Enrique Castillo, president and chief operating officer of Fast Logistics Group, relates how the lead logistics provider adopted a sales and operations planning (S&OP) process to improve the reliability of delivery for major consumer-goods brands. A finalist in the SupplyChainBrain/CSCMP Supply Chain Innovation Award for 2014.
TASCO Berhad, a subsidiary of Yusen Logistics in Malaysia, has begun operations at a new warehouse in Tanjung Pelepas, a port in the southern portion of the country.
Aljex Software Inc., a vendor of cloud-based software for third-party logistics providers and carriers, has integrated its offering with FourKites, Inc., provider of a shipment-tracking application for shippers and brokers.
TMC, the division of C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. specializing in managed transportation management system (TMS) services, has expanded operations to São Paulo, Brazil.
Steve Geary, president of Supply Chain Visions, shares stories of "extreme" supply chains in Afghanistan – and tells how those strategies and lessons can be applied in the U.S.