Contract Logistics (SCM)

Environmentally-sustainable transportation has become a key focus for organizations, governments and entire countries, all of which are placing a larger emphasis on reducing their carbon footprints. As consumers demand to know how their products are made, distributed and delivered—and with a sharper eye on environmental sustainability and social responsibility—companies are...

Some companies run their own warehouse and DC facilities while others outsource some or all of their warehousing activity to reliable providers like DB Schenker through contract logistics arrangements. In these relationships, the provider manages activities like designing and planning supply chains; designing facilities; warehousing, transporting and distributing goods; processing...

After taking center stage in 2021, the supply chain shortages that impacted so many corners of the business world could ease somewhat in the coming months. “Global supply-chain woes are beginning to recede, but shipping, manufacturing and retail executives say they don’t expect a return to more-normal operations until ,”...

Having successfully managed one of the largest liquid natural gas (LNG) projects over a 3-year span, DB Schenker Peru has positioned itself as a top logistics provider for companies that need to move large and heavy products and oversized cargo worldwide. Working with a vast network of transportation, security, insurance...

Integrated with an organization’s warehousing, fulfillment and transportation activities, third-party logistics providers (3PLs) support a wide range of logistics activities for companies across all industries. Most recently, these operations are being called upon to support the growing ecommerce sector, which is expected to get products from point of origin to...

Like many organizations, one US art supply manufacturer and distributor was leveraging the infrastructure put in place by large e-tailers for selling and distributing its products to Canadian consumers. Working with those established e-tailers on a third-party logistics, resale and distribution basis, the company was at the mercy of those...

Retail ecommerce increased by 75% in 2020 in Canada and is on track to expand by another 12% in 2021, according to eMarketer. This year, ecommerce will account for 13.4% of the country’s retail sales—up from just 6.9% in 2019, before the pandemic shifted consumer behavior over to buying more...

Retailers like H&M can’t meet demand because of delivery delays, Nike cut its sales forecasts after COVID-19 triggered factory closures and Bed Bath & Beyond has faced ongoing shipping challenges. These are just a few of the high-profile supply chain woes that organizations are facing in 2021, and Bloomberg says...

When sales forecasts are accurate, companies know they’ll have enough product supply to meet customer demand for those goods. And even if there’s an imbalance, good forecasts allow organizations to course-correct before a real problem emerges. When forecasts are wrong, or when organizations don’t take the time to plan them...

The transportation environment has remained challenging through much of 2021, with everything from ocean container shortages to port congestion to tight trucking capacity making life difficult for companies shipping outbound freight and receiving inbound goods. The situation may not ease much during the fourth quarter of the year, when the...