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Five Supply Chain Trends That Shaped 2012

Five Supply Chain Trends That Shaped 2012 – Article from Supply Chain Management Review.

Pay attention! This is what companies are doing in their supply chains. Notice that Big Data is one trend, and reducing cost and increasing service simultaneously another!

Shipping strike due Dec 30

The shipping strike slated for Dec 30 could seriously disrupt the supply chains of many companies with east coast ports in their networks.

shipping strike marsh lynch pharmaceutical supply chain.

OUTLOOK – December 2012 – Container Shipping

BIMCO SHIPPING MARKET OVERVIEW & OUTLOOK – December 2012 – Container Shipping | Shipping Tribune.

The outlook for container shipping worldwide is not bright.  However West coast US container traffic was up. It seems the worldwide recession is still affecting traffic, and there is an excess of capacity.