic landscape and is spreading virally into the Supply Chain Management lexicon. In recognition an appreciation of his [...]
Commercial real estate developer Kessinger/Hunter, has announced that a new 821,256-sq.-ft. LEED-certified warehouse will soon be under construction in the I-35 Logistics Park in Olathe, Kansas. It is one of three buildings that the developer plans to build at the 200-acre park. KC SmartPort President Chris Gutierrez Established in Kansas City in 1879, Kessinger/Hunter is one of [...]
Things are looking up for the world’s largest manufacturer of heavy equipment. At the end of March, 2012, Supply Chain Almanac reported that Caterpillar Logistics had announced the opening of a large 500,000 square-foot parts distribution center in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. It is expected to employ 150 people when full operational. Caterpillar’s logistics division revealed [...]
The Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) has launched a new website to offer updates on the industry advisory group’s views and lobbying activities, which are intended for companies involved in the air freight supply chain and regulatory bodies. The website provides information and updates on its four priority areas of security, e-commerce, customs and [...]
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