All posts tagged "Supplychainandlogistics"

Amber Herbers schedules her days around her 7-month-old daughter’s nap times. The Topeka area nurse case manager and mother of three started looking for child care for her infant when she was 3 months old. Her goal was to move her to day care when she was 6 months old. But everywhere she called had a wait time that lasted around six to eight months. The child care center Herbers’ two older children attend is working to expand its license to serve infants. But until then, Herbers is keeping her daughter home with her and adjusting her work schedule to meet her needs. Herbers said her 12-week le......

As hurricane season hits its peak, Florida’s top emergency manager is warning of the potential for major electrical problems after a storm hits. “We’re in an area of which supply chain issues are becoming more and more of a problem,” Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said. Guthrie’s comments came as part of a presentation to the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council in Orlando last week. He relayed the concerns expressed to him by one of Florida’s power companies. “After the first incident in the country, there will be a supply chain problem,” he said. “T......

Consumers are expected to be in the mood to spend this holiday season, but this isn’t the year to procrastinate. With the COVID-19 pandemic snarling supply chains and threatening to leave stores and distribution centers short-staffed, consumers may need to shop early to avoid missing must-have items. Big discounts, too, could be tougher to come by, thanks to higher transportation and labor costs. “COVID-19 is going to be the Grinch that stole Christmas yet again this year,” said Per Hong, senior partner in the consulting firm Kearney’s strategic operations practice. Holiday retail sales are pr......

There were moments, early in the pandemic, when Joseph Musillami wasn’t sure how the family business would make it. Purely Meat Co., a commercial butcher in Chicago’s West Humboldt Park neighborhood that supplies mostly high-end restaurants, saw sales plummet 75% when the state banned indoor dining in March. It halted plans to expand into a 35,000-square-foot facility purchased late last year and more than double its current footprint, and let go of many of its 60 employees. “It started out beyond scary when you think you’re going to lose your house,” said Musillami, whose wife, Maribel Moreno......