Jim Barnes, CEO of consulting and software firm enVista, offered some predictions for the retail supply chain. As usual, Barnes had some provocative things to say.
Logistics gives back
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Indianapolis-based supply chain and consulting IT services firm enVista assisted the nonprofit group Outreach Inc. in its mission to help homeless young men and women achieve stability and life transformation. enVista employees collected 51 brand-new coats, 60 hats, and 60 pairs of gloves for the group’s clients and worked three shifts to serve Thanksgiving dinner to 150 people.
Vincennes Partners Up on Logistics Training Center
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enVista was featured on Inside Indiana Business alongside client, VU LTEC, this past weekend. The television segment highlights not only the VU LTEC training facility, but also VU LTEC partnered with enVista to give students hands-on experience with the latest and greatest technology used daily in distribution centers today. The televised segment originally aired on both WFYI-TV and WTHR-TV and can be viewed online.
FedEx and UPS Go Their Separate Ways
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In 2017, FedEx and UPS will be diverging in transportation rates, the DIM factor, and the fuel surcharge calculation. In this new enVista article featured in Parcel magazine, find out what these changes are and how they will impact your operations.
Offsetting the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule Changes Before They Are Implemented
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The Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) impending new overtime rule presents an important time to review business practices and initiate productivity improvements in order to deter major changes in labor costs, production and operations. In this new Supply & Demand Chain Executive article, enVista Labor Management Practice Leader Tom Stretar recommends three areas for supply chain leaders to focus on in order to offset possible FLSA rule changes.
Shippers Evaluate Carriers for Reliability, Pricing, Less for Fuel Efficiency, Experts Say
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In this new article from Transport Topics, read how carrier equipment will continue to become more fuel efficient over the next year next year and why shippers should take this into consideration as they negotiate their carrier contracts. enVista director Geoff Milsom provides insight.