Reports suggest new iPad shipments will lead to air cargo rates spike [07/Mar/2012]

Intense speculation regarding the launch of the new Apple iPad has led to a spike in air cargo rates. Read Full Article...

Plunge in China’s high tech exports growth spells trouble for air carriers [05/Mar/2012]

Latest official figures provide an insight into why China’s air cargo sector has been struggling. In 2011, the export growth of China's electronic products fell by 17.4 percentage points. Read Full Article...

Apple's controversy highlights nature of contemporary supply chains [30/Jan/2012]

Apple has come under attack by politicians for moving production jobs from the US to low-cost China. This is the dynamic nature of modern global supply chains, says Thomas Cullen. Read Full Article...

WEF Davos: Governments and business must collaborate to reduce supply chain risk [27/Jan/2012]

In the aftermath of tsunamis, floods and terrorism, supply chain risk continues to dominate the agenda with a new report being published by the World Economic Forum. Read Full Article...

LSPs continue to invest in China [23/Jan/2012]

Unsurprisingly, global logistics service providers are continuing to invest in China. The past couple of months has seen a particular burst of activity from the likes of Logwin and Kerry, but also Panalpina, Kuehne + Nagel and DB Schenker as they look to develop their presence in the country. Read Full Article...

Thai floods implications for high tech supply chains starting to be felt [14/Dec/2011]

The supply chain fall-out from the floods which hit Thailand earlier in the year is now starting to be felt by high tech manufacturers such as Intel and Dell. Read Full Article...

CEVA looks to resilience as revenues edge down [09/Nov/2011]

CEVA saw revenues fall 3.3% year-on-year in the third quarter as its traditionally strong air freight business was hit by decreased trans-pacific traffic. However, its ocean freight forwarding and contract logistics businesses reported more positive figures. Read Full Article...

Air freight traffic falls, but low prices tempt hi-tech industry [24/Oct/2011]

Traffic statistics from major freight airports point to a sharp downturn in freight volume last month. However, companies in the hi-tech industry are looking to benefit from the "flexibility" of their options. Read Full Article...

Nokia retools its supply chain to regain lost market share [03/Oct/2011]

Nokia has announced a new restructuring programme in order to save costs, realign business and refocus its manufacturing. The latest cuts, perhaps, may not have needed to be as drastic if supply chain had played a bigger role in Nokia’s global strategy. Read Full Article...

'Supply Chain' finally wins its place at head of the Board [30/Sep/2011]

For many years ‘supply chain’ was the poor relation in the corporate hierarchy. Now with a number of high profile appointment at companies such as Apple supply chain bosses are finally winning their way to the top of the pile. Read Full Article...