Fedex Streamlines Operations Fedex to combine their Ground and Express divisions in an effort to streamline operations for more efficiency. Robot Orders Trending Up The automotive industry is leading the way with using and ordering more robots, accounting for more than 50% of robot sales in 2022. Oil Prices Increase OPEC decided to cut oil…
Alibaba’s Logistics Arm Goes Public Cainiao Network Technology, Alibaba’s logistics arm, is getting ready to go public in Hong Kong. Retail Supply Chains Has AI-Written All Over It Apparently AI can do more than just write articles, take tests and create fake images of religious leaders. Any step you look at in retail supply chains,…
The Shift to EV’s Leaving Some Manufacturing Towns Behind While some automakers are looking to convert their vehicle manufacturing to producing electric vehicles, some factories just aren’t setup to make the transition resulting in closures and massive layoffs. The plant closures result in a domino-effect for that town and the vendors who service the plant…
A different chip shortage The computer chip shortage for everything from vehicles, computers and smartphones in recent years has been covered extensively, but did you hear about the chip shortage for payment cards? Yep, credit card issuers are also facing a shortage of chips that are integrated into physical credit cards – especially as no…
Wind-Powered Cargo Ships Coming to a Supply Chain Near You All the hoopla and attention has been focused on going electric. But the other environmentally-friendly power source, wind, could be something you see in the near future. Namely, wind-powered cargo ships! Rate Hikes Hurting Manufacturing As the US Federal Reserve continues to hike interest rates,…
China Manufacturing Ramps Up As China opens up from their COVID restrictions, manufacturing is ramping up again. Global Shipping Heading Into a Slump While China manufacturing is ramping up, global shipping is slumping. Apple Continues Diversifying Away from China We’ve posted about this before, as Apple starts to shift their supply chain reliance on China,…
Europe Turns Gas Crisis Into Renewable Energy Revolution In an amazing display of action, Europe has turned its gas crisis from just a year ago into a revolution of clean energy. At the end of 2022, Europe’s combined renewable energy production (wind and solar) overtook natural gas. Breakthrough in Battery Recycling One of the biggest…
Aldi’s Sets Up More Local Distribution As businesses begin to diversify their supply chain risks as exposed over the last few years, Aldi’s, the grocery chain, has opened a new distribution facility in Loxley, Alabama. This new facility is set to serve 100 of their stores in the Gulf Coast area. Biden Looking to Promote…
Chinese Manufacturing Moving to Mexico In a move that makes sense, many Chinese manufacturers are setting up shop in Mexico. As customers move their business away from China-based suppliers to locations such as India, Vietnam and Mexico, it makes to meet their customers where they’re going for Chinese suppliers. Robots in Retail As AI is…
Businesses Looking for Alternatives to UPS & Fedex Businesses are learning from the recent supply chain backlog, you don’t want to have all your eggs in one basket. Now, businesses are looking at multi-carrier strategies so they’re not completely reliant on just the big carriers such as UPS and Fedex. Nigeria Opens New Seaport Nigeria…