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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
Sustainability as a supply chain priority is here to stay, according to an international survey where 81% of companies said they are focusing more on sustainability today than they did three years ago. The survey was conducted by global third-party logistics…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: [vcex_button url="https://acwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ACWI-Advance-01-1-21.pdf" title="Download" style="flat" align="center" color="blue" size="medium" target="self" rel="none"]Download[/vcex_button] In this…
Before the pandemic took hold in 2020, trucking operational costs dropped in 2019, according to the American Transportation Research Institute. The industry experienced a decline in freight shipments in 2019. That changed after the Covid 19 pandemic hit, the…
It appears a wave of political change in this country is helping to drive a rise in shoplifting, according the the National Retail Federation’s annual survey of organized retail crime (ORC). The survey found that 75% of loss prevention executives at a…
Moody’s Analytics forecasts that industrial real estate will begin to suffer this year as the economy continues to struggle with the pandemic-driven blows experienced since early 2020. Also seen not doing well will be several of the other forms of commercial…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued an alert for employers about how to help safeguard workplaces against the spread of Covid 19 by improving ventilation. Ensuring adequate ventilation exists throughout the work environment can help…
Logistics providers and other cold supply chain participants received government warnings in early December that hackers were targeting the Covid 19 vaccine distribution of the Pfizer product, just as it was beginning to be given to front line medical…
Elections have consequences, President Obama famously said, and boy, do they ever. One you can count on is that the new Biden Administration will work to turn the clock back to Obama-era policies. Donald Trump ran for President in 2016 promising that for…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: [vcex_button url="https://acwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AA-12-15-20.pdf" title="Download" style="flat" align="center" color="blue" size="medium" target="self" rel="none"]Download[/vcex_button] In this issue of ACWI…
To remain competitive in an ever-changing environment, chief supply chain officers (CSCOS) need to apply four advanced strategies to develop and train supply chain talent, according to Gartner. “Despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many…
The American Logistics Aid Network presented its 2020 Humanitarian Logistics Awards at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals EDGE annual conference. The ALAN Outstanding Contribution to Disaster Relief Awards went to: Uber Freight for moving…
Fulfilling its threatened assault on a giant inflatable prop deployed by labor unions to publicly embarrass employers and those who do business with them, the National Labor Relations Board has finally taken aim. But will they pull the trigger? Called Scabby…
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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
Sustainability as a supply chain priority is here to stay, according to an international survey where 81% of companies said they are focusing more on sustainability today than they did three years ago. The survey was conducted by global third-party logistics…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: [vcex_button url="https://acwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ACWI-Advance-01-1-21.pdf" title="Download" style="flat" align="center" color="blue" size="medium" target="self" rel="none"]Download[/vcex_button] In this…
Before the pandemic took hold in 2020, trucking operational costs dropped in 2019, according to the American Transportation Research Institute. The industry experienced a decline in freight shipments in 2019. That changed after the Covid 19 pandemic hit, the…
It appears a wave of political change in this country is helping to drive a rise in shoplifting, according the the National Retail Federation’s annual survey of organized retail crime (ORC). The survey found that 75% of loss prevention executives at a…
Moody’s Analytics forecasts that industrial real estate will begin to suffer this year as the economy continues to struggle with the pandemic-driven blows experienced since early 2020. Also seen not doing well will be several of the other forms of commercial…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued an alert for employers about how to help safeguard workplaces against the spread of Covid 19 by improving ventilation. Ensuring adequate ventilation exists throughout the work environment can help…
Logistics providers and other cold supply chain participants received government warnings in early December that hackers were targeting the Covid 19 vaccine distribution of the Pfizer product, just as it was beginning to be given to front line medical…
Elections have consequences, President Obama famously said, and boy, do they ever. One you can count on is that the new Biden Administration will work to turn the clock back to Obama-era policies. Donald Trump ran for President in 2016 promising that for…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: [vcex_button url="https://acwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AA-12-15-20.pdf" title="Download" style="flat" align="center" color="blue" size="medium" target="self" rel="none"]Download[/vcex_button] In this issue of ACWI…
To remain competitive in an ever-changing environment, chief supply chain officers (CSCOS) need to apply four advanced strategies to develop and train supply chain talent, according to Gartner. “Despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many…
The American Logistics Aid Network presented its 2020 Humanitarian Logistics Awards at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals EDGE annual conference. The ALAN Outstanding Contribution to Disaster Relief Awards went to: Uber Freight for moving…
Fulfilling its threatened assault on a giant inflatable prop deployed by labor unions to publicly embarrass employers and those who do business with them, the National Labor Relations Board has finally taken aim. But will they pull the trigger? Called Scabby…