Maine Pointe In The News

Originally Posted in Inbound Logistics

Inbound Logistics' monthly "Good Question" feature asked industry leaders "What was your first job in logistics and what did it teach you."

The University of Tennessee Knoxville's Haslam College of Business released a video featuring Maine Pointe CEO Steve Bowen, talking about how integration of the supply chain can be as dynamic as any disruptive digital technology – and that getting that message across is a real game-changer in the industry.

Maine Pointe CEO Steve Bowen was a featured guest on the TD Ameritrade Network's "Market on Close" broadcast, discussing what's ahead of the G20 meetings.

Enabling digital transformation, connecting data and analytics to drive actionable insights and turning data into dollars. Global supply chain and operations consulting firm Maine Pointe announced today it has entered into a strategic agreement with Bonfire Interactive Ltd., a supplier of strategic sourcing software. 

Orginally published in Forbes

In the current climate of “anti-globalism” or “economic populism,” tit-for-tat tariffs that can instigate trade wars and the disruption of global trade deals in Europe and the Pacific rim, buyers, sellers and their supply chains have an opportunity to step up and cope with major challenges.

Orginally published in Chief Executive Magazine

Hundreds of challenges face American CEOs every day, but the most pressing challenge is the one that is least talked about and most misunderstood. This crisis is in a chronic shortage of long-haul truck and rail transportation which is already pushing up costs, and resulting in uncertain delivery times, shrinking margins, and profit warnings.

Originally published in Consultancy UK.

Against a backdrop of an unpredictable geopolitical environment, corporate planning is more challenging than ever before. Simon Knowles, Chief Marketing Officer at supply chain and operations consulting firm Maine Pointe, explains that, along with the problems uncertainty creates, there remains significant opportunity for executives to improve productivity and increase competitiveness.