Globalization

More companies are moving to reduce their sourcing exposure to China, finds AlixPartners survey.

Even before the pandemic, the idea of managing a streamlined global freight transportation network was considered by many as the single biggest challenge facing U.S. companies looking to build a universal brand—no matter the industry.

Is globalization in terminal decline, or will it survive or even thrive in some other form?

While the COVID-19 pandemic has changed certain logistics processes and operations, due to the shifts it brought in consumer behavior, one area that remains on solid footing is globalization.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has, in some ways, fundamentally changed certain logistics processes and operations, due to the shifts it brought about in consumer behavior, and, more specifically, consumption and buying preferences, one area that remains on solid footing is globalization.

Global express delivery and logistics services provider DHL announced earlier this month that it is spending more than $360 million between 2020-2022, in an initiative focused on building new and expanding existing facilities in the America’s region, spanning the United States, Canada, Mexico, South and Central America and the Caribbean, coupled with investing millions of dollars into its Americas air network, for things like the introduction of new direct flight routes.

Speaker at Hannover Messe Digital Days event says new normal will include hybrid models of digital technology with physical activity.

The first day of the first event under the ASCM banner began with a focus on the global supply chain

A global online logistics community should be a vibrant entity where transparency of information, pricing, and service levels empower enterprises, carriers, and suppliers to take full advantage of revenue opportunities and build trusted-partner relationships.

This paper will take a look at today’s supply chain pressures, outline the pitfalls of managing labeling at a local level and explain how Enterprise Labeling can seamlessly integrate with your SAP solution to bring your company’s labeling to the next level and make a measurable difference for your business.

Trade developments in 2016 reflected a number of factors including slow global growth and low commodity prices, as well as increased policy uncertainty and maturing global value chains, 2016 is the fifth consecutive year of slow trade growth and the year with the weakest performance in trade since the global financial crisis.

Supply chain professionals who operate in the global environment need to be armed with a solid global supply chain management strategy.

Companies trying to identify the most promising growth opportunities need to be able to map this movement and spot the individual cities where their businesses are most likely to thrive.

The future of globalization and supply chains may very well be characterized by how well companies learn to overcome the "last mile" challenges associated with the bottom billion consumers.

As supply chains become more complex and the number of overseas suppliers expand, Global Trade Management has assumed critical importance. How are the leaders managing supplier relationships, data integration, and compliance challenges in this increasingly tough global arena? A new Chief Supply Chain Officer study from the Aberdeen Group provides some answers.