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As October rolls around, our minds shift gear and start searching for creepy occurrences. Being aware of our surroundings and the potential threats they may cause is an essential survival skill that we humans have. In 2018 realtor.com reported that 1 in 4 Americans believe that their house is haunted. We’re here to debunk theContinueContinue reading “Four Reasons You May Think Your Building is Haunted & Why it May Not Be”

PartRunner is excited to announce its new partnership with the construction purchasing app StructShare, a material management software that will make your procurement procedures more efficient. PartRunner and StructShare work seamlessly together to create a more efficient worksite for you. The two will save you time through automated deliveries and automated PO tracking. They willContinueContinue reading “PartRunner & StructShare Team Up to Save You Time & Money”

The COVID-19 Delta variant is a highly contagious form of the virus that is currently wreaking havoc on the United States. Learning more about the Delta variant is essential to navigating how to conduct business at this time. The following information comes directly from the CDC’s website, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/delta-variant.html The Delta Variant is 2x as contagiousContinueContinue reading “Delta Variant and Logistics”

As your business speeds up to respond to post-COVID demand, you may be thinking of purchasing another vehicle to get materials to their destination.  With the average price of a used vehicle up nearly 27% over last year — beating the record set in 1975 — you may want to pump the brakes on thatContinueContinue reading “Thinking of Expanding Your Fleet? Top Three Reasons NOT to Buy That Vehicle Right Now”

As supply chain staff become more and more influential and essential in the functioning of organizations, the need for strategy specifically designed at improving relationships with suppliers to get more output and develop stronger connections has also increased.  Supplier relationship management assesses a supplier’s capabilities. It uses different tools and tactics to determine how wellContinueContinue reading “The Growing Importance of Supplier Relationship Management”

In this week’s blog, we will talk about some changes in the supply chain industry that are occurring at this moment, what that could mean for your business, and what trends could arise in the future from these events. Despite the clear effects of COVID-19 on the global supply chain, most companies were able toContinueContinue reading “This Week’s Top Stories About Logistics – July 20, 2021”

Manufacturing jobs are coming back to the United States, as 15,000 jobs were added this June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The United States is recuperating losses from the pandemic – almost a million and a half manufacturing jobs vanished following country-wide lockdowns in March of 2020 and demand ceased and peopleContinueContinue reading “How Manufacturing is Returning to the United States – and what that means for your business”

In the modern globalized economy, COVID remains a massive issue that most of the world has yet to overcome fully. It has disrupted our lives in many ways, but one of the most important disruptions has been in the form of the supply chains our economies have been built around. As COVID exposed major weaknessesContinueContinue reading “5 Post-COVID Supply Chain Trends To Look Out For”

Greg Bernier, June 15, 2021 Currently, shortages of all sorts of different supplies, ranging from rare earth metals in semiconductors to the wood used to build homes, are omnipresent in the current economic climate. COVID has been claimed to cause all of these issues in our current situation, but contrary to popular belief, it isContinueContinue reading “Why COVID Is The Cause Of The Current Economic Shortages, And How The Failure Of Supply Chains Exacerbated Them “

By Kelsea Mann If you have been following us here at PartRunner blogs for a while, you know that the supply-chain industry is rapidly changing. The relationship between large companies and their customers continues to shift due to a growing reliance on ecommerce (if you missed our blog on e-commerce, be sure to check itContinueContinue reading “This New Approach to Last Mile is Better, Cheaper and Greener”