Filed in Logistics

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Department of Defense currently spends $400 billion each year acquiring products and services from defense contractors

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

After slow but steady improvement over the first half of this year, small business optimism soured considerably in June, said analysts at IHS Global Insight

At yesterday's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) China said it was not in a position to accept the establishment of a panel requested by the United States, the European Union and Japan regarding its measures related to the exportation of rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Multiregional less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Saia said this week it has acquired truckload and brokerage services provider Robart Transportation Inc. and its subsidiary The RL Services Group LLC.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

The McKinsey Global Institute analysts noted that over the past three decades – as developing economies industrialized and began to compete in world markets – a global labor market started taking shape

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Various factors could tip the scales in assessing how 2012 Peak Season plays out.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Beacon Economics is reporting some encouraging news for Golden State shippers…especially on the job front

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

U.S. logistics costs rose 6.6 percent last year to $1.28 trillion, up $79 billion from 2010, according to the newest State of Logistics report.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

As e-commerce continues to become more prevalent and becomes a “go-to” shopping option for consumers, subsequent effects of that figure to impact supply chains in the sense that they might be more consumer-driven in the future. That was one of the main findings of a recent study put out by UPS and comScore.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

These predictions will affect most logistics organizations, however, the impact will depend on how prepared they are to adapt to these events, analysts said.