April 2020

Article written by Todd Dills The current market difficulties for owner-operators with the COVID-19 stall, to say the least, are no secret. Blood continues to boil over brokered-freight rates from a variety of quarters. Diane Marchand of Williston, Fla., wrote just yesterday wanting to know who the principal culprit in falling rates is. Have rates really been dropped

Article written by Atal Bansal Photo: GETTY St. Patrick’s Day is a major celebration worldwide and is inseparable from alcohol, with the beer industry seeing some of the largest purchase increases. For large corporations, this involves simple adjustments to supply chain technology to make larger raw material purchases. Guinness, a moderate-size brewery compared to other

Article written by Biju Kewalram Photo: GETTY Logistics is an industry of paradoxes. It’s both evolving rapidly and stuck with some old technologies and manual processes. It’s ripe for disruption yet difficult to change. The supply chain is inherently reliant on cooperation and collaboration, yet it also struggles with silos and a lack of industry-wide

Article written by Yasaman Kazemi Business supply chain leaders are working to keep goods flowing to customers in need as the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) international public health emergency presents new challenges each day. So far, the impact of COVID-19 on global supply chains seems to mirror the pandemic’s impact on global health. For

Article written by Jeff Berman Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Mark Yeager, Redwood Logistics CEO and Senior Advisor with CI Capital Partners. Yeager provided insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on logistics and supply chain operations on myriad fronts. Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently

Article written by Steve McNew Photo: GETTY Right now, the world is reeling from one of the most dangerous and widespread pandemics in modern history. Our health, work and lives have been disrupted in countless ways, and healthcare systems are facing the ultimate test. People and businesses are rallying to care for the sick, support