Category: shifts

US Port’s Supply Chain Fix Challenge: Selling 24/7 Shifts

LOS ANGELES—The Port of Los Angeles is beginning the hard work of convincing terminal operators, importers, warehouses owners, and trucking firms to embrace moving more cargo at night. “It’s not a single lever we can pull today to open up all the gates,” Executive Director Gene Seroka said on Thursday. On Wednesday, the White House…


Barra: GM Will Make ‘Substantial Shifts’ in Supply Chain Over Chips

WASHINGTON—General Motors Co. Chief Executive Mary Barra said Friday the largest U.S. automaker plans to make changes in its supply chain as it works to address the continuing semiconductor chip crisis that has forced significant production cuts. “We’re going to make some pretty substantial shifts in our supply chain,” Barra said in an online interview….