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September 20, 2024 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: High-Value Shipments

Shipping high-value items requires special care and attention to ensure their safe arrival. By following these tips, shippers can significantly reduce the risk of damage or loss when transporting high-value items.

August 23, 2024 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Toys

The toy industry faces several complex supply chain challenges. Here are three of the most significant at play.

July 8, 2024 | Vertical Focus

EV Battery Investments Surge; Other Clean Energy News

DHL Group is expanding its charging infrastructure for electric trucks, thanks to a partnership with energy provider E.ON. The contract calls for E.ON to establish fast-charging infrastructure at DHL Group distribution centers. DHL service partners will also have access to the new charging infrastructure.

May 1, 2024 | Vertical Focus

Top Healthcare Logistics Trends and Other Supply Chain News

New cold chain technology for blood-sample shipping; six health care supply chain trends to watch; and other updates in healthcare logistics.

March 11, 2024 | Vertical Focus

Top Supply Chain Challenges for Dangerous Goods and Other HazMat Shipping Updates

Dangerous goods professionals share insights on infrastructure, investments, regulatory updates, sustainability concerns and other top supply chain challenges. PLUS: More news from the DG/Hazmat supply chain sector.

February 14, 2024 | Vertical Focus

Top 5 Aerospace Supply Chain Disruptions & Other Aerospace News

What are the key disruptions threatening the aerospace industry?

December 28, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Luxury/High-Value Products

The world’s most expensive fountain pen, Fulgor Nocturnus by Tibaldi, was sold for $8 million at an auction in Shanghai in 2010. The pen includes 945 black diamonds and 123 rubies. It has 16 clips above the small button on the cap and a golden nib for durability. Only one exists in the entire world.

November 15, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Electric Vehicles

Is the transition to an EV fleet right for your firm? Plus, the ABCs of electric vehicle batteries and delivery companies embrace EVs.

October 11, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Renewable/Sustainable Materials

Raw material shortages are becoming a dire challenge for supply chains due to overconsumption and increasingly extreme weather. Here’s how prioritizing sustainability will make a difference. Also revealed: top 10 renewable materials.

September 19, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Candy Supply Chain

From a global shortage of sugar to cold chain compliance considerations, candy companies overcome supply chain challenges to hit the sweet spot for consumers.

August 18, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Sports & Recreation

The sports and leisure equipment market is projected to register a compound annual growth rate of 4.5% over the next five years.

July 24, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Baby Supplies

Changing the Diaper Market Despite supply chain disruptions, raw material shortages, and inflation, innovation is thriving in the baby diaper market and new brands continue to be born. Although the United States is a mature market for diapers, a Euromonitor report still predicts modest growth for baby diapers over the next five years, driven by […]

June 8, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Alcoholic Beverages

3 Tiers of the Wine Supply Chain We can’t talk about wine without mentioning the Volstead Act, which made it illegal to “manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish, or possess” such beverages. Prohibition wasn’t just a temporary blip in alcohol manufacturing; it changed the way the supply chain functions. Prior to Prohibition, the […]

May 22, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Automotive

Automotive Industry Steers Toward the Future As the freight forwarding market grows, here’s how the automotive sector is evolving, according to Thomasnet. 1. More reshoring and nearshoring. To mitigate supply chain disruptions and the inflationary impact on the cost of goods, many automotive manufacturers are looking to bring production operations back to the United States […]

April 11, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Project Logistics

Tracking 60 Tons Across Two Continents Shipping large, heavy, and irregular sized cargo isn’t simply a matter of getting it from point A to point B. It also requires flexibility to tackle unique challenges. Take the case of a 60-ton autoclave moving from Germany to India. A German machinery and plant manufacturer commissioned DACHSER to […]

March 16, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Cosmetics

Inventory Management Gets a Makeover From managing ingredient shortages to finding a production plan that delivers the right amount of product when and where it’s needed, cosmetics companies face significant supply chain challenges. Many are turning to automation to meet these challenges. One example is Belcorp, a multinational beauty brand corporation operating for more than […]

March 1, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Home Improvement

Building Smarter Homes Consumers love their smart home devices. Spending on smart home hardware that includes individual devices, such as automated lighting systems and controllers, grew in 2022. It surpassed $30 billion worldwide, up 15% over 2021 spending, according to an ABI Research market data report. Manufacturers have taken notice. The largest consumer technology and […]

February 8, 2023 | Vertical Focus

VERTICAL FOCUS: Pet Supplies

Biofuels: A Pet Peeve A proposed EPA rule has the pet industry howling. The rule would establish required Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes and percentage standards for 2023, 2024, and 2025 (see chart). The EPA also recommended a series of modifications to strengthen and expand the RFS program. The pet food industry’s response was swift […]