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Shipper Owned Container (SOC): What It Is, Types, and Benefits

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Shipper owned containers (SOCs) offer businesses more control over their shipping needs and flexibility compared to carrier owned containers (COCs). These shipping containers are purchased or leased by businesses, allowing them to manage container ownership without relying solely on shipping lines. In recent years, the use of SOCs has grown significantly, with businesses increasingly looking […]

VAI and Kinnunen: Constructing Efficient Inventory Management

Kinnunen, a family-owned business that offers a range of construction supplies—from air compressors to wood glue—has enjoyed so much growth that its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system was struggling to keep up. This hindered the company’s ability to effectively manage inventory and serve customers.

Securing the Core Through Third-Party Risk Management

In today’s intricate global business landscape, robust third-party risk management (TPRM) and supply chain oversight frameworks are indispensable for maintaining operational integrity, adequate security, and regulatory compliance.

AI and the Essential Supply Chain Worker

When it comes to AI in the supply chain, we can choose fear or embrace change. Only one approach is likely to be successful.

Upgrading Your Supply Chain Skill Set

By implementing these action items, professionals and students can better prepare themselves for the complexities of modern supply chain management.

Work in Progress (WIP) Inventory: Definition, Importance, and Calculations

Understanding and managing work in progress inventory is essential for keeping your production process efficient and reducing manufacturing costs.

Why We Need Advanced Manufacturing

What I learned over 40 years in manufacturing is that innovation and manufacturing are intertwined. Brilliant scientists and engineers invented some of the world’s most innovative and impactful products, and many of them need to be manufactured on innovative processes.

Shipping Container Sizes: Dimension, Costs, and Types

Efficient cargo management starts with understanding the right shipping container sizes for your specific needs. Every shipment relies on selecting the appropriate container to ensure safe, cost-effective transportation. Whether you’re moving standard dry goods or delicate, temperature-sensitive items, the dimensions and features of shipping containers are crucial. Picking the wrong container can lead to wasted […]

Auto Supply Chains: Pinpointing the Commercial Case for Sustainability

Pinpointing and quantifying the commercial case for green initiatives in the automotive industry is tricky. To sharpen sustainability planning, try this modeling technique: Treat environmental performance as a product feature, one of many that customers consider when making purchasing decisions.

Supply Chain Technologies that Empower the Human Workforce See Growing Investments

The 2024 MHI Annual Report, “The Collaborative Supply Chain,” shows companies are leveraging artificial intelligence and other technologies in a human-centric way.

Broker Transparency – Why It’s Both Unnecessary and Burdensome to Industry

By prioritizing an outdated and unnecessary regulatory debate, FMCSA has chosen to misdirect its resources and attention, leaving a glaring and urgent problem unaddressed: freight fraud.

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Consumers Want More Action on Sustainability

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The 2022 Retail and Sustainability Survey from global business applications firm CGS illustrates the demand for sustainability, even at the cost of losing expedited shipping times.

What’s the biggest supply chain silo?

Readers shine a light on the most significant information lapses and data gaps in the supply chain, from transportation siloes to the lack of visibility into suppliers.

Higher Transport Rates on the Horizon

Fuel surcharges, market forces, and easing truckload growth rates are driving up parcel and LTL rates, says Cowen/AFS’s 2022 Freight Index.

What pandemic-era adjustment will have the greatest supply chain impact?

The acceleration of digital twins. The ability to digitally model a company’s manufacturing and distribution network will allow it to quickly assess the impact of large and small disruptions and take appropriate actions. —Allen Jacques Industry Thought Leader Kinaxis The use of data analytics to help suppliers really understand consumer behavior. Suppliers decided to eliminate […]

NOTED: The Supply Chain In Brief

The latest mergers & acquisitions, logistics contracts, sustainability initiatives, humanitarian logistics efforts and more. Good Works The Coca-Cola Company, based in Atlanta, donated $1 million to the Technical College System of Georgia Foundation’s Commercial Truck Driving Program. The donation funds driver training programs and helps ensure more drivers are in the pipeline to fill trucking […]

Supply Chain Helps Meet ESG Goals

As corporations become increasingly focused on ESG initiatives, their supply chain and logistics partners respond with tools and services designed to help them grow sustainability and other goals.

2022 75 Green Supply Chain Partners

Inbound Logistics editors select 75 companies going above and beyond to prioritize green initiatives and help global supply chains become more sustainable. These companies are dedicated to developing and implementing best practices that leave a positive footprint on the world.

Chemical Logistics: Critical Challenges Drive Creativity

Chemical shippers and their partners keep critical shipments moving safely and efficiently—refining their strategies and getting creative despite considerable challenges. Here’s how leading providers formulate solutions for the chemical industry.

Vertical Focus: Footwear

China SC Woes Have Footwear Industry Tied In Knots The impact on the supply chain from lockdowns in China was a major themefor footwear retailers in the first half of 2022. Largely reporting lower-than-expected earnings, many major footwear brands pointed a finger at the lockdowns to explain their disappointing performance levels. Strict and extended COVID-19 […]

To Efficiently Unload Trucks, You First Need to Dance: A Winning Collaboration Between DHL Supply Chain and Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics has established a reputation as one of the most innovative and advanced robotics companies in the world. Much of this reputation has grown through the many videos of its dancing robots. And, while the videos are fun, they also serve a very real purpose in spurring innovation and advancing robotic technology. The videos, […]

Supply Chain Knowledge Center

Shipper Owned Container (SOC): What It Is, Types, and Benefits

Learn More

Shipper owned containers (SOCs) offer businesses more control over their shipping needs and flexibility compared to carrier owned containers (COCs). These shipping containers are purchased or leased by businesses, allowing them to manage container ownership without relying solely on shipping lines. In recent years, the use of SOCs has grown significantly, with businesses increasingly looking […]

Work in Progress (WIP) Inventory: Definition, Importance, and Calculations

Understanding and managing work in progress inventory is essential for keeping your production process efficient and reducing manufacturing costs.

Shipping Container Sizes: Dimension, Costs, and Types

Efficient cargo management starts with understanding the right shipping container sizes for your specific needs. Every shipment relies on selecting the appropriate container to ensure safe, cost-effective transportation. Whether you’re moving standard dry goods or delicate, temperature-sensitive items, the dimensions and features of shipping containers are crucial. Picking the wrong container can lead to wasted […]

Raw Materials Inventory: Explanation, Benefits, and Tips

Understanding how to manage raw materials inventory is crucial for smooth business operations. By implementing best practices like regular audits, using software, and improving inventory turnover, businesses can control costs and optimize their production process.

Supply Chain Bottlenecks: Causes, Challenges, and Resolutions

A supply chain bottleneck occurs when one part of the supply chain slows down or halts the entire process, disrupting the flow of goods and services. These bottlenecks can create serious problems for businesses, delaying production and deliveries, which can directly impact profitability and customer satisfaction. In modern supply chains, identifying and addressing these bottlenecks […]

Absorption Costing: Definition, Formula, and Tips

Absorption costing is a crucial managerial accounting method that captures all manufacturing costs involved in producing a product. It includes direct materials, direct labor, fixed manufacturing overhead, and variable manufacturing overhead, providing a full picture of production costs. This method ensures accurate product pricing and compliance with accounting standards like GAAP, making it vital for […]

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