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Operational agility crucial in this turbulent market During these turbulent times of raw material cost spikes, pandemic-impacted driven delays and tight freight space/escalating container rates, which is more important:  Accurate forecasts or operational agility? I would argue that the answer is both, however, the balance needs to skew to agility.  When you are dealing with multiple supply […]

Top US Shippers: Apparel, footwear shippers uneasy in uncertain trade environment (The following story appears in the Top 100 US Importers and Exporters issue of The Journal of Commerce print magazine.)Clothing importers in the US are confident sales will… Top US Shippers: Apparel, footwear shippers uneasy in uncertain trade environment Journal of Commerce

Top US Shippers: Steady growth in toy imports likely to continue through 2024 (The following story appears in the Top 100 US Importers and Exporters issue of The Journal of Commerce print magazine.)Growth in US toy imports… Top US Shippers: Steady growth in toy imports likely to continue through 2024 Journal of Commerce

Top US Shippers: PPE shipments trending downward as vaccinations increase (The following story appears in the Top 100 US Importers and Exporters issue of The Journal of Commerce print magazine.)Imports of personal protective equipment (PPE) are slowing down this year as… Top US Shippers: PPE shipments trending downward as vaccinations increase Journal of Commerce

project44 parlays acquisitions into more funding Fresh off the acquisition of rival ClearMetal last week, project44 on Tuesday announced a $202 million funding round aimed at further distancing itself from the rest of the red-hot —… project44 parlays acquisitions into more funding Journal of Commerce

Top US Shippers: Production woes, domestic demand dampen US resins exports (The following story appears in the Top 100 US Importers and Exporters issue of The Journal of Commerce print magazine.)Despite improving demand, US resin exporters say production outages, strong domestic demand, and… Top US Shippers: Production woes, domestic demand dampen US resins exports Journal […]

Top US Shippers: Thirsty US market keeps alcohol imports booming (The following story appears in the Top 100 US Importers and Exporters issue of The Journal of Commerce print magazine.)Stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of… Top US Shippers: Thirsty US market keeps alcohol imports booming Journal of Commerce

Top US Shippers: Shaky SE Asia mutes scrap demand (The following story appears in the Top 100 US Importers and Exporters issue of The Journal of Commerce print magazine.)US exports of recyclables to the world may not pick up… Top US Shippers: Shaky SE Asia mutes scrap demand Journal of Commerce

Top US Shippers: Food imports spike on shift to in-home dining, online groceries (The following story appears in the Top 100 US Importers and Exporters issue of The Journal of Commerce print magazine.)Consumer dining habits drastically changed import and export flows of containerized foodstuffs in… Top US Shippers: Food imports spike on shift to in-home […]

E2open acquires BluJay Solutions for .7 billion E2open on Thursday acquired rival supply chain management software provider BluJay Solutions in a $1.7 billion deal that is one of the biggest ever for a pure… E2open acquires BluJay Solutions for .7 billion Journal of Commerce