by David Bovet | May 6, 2020 | Briefs, Operations, Strategy, Supply Chain Management
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the vulnerability of many global supply chains. Supply plummeted first from shutdown factories in China, then demand collapsed worldwide as countries adopted stay-at-home orders. These unprecedented events surfaced a level of...
by David Bovet | May 1, 2020 | Briefs, Investor Advisory
Ports and ocean carriers Port import container volumes took a dive in the month of March. Many of the largest ports saw reductions of around 20% compared to the prior year. Those that fared better, with reductions in the 5 to 10% range, were Long Beach, Oakland,...
by David Bovet | Apr 28, 2020 | Briefs, Capabilities, Consumer & Retail, Strategy, Supply Chain Management
Stay-at-home orders in the time of coronavirus have dramatically altered the path food takes from farm to plate. Grocery stores have suffered shortages while farmers plow crops under due to lack of demand from the food service channel. What is happening to our food...
by David Bovet | Apr 13, 2020 | Briefs, Supply Chain Management
Irrational consumers or unresponsive supply chains? Consumer behavior is not necessarily irrational. Applying business inventory management techniques to toilet paper purchasing at the household level highlights three rational considerations: Higher home demand due to...
by David Bovet | Apr 7, 2020 | Briefs, Investor Advisory
Ports North American ports continue to deal with the challenges of major supply and demand disruptions. The initial supply shortages and blanked sailings caused by the virus in Asia are now visible in published North American port volumes. Going forward, we expect the...
by Dave Frentzel | Apr 6, 2020 | Briefs, Consumer & Retail, Industrial & Distribution, Life Sciences, Operations
For many companies, the current pandemic is driving an unprecedented urgency to get new logistics providers in place or to add services to the ones already working with your company. For sure, such urgency puts pressure on the provider selection process to be fast....
