Ben Ruddell, director and professor in the School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University, offers a perspective on whether we can expect another wave of shortages of essential products on store shelves this year.
Omicron is ripping through cargo ships, raising concerns that a surge in cases, coupled with China’s tightened quarantine requirements for vessels, could delay supply chain stabilization for the shipping industry.
The bottlenecked ports in Los Angeles face a narrow window between now and midyear to clear container backlogs before another import surge and union-contract talks threaten to stall progress moving record volumes of cargo through the busiest U.S. gateway for trade.
The U.S. Transportation Department is awarding some $450 million in grants for port-related projects to bolster capacity and improve the movement of goods, senior Biden administration officials say.
Juan Cazorla, head of the Transportation and Logistics Specialized Industry Group of Regions Bank, offers both a short-term and long-term outlook for the transportation and logistics industry.
JP Wiggins, vice president of logistics for 3Gtms, describes how shippers and brokers can meet and overcome transportation obstacles and driver shortages.
Production at U.S. factories rose modestly in January, suggesting manufacturers are gradually working through pandemic-related shortages of materials and labor that hobbled output in the prior month.
Michael Einhorn, chief executive of Dealmed, has been troubled for a good long while about the strategies commonly deployed when it comes to the supply chain for medical supplies.