Data released by the port on December 26 shows that full imports increased by more than 13% year-over-year in November 2024. 

The largest increase in returns came from cosmetics and personal care items, which saw a 36% year-over-year jump.

Conventional metrics, like cost and annual spend, have historically guided supplier performance evaluations, but they miss the true operational risks posed by potential disruptions.

Artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize buyer-supplier collaboration and information management, offering transformative opportunities to optimize supply chains.

The ATRI also found that congestion caused the industry to waste 6.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel, creating more than $32 billion in additional fuel costs.

The Teamsters say that they represent more than 10,000 Amazon workers combined across 10 U.S. warehouses and delivery stations.

The newly-formed Digital FTL Council includes representatives from companies such as Nordstrom, Uber Freight, J.B. Hunt and C.H. Robinson among others.

The National Retail Federation is predicting the second busiest "Super Saturday" since 2016, as consumers get in their last-minute holiday shopping.

The Port of Los Angeles will likely surpass 900,000 TEUs in December, and is on track to handle 10 million TEUs for the year for only the second time,

Mars is planning to have cocoa it purchases physically separated from products that come from other unverified sources at every stage in its supply chain.