Free-trade deal expected to boost African logistics
May 22, 2023Freight could grow 28% in the continent if the African Continental Free Trade Area is successfully implemented
Alex Hadwick
Alex Hadwick
Major gap in capacity to monitor sustainability in supply chains says study
May 17, 2023State of ESG in Manufacturing study finds just 31% are highly confident in their supply chain data and one in four of their suppliers’ ability to meet sustainability standards
Technology increasingly key to tackling international e-commerce shipping finds new report
May 16, 2023Nearly nine in 10 now use technological aid to process trade documents as automation and digitalisation establish themselves as cornerstone technologies for cross-border shipping
Labour crunch puts warehouse automation front and centre
May 15, 2023Sixty percent report issues maintaining their warehouse workforces, causing them to turn to technology and larger facilities in the search for productivity
Investment into US manufacturing surges, but labour and space prove to be tricky to acquire
May 10, 2023Large-scale investments into US manufacturing have exploded in the last year reports the FT, but companies are coming up against capacity constraints as they look to reshore
More than half of companies find cross-border e-commerce challenging
May 9, 2023Fifty-five per cent of organisations polled in industry survey say that the business environment for cross-border e-commerce is challenging, with compliance, delays and costs topping the headaches
Move to reshore production from Asia to North America accelerates
May 8, 2023Just 4% of US CEOs are not considering reshoring in any format finds Kearney’s 10th Reshoring Index
UPS and Amazon still need each other, even if they don’t like it
May 3, 2023UPS and Amazon are moving further away from each other as both companies shift approaches, but the relationship remains mutually useful