February’s non-manufacturing growth (NMI) bests the average of the last 12 months, as well as outperforming last February’s highest NMI. The Institute for Supply Chain Management’s monthly Non-Manufacturing Report on Business released its indices on growth and stated that all four core metrics remained in growth mode for February.

Predicting and managing inventory levels are becoming more and more difficult within today’s organizations. Due to customer needs, global demand, and shorter lifecycles, inventory is causing more conflict than ever. The responsibility inventory is divided between finance, sales and field operations, and the supply chain. Inventory should not be seen solely as a cost challenge, […]

Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (MHEM) predicts modest, but continued growth this year, and even more for 2014. Despite consumers and investors still being wary of U.S. fiscal troubles, MHEM believes the housing, auto and non-residential construction will continue a rebound through 2014 and beyond.

“A flurry of activity at the end of the year gave way to more moderate growth in January,” says The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA)’s President and CEO William G. Sutton, CAE. December’s volume grew due to holiday sales, which lead to January’s volume dropping by 49%. Despite this, new business in the equipment […]

A new study by IHS found that unconventional energy use has improved both the economies and employment numbers for North America. Shale gas and tight oil (also called light tight oil or LTO) are the unconventional energies that have greatly impacted the world’s energy markets, as well as the chemical and automotive industries.

A recent study by Deloitte found a surprising percentage of supply chain executives are concerned about the multiplying threats to their supply chains. Supply chains are increasingly complex and therefore are more vulnerable to multiple threats.

The use of public and private automated, shared IT platforms, otherwise known as cloud computing, is increasing dramatically. The supply chain industry is no exception. The use of cloud computing has many benefits including remote access to your own files, the ability to share information with associates over long distances to collaborate on projects, and […]

Though we are only just now finishing the second month of the first quarter of 2013, there has been a surprising amount of news and updates within the logistics and supply chain world. Mixed opinions regarding USPS’s decision to eliminate Saturday deliveries and diesel fuel prices yet again on the rise are just two of […]