Investment

More shareholders are expecting supply chains to become resilient to protect the bottom line.

Report from Catena Solutions finds the average investment has nearly doubled year-over-year.

Warehouse and DC managers are feeling the pressure of e-commerce growth, high order volumes, as well as deep concerns around labor availability and international supply chain snarls. In response, our survey found that they’re ramping up spending for automation—but also spending more on their labor force to ensure an adequate pool of workers to keep goods flowing.

Warehouse and DC managers are feeling the pressure of e-commerce growth, high order volumes, as well as deep concerns around labor availability and international supply chain snarls. In response, our survey found that they’re ramping up spending for automation—but also spending more on their labor force to ensure an adequate pool of workers to keep goods flowing.

GE Appliances continues to grow in Georgia, with plans to add 600 new jobs

For the next 6 months, Lakefront Future expects that a large percentage of the bidding/trading activity will occur off-exchange and therefore the on-exchange electronic bidding & trading activity is not indicative of the market’s interest in trucking freight futures.

While the expanded Panama Canal locks went into operation in mid-2016, the impact of that development has yet to be fully measured, say analysts for Fitch Ratings LTD, a nationally recognized investment consultancy.