Nearshoring

With an eye on bolstering United States-Mexico cross-border trade activity, Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said today it has opened up a new facility at Texas-based Port of Laredo. The company planned and built out this facility over the last 18 months.

AlixPartners’ report highlights importance of taking a total costs and risks of ownership approach to supply chains.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, for Logistics Management and Peerless Media, interviews Steve Huntley, President and Owner, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Resource Logistics Group, a logistics advisory firm working with shippers and 3PLs.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, for Logistics Management and Peerless Media, interviews Steve Huntley, President and Owner, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Resource Logistics Group, a logistics advisory firm working with shippers and 3PLs.

A recently-issued report from San Francisco-based freight forwarding and customs brokerage services provider Flexport examined the inroads being made on nearshoring initiatives in Mexico through the lens of container throughput at the landlocked Laredo, Texas port, which sits between the United States and Mexico.

This report comes at a time, when United States-bound import levels are down, due, in large part to higher-than-normal inventory levels, reduced consumer demand, and still-stingy inflation levels. But, as the report observes, much of the supply chain normalization is viewed through the lens of where things stand now compared to where things stood prior to the onset of the pandemic.

Listen in as Rosemary Coates discusses the latest trends in global supply chain management on this episode.

On this episode, we catch up with Rosemary Coates, host of the Frictionless podcast, and an expert on global supply chain management. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

One of the biggest supply chain takeaways and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic could very well be focused on the need to source goods closer to home in North America, for a whole host of reasons related to things like reducing costs and transit times, and supply chain resiliency, among others. Those were some of the key themes in a recent Logistics Management reader survey of 100 freight transportation, logistics, and supply chain stakeholders. These findings do not come a huge...

Survey finds that 43% will use automation and robotics to build supply chain resilience

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Doug Waggoner, CEO of Chicago-based 3PL Echo Global Logistics. Waggoner offered up insights on a whole host of topics, including: inflation; rates and capacity; and M&A, among others.

On this episode, Rosemary Coates discusses what’s happening with reshoring, near-shoring and off-shoring in today’s global supply chains. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke wirth Matt Pyatt, CEO and co-founder of Austin, Texas-based freight brokerage and transportation management services provider Arrive Logistics. Pyatt provided Berman with an overview of various industry topics, including: the truckload spot and contract market, the freight economy, capacity, and the possibility of more of a North American-driven supply chain, among others.

On this episode, Bob Lieb discusses what’s really happening in the global supply chain, and why SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Manufacturers that have successfully transitioned to automated, highly-efficient processes certainly did not make these investments without giving careful thought to their supply chains and their ability to seamlessly move both supplies and finished goods.