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Watch: Transportation Challenges to the Supply Chain

JP Wiggins, vice president of logistics for 3Gtms, describes how shippers and brokers can meet and overcome transportation obstacles and driver shortages.

Transportation Challenges to the Supply Chain

Guacamole’s Days Are Numbered as USDA Maintains Ban

Avocados will soon run out at smaller restaurants that don’t have the buying power of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

Chips and guacamole. Photo: Getty.

U.S. Factory Output Rises as Firms Navigate Supply Constraints

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.

Employees are at work in an industrial factory. Photo: Getty.

When Globalization Meets Just-in-Time in the Medical Supply Chain

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.

A health care professional prepares a medical swab test. Photo: Getty.

U.S. Producer Prices Jump Higher Than Forecast

Prices paid to U.S. producers jumped in January by more than forecast, pointing to persistent inflationary pressures as companies contend with supply chain and labor constraints.

Tires move along a conveyor belt. Photo: Getty.

Auto Suppliers Cry Foul, Saying Carmakers Want a Bigger Cut

The anti-vaccine protests that choked off a critical trade route between the U.S. and Canada last week are just the latest drama for an auto supply chain increasingly fraught with tension.

Cradles transport automobile bodies on the engine wedding line inside a Ford Motor Co. factory. Photo: Bloomberg.

Canada Bridge Reopens After Five-Day Protest

The Ambassador Bridge that links Canada with the U.S. has reopened, clearing the largest trade artery between the two countries after a five-day protest shut it down.

Commercial trucks and passenger vehicles drive across Ambassador Bridge on the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ontario. The bridge connects Windsor to Detroit and facilitates over 30% of all Canada-U.S. road trade. Photo: Bloomberg.

How Trucker Protests Shut the Canadian Border and Rocked the Economy

Canadian protests that began by championing the rights of truckers have spread into sprawling, ad-hoc anti-establishment demonstrations across the country — shuttering crucial trade links, confounding police and giving hints that the efforts could spread.

Demonstrators gather as rows of trucks sit parked during a protest against vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario. Photo: Bloomberg.

New Chip Crisis Means Auto Giants Aren’t in the Clear Yet

While tight supplies of semiconductors are set to ease later this year, the next bottleneck is likely to come from growing demand for analog chips, which are increasingly being used in automobiles as they become electrified and autonomous.

Honda Motor Co. vehicles at an AutoNation car dealership in Fremont, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Breaking Out the Survival Kit to Cope With Supply Chain Disruption

How long does a crisis have to last before it’s considered the status quo? And when it comes to supply chain disruption, are we there yet?

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L.A. Port Sees Chance to Ease Ship Backlog by Summer Peak

U.S. supply chains have a chance to normalize after retailers replenish inventories next quarter, even if peak summer demand arrives sooner than usual, according to Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Lean, ‘Just-in-Time’ Management Didn't Cause the Supply Chain Crisis

There’s nothing in the lean and just-in-time supply chain methodologies that recommend keeping a bare minimum of parts on hand. In fact, they preach the opposite.

A container ship is berthed at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California. Photo: Port of Oakland.

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