26 May 2022 WEF2022 – De-globalization, getting the balance right By Lisa Donahue We’ve heard a lot of talk about de-globalization recently. Thirty years plus of an increasingly seamless global economy is said by some...
25 May 2022 The recent ocean freight contracting season was one for the ages By Brian Nemeth, Erik Mattson, James Roe, Andrew Kerr The 2022-2023 Trans-Pacific ocean freight contract season was unlike any in recent memory. For the first time in modern history, carriers...
17 May 2022 Supply chain: Can you work yourself out of a perpetual state of disruption? By Steven DuBuc, Ashwin Sathyanarayan, Dan Hearsch Inflation is spiking, supply chains remain constrained, freight rates are near all-time highs, and parts for production remain elusive....
27 Apr 2022 Automation: The pandemic economy moved automation from experiment to necessity By Derek Knueve, Chandan Singh In the years leading to the pandemic, business leaders warmed up to the role automation could play in addressing challenges presented by...
26 Apr 2022 Food distribution – mitigating the “perfect storm” of disruption By Peter Appel, Joe Cubellis, Mat Accardo Of all the challenges facing American consumers in 2022, rising prices and inconsistent availability of food has one of – if not the –...
11 Apr 2022 Smart Ports: A critical tool for building supply chain resilience By Esther Ho, Yi Sun Here’s an assignment: Think of a buzzy tech-industry concept (such as “Big Data”, “Internet of Things”, “Digital Twin”, or “Artificial...
07 Apr 2022 Managing supplier risks requires a sense of perspective By Colum Bancroft, Veit Buetterlin, Matt Evans, Cliff Lam Not every supplier relationship delivers equal value or carries equal risk. It sounds obvious, but the truth is many businesses struggle...
25 Mar 2022 One year later: How the Suez Canal disaster sparked supply chain's 'new normal' By Andrew Kerr This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Suez Canal blockage. At the time, the global supply chain crisis was still in its...
24 Mar 2022 2022 Container Shipping Outlook: More money, more problems By Esben Christensen, Stelios Fragkos, Lian Hoon Lim, Marc Iampieri, Brian Nemeth, Jason Keyes Our 2022 Container Shipping industry outlook was prepared before the invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022; thus, it does not reflect...
16 Mar 2022 What should carriers do with their windfall profits? By Brian Nemeth, Job Chan, Erik Mattson Disruption continues to dominate supply chain discussions, with ocean shipping grabbing many of the headlines as dozens of vessels await...
15 Mar 2022 How to protect and grow margins in a disrupted environment By Emily Halperin, Josh Hubbard For good reason, inflation and global supply chain issues have dominated the corporate agenda in recent months. Yet while CEOs currently...
22 Feb 2022 Retailers should brace for a shock: The real impact of inflation is coming By Bryan Eshelman The biggest headlines in January focused either on Omicron or inflation. And while the former is thankfully fading away, the latter may...
16 Feb 2022 Cutting out the middlemen – how direct relationships have helped businesses navigate supply chain chaos By Foster Finley, Dan Sax The pandemic has exposed the frailties of the global supply chain. A relentless focus on efficiency meant there was little wiggle room...
09 Feb 2022 Net Zero claims will remain just that without Scope 3 emissions in the equation By Anna Del Mar This week’s release of the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2022, published by NewClimate Institute in collaboration with Carbon...
08 Feb 2022 Feeling the Squeeze, Part 1: Are Wholesale Distributors Trapped by Disruption? By Marc Iampieri, Joe Cubellis, Mat Accardo, Kevin Trembach The 2022 AlixPartners Disruption Index was released this week… and the headlines were profound. Disruption is clearly a top-of-mind issue...
02 Feb 2022 How can Private Equity earn superior returns in Transport & Logistics? (Part 3 of 3) By Stelios Fragkos, Peter Appel, Peter Oppitzhauser, Erik Mattson The attraction of Transport & Logistics (T&L) to Private Equity has been displayed in recent years by a number of houses who have made...