Target Corp. is hiring Arthur Valdez, a 16-year veteran of Amazon.com, as executive VP, chief supply chain and logistics officer. Valdez will lead Target’s supply chain transformation including planning, distribution and transportation. He will report to Target’s executive VP and COO John Mulligan. Valdez has experience in both direct-to-consumer and…
The major question facing carriers in the trans-Pacific trades this year isn’t how much cargo will move, but whether U.S. West and East Coast ports will be up to the challenge of handling the big ships carrying the goods. For beneficial cargo owners, the message is that they must be…
Several of the world’s top container lines are entering a game of musical chairs. When the music stops, some of them will find themselves in different vessel-sharing alliances because of the chaine at least six carriers are in discussions about switching between the four existing alliances or even talking about…
Investments in warehouse automation have remained fairly strong in recent years and the consensus is that more growth is on the horizon, according to executives in the sector. However, the food and beverage space comes with unique challenges and opportunities. The demands associated with omnichannel fulfillment, SKU proliferation and increased…
KNOXVILLE – More than 80 percent of domestic Fortune 500 companies outsource their logistics operations and most expect to use third-party logistics (3PL) providers more in the coming years. But according to a new study from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute, Selecting and Managing a Third…
Same-day delivery startup Deliv Inc. is getting a funding boost from an unlikely source: United Parcel Service Inc. The Palo Alto, Calif., company fetches goods from brick-and-mortar retailers to bring them to customers’ homes nearby, one of a crop of such firms hoping to win the day in so-called last-mile…
Despite improvements made to more than 2,500 bridges in the U.S. last year, there are still more than 58,500 bridges on the structurally deficient list, according to analysis by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Each year, ARTBA conducts a review of state bridge data collected in the U.S.…
Today’s procurement leaders do a whole lot more than simply deliver the right products on time at cost. From its earliest days, procurement has always been about acquiring the right products and services at the right time at the right cost, yet the profession has seen many changes in the…
China on Thursday launched a challenge to global shippers AP Moller Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) and Mitsui OSK Lines (9104.T), but analysts said the giant company must slim down its workforce and order book to weather one of the industry’s worst-ever slumps. Created from the state-driven merger of former rivals China Ocean…
Not far off, large trucks that roar over the region’s highways may carry a technology allowing them to travel much closer together — even while saving lives and fuel. Sen. Dan Hegeman, R-Cosby, is sponsoring a bill in the Missouri General Assembly that would authorize testing for a connected vehicle…
